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Eye Orbs In Both Eyes When Waking Up or Looking Up

Hello! I am wondering if anyone has experienced these issues and if they found a solution.

I am 25 and I work on a computer for 8 hours a day and use my phone very often. I have bad posture because of it and also my wisdom teeth came in late and they are causing me sinus issues as well.

When I lay on my left side or my stomach, I can see the orbs almost as if it's pressure. It doesn't look like light to me, but it's like a ring and the outline is  lightly tinted purple. I can see through the circles and its in both of my eyes in my line of vision. I can see them for about 5 seconds when I am lying in either of these positions just before and after opening my eyes. It sometimes will appear when I am lying on my back too. If I look up to kiss my fiancé or to basically look up at all I see the orbs.

I've been to an eye doctor who did a very thorough check up on me and said that my eyes were extremely healthy. I've been to a chiropractor who said my neck was out of line. I haven't been to a dentist yet because of the cost, but I'm narrowing down to like severe eye strain from always being on my phone or at my computer to wisdom teeth pressure, TMJ, and sinus pressure.

Thought I would share my experience and see if anyone has dealt with this or heard of these issues.
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177275 tn?1511755244
None of the "eye nerves" are effected by posture. Nor are your wisdom teeth likely to be causing this.  There is a discussion its easy to find that has been going on for years and years, has over 1120 posts and its by people that see a circular spot when they blink.

You might want to move over to that discussion and read what has been written. Almost none of the posters have had anything serious develop. A few have.
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177275 tn?1511755244
You are desribing entopic phenomena. Read the section on it in Wikipedia. Likely an after-image. When you close your eyelids and press on the eye with your finger and create a circular image 180 degrees away that is an entopic phenomena.
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I respectfully understand what an entopic phenomena is and this is not that. Everyone morning I wake up, I mean right before and after opening my eyes, this is what I see. http://tinypic.com/r/33ax92r/9

This has no correlation with the floaters in my eyes. This is also seen in both of my eyes.

During the day if I keep my head forward and look up, I also see these circles.

Every time I blink I have these dark shadows that appear in the corners (where my nose is) of my eyes.

I am wondering if these eye nerves in the back of my head are being damaged by my poor posture. I do not know who else to turn to. My doctor has sent me to an eye doctor who did an extremely thorough exam on me and said my eyes themselves where very healthy.

I am wondering also if my wisdom teeth (which has severely affected my sinuses) are having something to do with this as well. This only started happening after last summer so I have been dealing with these eye issues for nearly a year now.
177275 tn?1511755244
If by "orbs" you mean you see the orbital bones that is possible with tight eyelids and deep set eyes  If you mean something else for "orbs" post a more accurate description
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Imagine a bubble. It's like seeing a circular bubble when waking up. I was told to close my eyes, look left or right, and press on my eye in the opposite direction that I am looking. That is the closet thing to what I can compare it to. Except it's transparent. Not black.
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