Can you make future appoinments yourself?
I would not depend on an optometrist's recommendation; sorry, I am a skeptic, especially about my eyes.
Maybe they are in the same office?
Best of luck.
The eye specialist was chosen from several options given to me based on location. Sadly, he has no idea either what is wrong with me. The fact that the spot is visible with either eye suggests, as I feared, that the problem is with my brain and not my eyes. I can go back for a "field of vision" test, but I think that's pretty irrelevant. He has said he can refer me for a brain scan. I know that is a painless process, but I'm now terrified of what they might find. But I'm going to have to do it aren't I?
Do the field of vision. Its cheap and an important test. Cannot advise on brain scan
JCH IIMD
Thanks. I've got the test booked for the 17th.
The nurse who performed the test said my field of vision test was1 OK. Just waiting for the specialist to confirm that. Then I guess I have to seriously consider the MRI.
Thanks John
The specialist wants to see me again, but as a general follow-up, not because of the test results - nothing to worry about there apparently. So back I go, 11 July. Unless the spot I've seen in my vision every morning for about 4-5 months has suddenly disappeared, I'll get that MRI referral. The whole thing is starting to stress me out now.
Thanks. This entry is just to stop the thread being closed. Appointment is tomorrow.
Hi,
I don't think anyone would close your thread.
Good luck.
I thought the threads are closed if there are no new entries for some time. I was unable to add to my earlier thread on this, and I thought that was why.
I went to the eye specialist again yesterday. He tried some different lenses in front of my eyes and said he could correct my left eye stigmatism, but not my right. He then did a retinal scan(?) of my right eye and said that was all fine. He has no idea what is causing my vision problem and I was dismayed when he started talking about floaters again. I had to remind him the spot I see is with BOTH eyes, so it can't be a floater. Doesn't exactly fill me with confidence in his diagnostic abilities.
I now have a referral for an MRI. The doc says he would be very surprised if it shows anything, but I don't know how he can say that when he has no idea what is going on. So I'll get onto booking that on Monday.
I'm seeing a spot in front of my eyes, very central. Looks the same with both eyes. I can only see it in low light, like first thing in the morning. And it's only visible in the instant that I blink. So any ideas on why this might be, I'd be very interested. It is dark grey, rather than black, slightly fuzzy-edged. If I blink rapidly, it looks white.
MRI is booked for 1 August.
Sounds something like migraine to me, but I do not know that much in this area. Your questions will be more visible to the doctor if you start a new thread/question, either here or on the ask an expert forum. Sometimes if a question has gone around 5 or 6 times, he gets the new questions first.
I see jagged white lights sometimes, with both eyes. I told my retinologist about them and he was not familiar with this. I read about it, and I was satisfied that they were migraine related.. But you see them more often, I think. I have has a lot of eye surgeries, also.
Had the MRI today. They saw nothing to explain my symptoms, so injected some dye to get a better look and did a few more minutes of scanning. It's looking like the scan won't show anything, but will have to wait for the doctor to examine the scans and report to the specialist.
MRI was all clear, which I'm very happy about. The specialist wants to repeat the field of vision test in a few months. The spot continues to be visible EVERY morning. I might start a new thread just to see if it picks up any other suggestions.
Are you sure this isn't a pressure phosphene? Most docs will not have a clue about this. I have read many threads on here about people seeing things when they blink. Phopshenes are diffierent things to different people by all accounts. An MRI sounds excessive but then this is America!
Hi dukey
I haven't checked this thread for months. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into that just out of curiosity.
FYI - The internet's a big place - remember that first W (in www) stands for 'World'. I'm in New Zealand not America.
:-)
Just had a quick look at what pressure phosphenes are. Being caused by pressure in the eye, is it possible that I would see that same spot with both eyes at the same time? What are the odds of the pressure issue giving the exact same result with either eye? And at the same time?
Wow - 2 and a half years and I still have this problem. My day to day vision doesn't seem to be affected by it so I'm hoping it is just something that will puzzle me for the rest of my (many I hope) days and never become any more serious. I'll keep seeing the specialist once a year or so though as sight is so important.
I am experiencing the same problem as you. It happens to me everymorning and it goes away after a few blinks. It has been happening to me for about a month. I do not have glasses or contacts. I seem to have good vision besides this in my opinion. I have not gone to a Dr. for this problem. Have you found out any new information on this?
Thanks
I have this same thing happen first thing in the morning then it's gone after I blink a couple times -- a black spot in front of me with glowing edges. It has been happening consistently for the past few weeks and is starting to feel the norm. Just from other online research it might just be Hypnagogia, a hallucination that occurs between sleep and being awake. Or maybe it's the pupil of our third eye emerging. Hey if there is no physical reason maybe it's metaphysical..