Hello. I have been diagnosised with IIH. I am awaiting surgery for a V-P shunt. Have been taking Pred (25mgsDaily) for a year.Also Diomax,500mgs. I began to taper Pred four weeks ago. Since then I have ben experiencing return of bad temple pain, and unusual sight problems. It looks like, to me, I have a stray hair on the outer rim of my eye which I dont. Also I have "threads". I dont know how else to discribe them.If, for ex, I raise my arm, a "thread "seems to follow it.Last night,wearing a light colour pink top with black flowers on it, raised my arm to do something and saw the flowers hang in space and then gently fall back to the material.I think I now know that the threads are the slow motion image.I went to se my dr today and he just said go back up to 25mgs of Pred. He did put drops in my eyes to look at the papilloedema and said he wa s concerned about the high pressure but thats all. I am seeing my neuro in two weks time. I know I sound like a nut case but I am getting frightened by all this. Can any one give me an idea whats going on?Are my eyes in danger? Thank you very much if you reply.Cath278