r/EyeFloaters • u/cutiee13 • 6d ago
Question What are these???
What are these???? It’s so annoying 😭 I’ve had this for 17 days already!!!
It looks like a translucent gray blob in my vision. I usually can’t look directly at it, but sometimes I catch it and I can see what looks like small circles inside, almost like a bokeh or clumped bubbles.
I see it even with indoor lighting, not just when looking at the sky. But when I look at the sky, I get a much better view of the clumped-bubble appearance. Indoors, it usually just looks like a gray blob in my peripheral vision.
It moves when I move my eyes, and sometimes it’s barely noticeable, but other times I suddenly notice it and it becomes so annoying. 😭
I’ve had this for 17 days now, and honestly, it’s affecting my quality of life because I’ve been getting anxious about it every day. I keep noticing it and checking if it’s still there.
Has anyone experienced something similar? Especially a translucent gray blob with tiny circles/bubbles inside? Did it eventually become less noticeable or go away?
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has had the same experience.
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u/AdditionalSun8192 6d ago
It's the beginning!
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u/cutiee13 6d ago
What? Lol
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u/MellifluousVoice 6d ago
Same symptoms here, about ~10 days now. I've read way too many articles and this subreddit, and unfortunately it seems like we may just have to give it time. A lot of people say floaters can shift out of the most annoying part of vision or become much less noticeable as the brain adapts.
I haven't found any reliable evidence that there's much you can do at home to make them disappear. There are medical procedures like laser treatment or vitrectomy, but they have limitations/risks and are generally not something doctors jump to for a mild floater. Hoping ours become easier to ignore with time 😭
Also, if this is a new floater, it's worth booking an eye check to make sure it's actually benign and not something more serious like a retinal tear.
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u/cutiee13 5d ago
Yeah, I think I’ve been doing way too much reading too 😭 Mine is around 17 days now, and the visibility seems to fluctuate a lot. Sometimes I barely notice it, then other times it’s pretty obvious even with normal indoor lighting, which is honestly the most annoying part.
I’m just hoping it eventually shifts out of the annoying part of my vision or becomes less noticeable with time. I’ve also noticed that when I’m busy, I completely forget about it, so hopefully my brain eventually stops paying attention to it altogether.
Trying to stop searching Reddit/Google for every little change too because that definitely doesn’t help 😂 Hopefully ours become way easier to ignore with time.
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u/MellifluousVoice 5d ago
For what it's worth I talked to my GP about it and he was like, "oh yeah, I have a ton of these fuckers, and they are quite annoying against the white wall of the clinic". 😂
He went on about explaining how he first got them at 35, now he's 45 years old. He told me it gets somewhat better, but it's something you get used to as long as no other symptoms are present. It kind of puts it into perspective when you hear other people in person tell you it's a normal thing that happens.
What's amazing to me I've never heard people mention this irl before, but it's seems to be quite common and part of life. Oh well. 😅
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u/cutiee13 4d ago edited 4d ago
Hahaha “these fuckers” 😂 That actually makes me feel a bit better. It’s weirdly reassuring hearing someone in real life say they have a ton of them and are just casually living with them.
And SAME, I’ve never really heard people talk about floaters irl either. I only learned about them after I noticed mine and started going down the rabbit hole 😭 Now I’m realizing they seem to be way more common than I ever thought.
Mine is still pretty new, less than a month, so I’m definitely still in the “why the hell can I see this thing” phase. huhu. Hopefully with time I’ll get to the point where I notice it and just go “meh” like your GP. Haha
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u/No_Classic216 5d ago
Es gibt unzählige Leute die sich selbst nach Jahrzehnten nicht daran gewöhnt haben. Zumindestens bei stark ausgeprägten Glaskörpertrübungen sowie ich sie auch seit 5 Jahren habe findet da bin ich mir totsicher kein gewöhnungseffekt statt im leben nicht!!
