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Zephyr · 08-13-2009, 07:58 AM

I have a nice, stringy, dark one in my right eye. That's the myopic one (other eye is basically okay). It showed up March 2008. Luckily it's located down at the edge of my vision, and I only see it if I look down and then quickly up. It shoots up into the middle of my field, and then slowly sinks back down. I move my eye and it darts around like a fly.

One day, perhaps, I will compose a poem to it.

Dempsey · 08-13-2009, 08:02 AM

I think everyone has them but mine aren't too bad. I can't even remember the last time I noticed them. I guess it's like the ringing in your ears eventually you just ignore it until you get a new one.

Duke of Prunes · 08-13-2009, 08:49 AM

I've got lots of them but I don't notice them unless I'm looking at something bright.

Cerberus · 08-13-2009, 08:55 AM

I've never heard of eye floaters before, and if I have any I haven't noticed them.

Teagirl · 08-13-2009, 10:33 AM

I have one in the lower part of my right eye.
When I drink something I always think there's a fruitfly in my glass

markx · 08-13-2009, 12:28 PM

I have whole clouds of them but I don't usually think about them until someone asks "Do you have eye floaters?".

They're most noticeable when I'm reading so I tend to read with one eye shut. Consequently my right eye is much more intelligent than my left eye.

LostInReverie · 08-13-2009, 12:30 PM

What?

IllusionalFate · 08-13-2009, 12:36 PM

I don't have floaters in any particular section of my eye, they just randomly appear in various places and travel across my entire field of vision.

LoneLioness · 08-13-2009, 03:18 PM

Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid. I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's alright, you are forgiven

zookeeper · 08-13-2009, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneLioness

Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid. I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's alright, you are forgiven

That's very touching.

zookeeper · 08-13-2009, 03:27 PM

So you guys are talking about ones you seen when your eyes are open? I didn't know there were such things. I get the lighty specks that float around when my eyes are closed.

Random story: when I was doing my withdrawal from alcohol, every time I closed my eyes I would see the little floaty things, but they were turning into faces and flying towards me, which was weird. But even weirder (I think anyway) was that one of the flying faces was Chairman Mao, and I thought to myself at the time, amidst all the flying faces, "Wow, now that was strange."

Zephyr · 08-13-2009, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by zookeeper

So you guys are talking about ones you seen when your eyes are open? I didn't know there were such things. I get the lighty specks that float around when my eyes are closed.

Yes. The eyes-closed specks are something different.

I think it's true that everyone has floaters, but probably not everyone has noticed them. Maybe you need to be more neurotic, hehe.

Try this: go outside on a sunny day and look up at a part of the blue sky. Then squint your eyes a bit. If you pay attention you should see faint, colourless transparent blobs and squiggles floating around your field of vision. I have a lot of those, but hardly ever notice them. The one I got last year is bigger, and is a black/dark brown colour. I think it's closer to my retina as well because it's much more mobile than those other ones.

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Originally Posted by Teagirl

I have one in the lower part of my right eye.
When I drink something I always think there's a fruitfly in my glass

Yep, that's it. Mine reminds me of a little fly darting around. It's in the lower part of my right eye too.

Zephyr · 08-13-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneLioness

Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid. I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's alright, you are forgiven

Haha. Family Guy has riffed on eye floaters a couple times. Here's a clip:

kanarazu · 08-13-2009, 07:04 PM

yeah ever since i started wellbutrin....not bad or anything, hopefully they won't get worse though

zookeeper · 08-13-2009, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zephyr

Yes. The eyes-closed specks are something different.

I think it's true that everyone has floaters, but probably not everyone has noticed them. Maybe you need to be more neurotic, hehe.

Try this: go outside on a sunny day and look up at a part of the blue sky. Then squint your eyes a bit. If you pay attention you should see faint, colourless transparent blobs and squiggles floating around your field of vision. I have a lot of those, but hardly ever notice them. The one I got last year is bigger, and is a black/dark brown colour. I think it's closer to my retina as well because it's much more mobile than those other ones.

I'm not sure I want to notice them, because then I don't think I'd ever be able to un-notice them.

Toad Licker · 08-13-2009, 09:06 PM

Yes a few of them.

millenniumman75 · 08-13-2009, 09:25 PM

I think I have one in my right eye.

Sheri · 08-13-2009, 10:14 PM

I have them, but really only notice them when I'm looking a white wall or something. My college's campus center was bright and white, so I had fun tracking my floaters when I was bored.

