Seeing these flashes and floaters is a major symptom for me. Obviously enough they get worse (especially the floaters) if I move my head sharply.

Does anybody else experience this? I haven't seen it as a common symptom so I'm just curious.

I do. I actually had this before my concussion as a migraine symptom, and had some trouble with flashes when I would practice rolling for Aikido. They got much worse after my concussion but have tapered off as time goes on. now they are mainly noticable when I am tired or have a headache.

Some of these observations are due to the brain not being able to ignore them. A properly functioning brain in many cases would not even notice them. It is similar to tinnitus. PCS tinnitus is worse because the brain struggles to ignore the ringing that a healthy brain would just ignore.

Hi

I have Parkinsons Disease which has nothing to do with your symptoms.

However last week i had a very thourough eye exam. Im very near sited though after my exam which included dialating my eyes. He noticed a lot of floaters in my eyes and the beginning of cateracts. My eye doc said that if i experienced Bright flashes, stars and floaters that i need to get in right away and get it looked at. It could mean that my retina was detached and that i need to get to the doctors as soon as possible so that it could be taken care of.

I hope this helps

Stacey

floaters are actual things inside of your eye that can be seen by your ophthalmologist. I have them, but they are unrelated to my injury.

After myhead was hit on the left side my left eye was fuzzy and blurry . 5 months later i had an eye exam and my perscription had changed .50 only in the left eye and I had a massive floater that obscured my vision , like it had got knocked loose or somthing .

Yes I've experienced these things as well as many other visual disturbances as a result of the concussion I sustained.

About two years after the concussion I found an Optometrist who provides very thorough eye exams and vision therapy which I believed helped my vision to improve a great deal. Eowyn has posted about such therapy in one of the stickies at the top of the forum - that's how I was introduced to it.

Also, the concussion I sustained caused me to have pituitary dysfunction, also called neuroendocrine dysfunction, so after I started taking hormones to counter that dysfunction my vision improved as well.