| Extremely Concerning Vision Problems
Hello,
I guess I'll start from the beginning. It's going to be long.
I am a very, very active and healthy 21 year old male. A few months ago, I noticed floaters in my eyes. Both eyes. And they've greatly increased in number, in both eyes. I would call these "normal floaters" black cobwebs and strings, moving around in my vision with my eye's movements. They've grown in number, and have become more and more noticeable. Getting bigger, darker and much more of them.
But then, like a couple of months ago, I started noticing translucent bubbles. They shower down in my vision, like rain or snow. They seem to just be falling from the top. Tons and tons of them. Some are connected together in a line. But most are just loose and by themselves. And others are like clumped up together. It's so hard to explain. But it looks like cells or something. That started to worry me.
But now, I am seeing very prevalent flashes directly in my center vision. Sparkles. Some little flashes, and some are huge, very unnerving flashes. In my direct line of sight. I notice them the most when I'm outside working in the sun. I really see the flashes when looking at the sky or a wall. Which is contrary to what I've read that most people see, because they only see their flashes in the dark. Whereas mine are most noticeable in bright environments.
But I see the floaters all the time. 24/7. I also see the flashes at night, but are way more noticeable against the sky in the daytime. They mostly appear as sparkles in my direct center vision. But others will be little white splotches and lines just barely next to whatever I'm directly looking at. But then when I look to the white splotches or lines, they're gone. Sometimes I see "black flashes" and other times I've seen yellow dots.
And then just recently like these last few weeks, I notice intense after images. Like a "burn" in your vision for a few minutes. Usually on high contrast things. It doesn't have to be bright. And the after image can be colored. Usually green and pink/purple. And then I'll see green and pink/purple lines, inside of lines I'll see in my environment. It's so hard to explain. But let's say my blinds are closed, and the blinds are those classic horizontal wood slats. I will see the colored lines, but they go vertical. Green and pink. Same thing with the yellow lines in a McDonald's fry container. It makes my eyes freak out, seeing green and pink lines going the opposite way. And then I'll see colors just on a blank surface as well. (sky or wall).
I have been to an optometrist, and two ophthalmologists. All of whom said my eyes are fine, and even look healthy. But my vision is not healthy... I am scared that something very serious is going on.
Please leave your thoughts, opinions and knowledge. Hopefully guiding me to get the help I need. Thank you in advance. And thanks for reading that long, confusing story.
The flashes in my direct center vision are what scares me the most. And the fact that I'm insanely young for these kind of problems. Everything I read, says I'm having the eye problems of an 80 year old man that is losing his vision.
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