A little bit before my chronic migraine started in December '07, I started seeing these "floaters" in my eyes. I've had the kind previously in my life where I see something in my visual field and it is a little distracting. It looks like there is dirt or dust in my eye. These days, the amount "visual disturbance" has increased significantly and I think they are more than just floaters.
If I had to describe what I see when I look out into the world, I would say that I definitely have floaters, but I also have what I think is an ocular migraine which complicates that ability to determine what the problem is. I see lights, spots, lines, chasers and have vision loss that comes and goes throughout the day. When I get auras and then migraine pain on to of the ocular symptoms and the floaters - I get motion sick just keeping my eyes open.
There is quite a bit of info out there on the web about floaters and a lot of people that are really impacted by them, but my doctors don't have any helpful information for me. I keep bringing it up (to my detriment - I know) with my primary care doctor because I think it is important. When I have bouts of bad ocular migraines, the pressure in my eyes is so painful. That can't be good for my eyeballs and I worry about the impacts I will have down the road.
I started seeing an optometrist a few months ago and he took some initial readings and measure my visual field, eye pressure, etc. He confirmed I had some vision loss, but couldn't attribute anything to migraines at this time. I will go back in a few more months to measure these things again to determine if there is any additional changes/loss.
I know I am not the only one out there with these problems - here are some links to other sites that talk about the difference of and the links between migraines and visual symptoms:
http://www.mdsupport.org/library/floaters.html
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/migraine_headache/hic_the_magical_mystery_of_migraines.aspx
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Hey, I have the same issue. In that I have prolonged auras, intense vitual snow and more. But also the constant floaters and sometimes even a muddy look. I went to the eye doc, just to make sure it was not a side effect causing actual impairment. Vision wise I have a mild astygmatism, not even enough for glasses, but due to the severe photosensativity he said my eyes are quite fatigued from the effort to focus, so I will be getting specs (and sun specs). But he had no concern over the persistent floaters, and so, like so much other visual fireworks I try to ignore them. What I know is that while all the pretty sparkles are neurlogical, the floaters are physical, a reflection of crud moving on the lense of the eyeball or some such thing. I always had attributed it to fatigue really. Probally a good thing I don't go by the motto 'seeing is believing'.
Eye floaters also known as vitreous floaters which fill up the back 3/4ths of a person’s eye and hence one can observe small shadows on the retina. To individuals eye floaters appear alike tiny flecks, cobweb or cloud-like formation. There are two ways for removal of eye floaters known as vitrectomy and
laser Treatment. Laser treatment is more accurate than vitrectomy.
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