UltraShy · 08-13-2009, 11:50 PM

Yes. As far as I know everyone does, though you don't typically notice them as you're not looking for them.

ellektra · 08-14-2009, 12:03 AM

LOLOL, I love Family Guy.

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08-13-2009, 07:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zephyr Status: gone Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 9,579	Do you have eye floaters? I have a nice, stringy, dark one in my right eye. That's the myopic one (other eye is basically okay). It showed up March 2008. Luckily it's located down at the edge of my vision, and I only see it if I look down and then quickly up. It shoots up into the middle of my field, and then slowly sinks back down. I move my eye and it darts around like a fly. One day, perhaps, I will compose a poem to it.

08-13-2009, 08:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
Cerberus Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 5,721	I've never heard of eye floaters before, and if I have any I haven't noticed them. __________________ "Through the valleys grey Through the shapeless land I walk alone I'm left alone Through the deepest void, a blackened paradise I walk alone, I'm left alone"

08-13-2009, 03:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
LoneLioness Status: Hiding In My Den Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Niagara Falls Gender: Female Age: 27 Posts: 5,165	Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid. I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's alright, you are forgiven __________________ My Blog: http://pessimistsarethetruerealists.blogspot.com

08-13-2009, 03:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
zookeeper Status: The floor is lava!! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Soap Fortress Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 1,066	So you guys are talking about ones you seen when your eyes are open? I didn't know there were such things. I get the lighty specks that float around when my eyes are closed. Random story: when I was doing my withdrawal from alcohol, every time I closed my eyes I would see the little floaty things, but they were turning into faces and flying towards me, which was weird. But even weirder (I think anyway) was that one of the flying faces was Chairman Mao, and I thought to myself at the time, amidst all the flying faces, "Wow, now that was strange." __________________ You leapt into the abyss, but find It only goes up to your knees, ~ Nick Cave

08-13-2009, 08:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dempsey Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 635	I think everyone has them but mine aren't too bad. I can't even remember the last time I noticed them. I guess it's like the ringing in your ears eventually you just ignore it until you get a new one.

08-13-2009, 08:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
Duke of Prunes Status: A prune isn't a vegetable Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England Gender: Male Age: 18 Posts: 208	I've got lots of them but I don't notice them unless I'm looking at something bright.

08-13-2009, 10:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
Teagirl Status: excessively polite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Belgium Gender: Female Age: 25 Posts: 15	I have one in the lower part of my right eye. When I drink something I always think there's a fruitfly in my glass

08-13-2009, 12:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
markx Status: Stir crazy Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 674	I have whole clouds of them but I don't usually think about them until someone asks "Do you have eye floaters?". They're most noticeable when I'm reading so I tend to read with one eye shut. Consequently my right eye is much more intelligent than my left eye.

08-13-2009, 12:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
LostInReverie Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 26 Posts: 3,620	What?

08-13-2009, 12:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
IllusionalFate Status: Equilibrian Epicurius Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Western NY Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 783	I don't have floaters in any particular section of my eye, they just randomly appear in various places and travel across my entire field of vision.

08-13-2009, 07:04 PM	#14 (permalink)
kanarazu Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: St. Louis Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 97	yeah ever since i started wellbutrin....not bad or anything, hopefully they won't get worse though

08-13-2009, 09:06 PM	#16 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,617	Yes a few of them. __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

08-13-2009, 09:25 PM	#17 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton-Cincinnati, OH Gender: Male Age: 34 Posts: 38,641	I think I have one in my right eye. __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better!

08-13-2009, 10:14 PM	#18 (permalink)
Sheri Status: Dowager Princess Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alaska Gender: Female Age: 26 Posts: 2,701	I have them, but really only notice them when I'm looking a white wall or something. My college's campus center was bright and white, so I had fun tracking my floaters when I was bored. __________________ I drink your milkshake.

08-13-2009, 11:50 PM	#19 (permalink)
UltraShy Status: Accident of Birth Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI (Atheist, Libertarian) Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 24,572	Yes. As far as I know everyone does, though you don't typically notice them as you're not looking for them. __________________ Nothing is ever the way it should be What we deserve we just don't get you see http://www.insureyourgunrights.com/

08-14-2009, 12:03 AM	#20 (permalink)
ellektra Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Phx, AZ Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 106	LOLOL, I love Family Guy.