Bright spot when blinking- drusen ?

[nygrl]

HI am a 35yo highly myopic female. I had lasik performed about 5 years ago.  about 18 months ago I developed some new floaters in my right eye, which turned out to be a small retinal tear...fixed by laser. For a long time now I've had instances of the bright spot when blinking syndrome that I have read so much about on here...and it usually fades away over time.  I had a similar thing start again 2 weeks ago in my "good" eye but has not gone away. Sometimes I see it and sometimes I don't..Went to the opth today and had a dilated exam. Initially he said he saw some fluid in/on my retina, and his assistant mentioned something about CSR...I have read about it so I know what it is. He asked if I was under large amounts of stress lately and I am. He sent me for an OCT which apparently did not show the fluid. He took another look and said he saw a drusen, which he passed off as just a spot.  He told me to come back for a visual field test in a few weeks and to see if there is a blind spot, but he didn't think it would show anything. He mentioned something maybe affecting the optic nerve but didn't elaborate as to what...other than things like lyme disease when I asked. Ok, so I have an appt in two weeks. Everything I read about a drusen suggests AMD. I am hugely concerned about that and whatever else he thinks might be affecting the optic nerve. Can anyone shed some light on this?  I have major anxiety about my eyes (and everything else!!!), am moving in a few months and am totally stressed. I was shaking like a leaf waiting for him in the office today, worrying about a retinal tear or detachment but now I am terrified that I am looking at something even worse potentially. Please help!!!!!

[freddyb44]

I am experiencing a similar issue and as yourself get stressed over eye issues. What was the outcome of the doctor visit?

[nygrl]

And wouldn't the OCT have seen something like that?

[nygrl]

Is that something that I should be concerned about?  Is it related to the drusen? He did not comment on that, other than the fact that it was there.  Thanks.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

This could be due to some vitreo retinal traction.  This does not sound like optic nerve disease and I doubt the visual field test will show anything.

Dr. O.