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3234748 tn?1346516981

Retina

Hello

I'm a young person in my twenties(28). I'm overally healthy, never had any major diseases or such.

However, about three years ago, I made a habit of staring at the lights uncontrollably and after a while I started having floaters in my both eyes and they became extremely sensitive to bright lights and plain white backgrounds. I have noticed my eyes get worse while watching TV or looking at any bright light and causing transparent strings of floating material and images downwards in my vision.

And now, it’s been three months that I’ve been having even a worse symptom known as light flashes and having some floaters in my eyes.It is so difficult for  me to drive at night because my eye are so sensible to light,this situation is driving me crazy.
I've already visited 4 eye doctors over the last 9 months and they couldn't tell me what is wrong. Recently I had an eye examination and the doctor gave an assessment/prescription for my eyes which I have scanned them for you to see. Just click the links below.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/859/48952810.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/87062036.jpg/

I am hoping that someone could give me some directions what might be wrong.

Thanks in Advance
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233488 tn?1310693103
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
1. Staring at lights uncontrolably indicates some sort of psychiatric problems and your multiple trips to different ophthalmologists indicates you may have an anxiety or obscessive-compulsive disorder. Consider seeing a psychiatrist.
2.  I looked at the images you posted of your exam and there is nothing serious there.
3. Staring at lights will NOT cause floaters.

JCH MD
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233488 tn?1310693103
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The treatment of anxiety, depression and OB-COMP disease by neuro-active medication is one of the greatest achievements in medicine in the last 25 years. Also I have many patients with OB-COMP disorders that are helped by cognitive behavior techniques.

I wish you well and urge you to find a exceptionally competent psychiatrist. You might wander over into the psychiatric forums.

Best of luck

JCH MD
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3234748 tn?1346516981
Thank you sir for your answer,i think you are right,i have a complex obsessive-compulsive disorder and this subject has caused a lot of pain and hardship for me,
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