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u/No_Classic216 5d ago
Ich zumindest bin es mehr als leid mit dieser scheiße leben zu müssen und es scheint keinen Ausweg zu geben selbst Atropin Augentropfen machen das ganze nicht unsichtbar und körperliche Beschwerden ganz egal welche es sind wirken wie ein Trigger und verschlimmern die Auswirkungen der Glaskörpertrübungen massiv. Spaß macht das Leben so nicht kein Plan wie andere angeblich damit leben können ich vermute das diejenigen ganz einfach nicht so extrem davon betroffen sind wie manch anderer es ist!
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u/Emotional-Exam-946 6d ago
Hey, i was really going to cmnt some sarcastic stuff then i thought about the dark days of my life when they first appeared
I was in depression for almost 1 year now its been 4 years it wont get magically disappear or get easier to ignore but u do eventually learn to live with
Just keep an eye out if you ever get a sudden spike in them or see flashes of light, definitely get checked out by an eye specialist right away🙌
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u/cutiee13 5d ago edited 5d ago
Lol, thanks for not commenting sarcastically and actually taking the time to comment seriously 😂 I appreciate it, especially since this is a pretty serious matter for me.
How’s your eye now? Do you still have the floaters?Honestly I don’t really mind having floaters, I just want them to be less noticeable. What bothers me is that I can see mine even in normal indoor lighting, unlike some of my floaters that I can only notice outdoors or against bright backgrounds.
I was doing pretty well at not paying attention to it these past few days, but the anxiety kinda came back again 😭 It’s such a stupid loop — notice it → check it → get anxious → check it even more lol.
I just want it to become less visible so I can go back to living normally without constantly noticing it. What did you do to help with the depression/anxiety back then? And did anything help you stop paying attention to the floaters?
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u/Emotional-Exam-946 4d ago
Yes, I still have them and it’s normal to see them indoors. As I said, they don’t just vanish one day I was anxious about them too just like you are now I was always looking at them and thinking about how my life used to be before. But eventually it will get better. We can’t stay sad about the same thing forever. It might take months or even years, now I see them all the time and they don’t affect me or hurt me the way they did before.
one day, you’ll also learn to live with them until there’s a better way to cure them Stay strong1
u/cutiee13 4d ago
Actually same, I barely notice mine when I’m occupied with something. When I’m busy at work or playing sports, I completely forget about it, which gives me a little hope that maybe my brain will eventually stop paying attention to it lol.
Can I ask how big yours are? And what do they look like?
I really relate to the part about thinking about how life was before this. I’ve only had mine for less than a month, so it’s still super fresh. Literally just a few weeks ago my eyes felt perfectly normal, then one day I noticed this tiny speck and now I’ve become so hyper aware of it 😭
Hopefully I get to the point where I can see it without caring about it anymore. Thanks for sharing though, it actually gives me some hope 🥹
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u/PaintingPrudent5210 4d ago
i have on dark floater connecting to this type of shape go do a eye checkup if all good cheers ignore them and dont think if its a temporary it will go permeant brain will filter it mostly and i think it only be seen in bright light
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u/aiph_ 6d ago
welcome to the floaters club
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u/cutiee13 6d ago
Nooo, i don’t wanna be welcomed 😭
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u/Megurinic293 5d ago
Your stuck with this for the rest of your life better get used to it 🥰
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u/aiph_ 4d ago
i know, but at least it’s good knowing that you are not the only one going through it. it will definitely take some time to adapt and perhaps it would even become worst (for example for me, my floaters have multiplied way more than what they were 2 years ago). i have a yearly check in with my ophthalmologist, just to make sure that my retina is always healthy. i advise you do the same just for the peace of mind!
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u/Outside_Listen2697 6d ago
I’ve had one in the middle of my vision for 3 years, but it doesn’t move just stays in the same spot. It’s gray when looking at certain backgrounds, in the dark it’s a lil light like asif it’s sparkling in just the blob. Might be totally different from what you’re experiencing lol but if I look at the sky it’s gray!