vision problems

[lil255]

dont know whether this is a migrane but my vision is like i am looking through a Kaleidoscope

[Please_Help950]

Thank You sooo Much again for your Response, I greatly appreciate it!!!! :)

I have an appointment coming up soon to check my retina and I believe the test is a ERG (Electroretinogram). I'll let you know what the results of this test are when I have it done. :)

[kivrin]

More and more it sounds to be like a posterior vitreous detachment. The good part about that is that its not a big problem, eventually the inner eye will calm down and the floaters will disappear as your brain learns how to see around them (trust me, that actually happens!).

However ... the risk of a retinal tear or detachment with a PVD is pretty good. Usually its about a 4-8 week window of whether or not the retina is going to pull/tear.

I really do encourage you to see an either VERY good ophthalmologist, or a retina specialist. Very few doctors learn how to do a good retina exam .. learning how to use the little lens and examine the entire retina is a difficult thing. Also .. some offices now have retinal "cameras" (I know my local Lenscrafters does). Depending on the movement in the inner eye (with hundreds of floaters it may not be able to get a good pictures), you may be able to get an answer from that. Those exams are pretty cheap and could possibly see whether or not the retina is in danger.

[Please_Help950]

Thank You sooo Much for your Response, I greatly appreciate it!!!! :)

No, I don't believe my retina was checked yet, but I have an appointment coming up. The doctors said that my Optic Nerves looked okay though. Also the weird kaleidoscope vision never goes away and my eyes puss or water multiple times a day every day of the year. It's very itchy too!!!!!! :(

Yes, I don't like that answer at all and that is what my Neuro-Ophthalmologist said to me. He didn't even want to hear anything that I had to say and when I have tried to tell him that I had a weird daze feeling accompanying it, he snapped at me and said, "What does that have to do with your eyes?" I was trying to explain that it feels like a daze, but it is a weird feeling in my eyes that disappears when I close them. He didn't even want to hear it. :(

I'm being bombarded with what appears like a kaleidoscope with hundreds of floaters. At times I get a gray film drift over my eye and I can't see any thing at all.  :(

[kivrin]

Bright flashes of light indicate to me that something is pulling on the retina. It could be a factor of a visual migraine. Did the doctors do a retinal exam? ... they should have dilated the eye, used a small lens (kinda like a handheld microscope) and looked at all areas of your eye. You would be asked to look up .. look to the right .. look up and to the right .. etc... they also might have used a "qtip" to push some of the sclera away while looking at the edges of the retina.

If you have severe myopia (from what I understand anything over about -7.5 diopters is considered severe -- I was at -18.0), I would really encourage you to make sure you have had a retinal exam by a competent doctor. The first time this happened to me (5 years ago) I had a doctor miss retinal tears because he thought I was drug seeking and wanted to go home. The ER had called him in and he took about 2 minutes with me.

Honestly, I don't like the answer "its some kind of migraine, don't worry about it." Any kind of severe headache, particularly if it is new needs to be investigated. I would continue to push for an actual diagnosis .. and some relief. You say your vision is getting worse .. are there floaters? dark spots? what is "worse?"  The flashes do not indicate that anything is torn or detached, just that the vitreous is pulling (which can lead to tears). If you are having a "storm of floaters," that can indicate some bleeding in the eye, which may come from a tear. A dark spot that doesn't move can indicate a tear or the start of a detachment. The dark spot, or "veil" or "curtain" are the real emergency indicators.

I will hesitate to tell you to go the ER .. they are not equipped to handle it. But it is not something to wait on, if the center of the eye, the macula, detaches you may not get all of your vision back.

[Please_Help950]

Thank You sooo Much for your Response, I greatly appreciate it!!!! :) I'm very sorry to hear that you were having a retina Detachment. :( I hope you are doing a whole lot better now. :)

I have seen several doctors including both a Ophthalmologist and Neuro-Ophthalmologist, but they're answers were it is some kind of migraine and that I shouldn't be worried about it. I am though, especially since my vision keeps getting worse day by day and I do have severe Myopia. Without my glasses on, I can't even see a person's face who is standing right next to me. I also see bright flashes of light in front of my eyes at times and I have told the doctors about it, They don't care. :( I asked them about a Retina Detachment and they aren't concerned at all about the chances that I might have it. :(

[kivrin]

While visual migraine may be a cause, I would encourage you to go to the doctor ASAP. 5 years ago, I started having visual issues with one massive migraine. I was out of town and numerous phone calls to my general practitioner and ophthalmologist gave me the "its a visual migraine" answer. After 2 days and no relief I started driving home ... long story short .. my retina was tearing and detaching. The only "remedy" was surgery.

Now, before you get all worried, I now know that I had a predisposition towards this .. severe myopia (nearsightedness). So, my advice is go see a doctor! If you are very nearsighted, call your ophthalmologist, if not, your general practitioner.

[Please_Help950]

I too have been experiencing Kaleidoscopic vision accompanied by a daze feeling 24/7 for about five years now and my doctors aren't sure what is causing it. :(

[DrNoopurMD]

Hi,

How are you?
Kaleidoscopic vision is a part of the visual symptoms of migraine aura. The absence of headache does not rule out migraine as migraine can present with just aura symptoms which are not followed by headache.
Take care!