My Daddy is seeing grid patterns and honeycomb patterns

[ridewine]

My Daddy has glaucoma which has been managed for 50 + years. He has had surgeries for cataracts, glaucoma, etc.
He is 83 years old.

He is now seeing grids when he looks at things. They go from grids to honeycombs shape. He has talked to his opthamologist, family doctor, neurologist, no ones has ever heard of this problem. They tell him they will do some research but they have no answer.
PLEASE has anyone ever had these symptons? PLEASE!!!

Thank you very much.       Joanne

[islandgirl1947]

I am on the computer almost all day everyday, and now I noticed that I see a honeycomb pattern when I look at a plain space or solid surface, it's faint and not very bright, its there all the time and is stationary, but my eye exams have all been fine.
Can looking at a computer screen almost constantly cause you to see a honeycomb pattern?

[JohnHaganMD]

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[MagentaMSI]

I have menieres and congenital hypothyroidism and I get this if I take a sedative (benadryl or Dramamine) before bed, read on a lot screen before bed and am slightly sleep deprived.  Personally, for me it's a spyrograph type pattern (like you used to play with as a kid), it's black always and it moves.  Since sedatives cause dizziness, and the over abundance of fluid in my ears (menieres), I think that my brain can't make sense of where I am in the heavy sedative induced sleep and wakes me up to.  Just my theory, with the over abundance  of fluid in my ears, if the eyes aren't open I get dizzy and my brain can't make sense of it without vision, and the sedatives cause dizziness which makes that worse.  So I think that's when my brain wakes me up (from a dead sleep, and only if I'm laying on my back).  It's dumb, but is he laying on his back when he sees it?  Does he take any meds that cause dizziness? Lots do.  Does he look at a screen for a while in the dark before bed?  These are all triggers for me with this.  It lasts for 5 minutes and goes away, the only nuisance is being woken from a dead sleep.  I usually fall back with no problems though.

[JohnHaganMD]

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[Rich2015me]

This is the closest thing i have seen to what i have.
When i close my eyes i can see what appears to be a honeycomb shape and it's moving from top left to bottom right.
It's always there and i can notice it most with eyes closed but it  gives a discomfort when looking at things as it's present as like an overlay to what i am seeing.

I had something like this when i was 19 and did eye tests to show eyes were fine and it either went away or my brain got used to it, it was always there but i found out not long ago i needed glasses so my vision was blurred but since then i had asthma return so the Doctor gave me Prednisolone which brought back these symptoms which i experienced when i was 19, i am 28 now.
I went back to the opticians who say my eyes were fine but i needed glasses as mentioned but i've got that vision effect  and it's uncomfortable.

It's like what i am seeing has something moving on top of it and when i close my eyes it's like a honeycomb grip moving as i said, but it's moving on top of what i am seeing.
When I was 19 I did have an insurmountable amount of stress which could be why i had it as it just appeared when i woke up one morning, and i don't know if my brain got used to it or if it dimmed down but i was able to see minus the blur but now i can see perfect with glasses but that effect is there.
I am scared to be honest and will go to the Doctors tomorrow but last time the Doctor just said it was one of them things.

[JohnHaganMD]

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