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Old 04-30-2015, 01:09 PM #11
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The debris in the morning is probably in the eye area, and the tears loosen it and then suspend it to "clean" the eye as tears do.

My mom has eye issues w/ no natural tears of her own so she needs eye drops often and occasional debris removal from eye dr.


My concern was that this was posted by OP - a sudden onset of so many- worth a check up..
[I noticed a huge amount of floaters in my vision. It is scary, I've never had so many floaters]
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Red or brown, or black spots, are blood. Blood will accompany a retinal detachment. It will also come from strokes in the retina (I had one when I was 50.... bleeds into the retina will bleed some into the vitreous humor. I did not have floaters with my stroke, just a huge purple (in daylight) blind spot, and hole in my night vision. I had an angiogram, which showed the vein which burst.

It cleared up on its own, and I have not had another. But I do watch my blood pressure carefully now.(and take a BP med).

Elevated blood pressure really affects the eyes. So that Ritalin should be monitored. If ProAgonist had thick mucus tears upon awakening that would be something else entirely. But we can't know for certain on the internet. He needs an exam.
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Hi,
I had a concussion 8 months ago I am still with floaters in my vision. I just found this post I wonder how are you doing with this?

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Hey fellow forum members! How's it going?

Just a little update: I've made a tremendous progress recently, and my PCS is not nearly as bad as it was 3-4 months ago. I'm not completely healed, but I noticed a great improvement! I'm still anxious about getting hit on the head, but I started CBT and I hope it'll help. I always hope everyone here is making a progress towards healing!

Anyway, today I woke up and when I got out of the house I noticed a huge amount of floaters in my vision. It is scary, I've never had so many floaters. After getting my concussion, I would have a floater or two every couple of hours, but today I have so many floaters that it's terrifying.

Anywhere bright I'm looking at I see floaters. This doesn't stop and I see floaters nonstop when I go outside now. I literally see like 2-3 floaters EVERY SECOND, and I'm very worried.

I've read a few years ago that the back of the brain is where vision is controlled, and I really did notice a strong pain at the back of my head when I woke up today. Can I have somehow gotten a blow to the back of the head that triggered that?

Yesterday I was watching TV in bed and I was moving my head a lot on the pillow. I was pretty rough with my head and just pushed it into the pillow and moved it around to get comfortable. It did feel like something in the back of my head is shaking or something (not sure how to explain it), but I just ignored it and kept watching TV. I did not think for one second that it's dangerous.

And today suddenly, when I go out, I notice a crazy amount of floaters. This is absolutely terrifying - I've NEVER had seen so many floaters before. I cannot walk outside of my house right now without seeing floaters on the walls, on people stand nearby or pretty much on anything I look at. It's not as worse indoors because the brightness is lower.

Could it be a setback? Could the roughness with my head on the pillow caused a sub-concussive impact or something?

I'm asking this because I'm worried I did something serious that will compromise my ability to continue healing from PCS and/or worsen my situation. I wasn't worried about the fact that I moved my head on the pillow until I got these floaters.

When I've seen the floaters today I've just made a link between all the things - I see floaters, the vision center is at the back of the head, my back of the head really feels a bit weird, and yesterday I've seen TV and aggressively moved my head on the pillow.

So, could it be related? Did I do any damage? If not, why did these floaters suddenly appear today? I'm really worried

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I just saw this and although I have NOT had a concussion what I do for my eye health could perhaps support almost everyone. About 20 yrs ago I came up with a lot of floaters, I was about 60, and so for the last at least 10 yrs I've been actively supporting my eyes. The floaters are about history, I have no eye diseases and no cataracts either. I believe the antioxidants I take daily are keeping my eyes very healthy. I'm 81 now.

What I take daily:

Grape Seed Extract
Vit C
Lutein with or without Bilberry...Mostly 20mg Lutein daily
And I use Cineraria Maritma homeopathic drops daily
And Simalsan for Dry Eyes just about daily.

It is truly amazing to have such healthy eyes...and the floaters just about GONE.

And I'm diligent about wearing sunglasses when outdoors. Do your research.
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Most people who have suffered a concussion will notice floaters because their brain visual filter is not able to ignore them. Once you start noticing them, the brain starts looking for them. They have almost always been there and your brain just ignored them. Now, it can't ignore them.

btw, ProAgonist has not been around in over 4 years.
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