My Mom is in her 70's and had an eye exam with her eye Doctor a few weeks ago. They put one set of drops in which she was expecting, then immediately later, another set. She was told not to touch her eye or open them for a full 15 minutes (or something like that) to avoid scratching her cornea. She was concerned about the second set of unknown drops, since she is sensitive to medicines. The doctor gave her the eye exam and an extra test she later found out was called a refractive light exam - which she found to be painfully bright and sensitive for her eyes causing her to see bright stripes and light during the exam. The doctor was apparently looking at a Cataract she had the "early stages" of. She wasn't interested in surgery if it was minimal. She knew she would be taking bilberry and other supplements formulated to support the eye. The cataract had not gotten worse since the previous exam, and may have in fact decreased in size. The refractive light test was apparently used this year to see what needed to be done for the cataract they assumed would be worse this year, but thankfully was not. The problem is that ever since the drops (we later learned were Fluress and Tropicamide) and Refractive Light Test, she now sees individual rings of red, green, blue and yellow as halos around lights at night. Clearly defined rings in both eyes - not just the eye with the small cataract - and she never had this experience or problem before the exam, test and drops. She is quite upset, and waited several weeks for the problem to clear up, but it remains. The doctor's office said they aren't aware of any side effects from the test or drops, but something happened. She is not planning to return to the office for any further drops or Refractive Light tests. And now, definitely not surgery unless it is completely warranted and necessary. Do you have any idea of what this may be and if with time it will improve?