Can anyone tell me how many flashing lights you have to see before hurrying to the eye hospital?
Or maybe for how long an episode of them lasts?
If I had a retinal detachment on the way, should I be worrying about the massive amount of new floaters and flashing lights, right eye only?
Do you have any other symptoms?? This could be the onset of migraine. If you have new floaters in 'massive' amounts I would say have it checked.
Thanks, Margaret.
I have an appointment with the optician tomorrow but I was very worried about the flashing lights because they could be a sign of retinal detachment.
tess...is it possible that you are super anxious....which I believe you are because you have attempted to go to bed and your still awake!
I think you may be super anxious about what you MAY have and the Dr. appt tommorow 
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Try to take in one really deep breath right now...make sure it expands your belly and let it out...and I think that will at least calm you a little bit.
Misssy, I am not an anxious person. I am pragmatism personnified.
I have effed up the diazepam again - that's really why i can't sleep.
The eye thing? Well, if the flashing lights had gone on I would have gone to the ER, but they stopped, so I'm not really that worried about retinal detachment.
What's keeping me awake is lack of diazepam, which I have figured out the reason for. At last! i called the diazepam doc today and told him I'd run out and he told me he'd see me on Friday, and that I would survive. And of course, he's right. he also asked me to try to figure out why it happened and I suddenly realised what had been happening.
Jim has a bunch of friends, all with AUD. They come round occasionally.
Lately, one of them has been just walking through our back door unannounced, twice a day, and he is doing my head in. Our apartment is completely open-plan, so there's nowhere i can go to escape him - and it's veery hot in London at the moment so most of the time I'm lying on my bed naked. Well, you wouldn't like a bloke to suddenly just walk in on you twice a day, every day, nd especially not with anything on........
Both Jim and I have asked him to STOP. He says he will stop. And then he turns up again, the very next day.
Today I met a friend for coffee and when I got back, there he was! I just walked right back out again. I feel that my personal space is being invaded. And all he talks about is his problems. He even came to tell us he'd lost his bus pass once. And another time he came to tell us that he'd cut his finger slightly.
I mean, WTH is going on? i don't feel that it's my home any more. Jim and I have been arguing about it, too, which I really don't want to be doing.
Paper Fairy suggested to me that I write this dude a letter, explaining all this. What do you think?
Hi,look up Posterior vitreous detachment. Floaters and flashing lights. If it is this the process could take weeks to years. You should see an optometrist. While mainly beneign..accept for the troublesome symptoms which also can be ongoing,you DO have to watch for a retnal tare or detachment. Xx
What did the dr tell you?
I was told to go down to the eye hospital casualty department IMMEDIATELY .The number of times or length they last is important but it does not affect what I was told to do in other words the advice is the same.
The answer is the same irespective of the number or duration of the flashing lights.floaters.
You need to go NOW actually. If you are reluctant to go then and as you have asked for specific advice I have to reiterate the importance of getting your eyesight and eyes checked out as a matter of urgency.
Number of flashing lights. ONE.
The answer to your last question is a definite YES. YES you should treat these signs and symptomw very seriouslyindeed. You should go 'hurrying' to the eye hospital NOW bearing in mind what you are writing and reading between the lines.
No one wishes to alarm another but sometimes it is unavoidable and the eye hospital will only tell you the same thing anyway. So the answrs to your uestions are as follows.
1. Eyes are precious.
2. Flashing lights no matter how few even just ONE should never ever be ignored and need an immediate assessment which can only be done by an exaination of the eye /back of the eye.
3. FLOATERS.
These should not be ignored/ They should also pose the question as to why they are happening.
Thanks, Lee. I have an appointment today. I already googled posterior vitreous detachment!
If u are in London then you have a good choice of eye hospitals so I would definitely go to the hospital.
You have read the info on PVD so it is a no brainer really, your eyes are precious..
I think you should LOCK THE DOOR, prefreablly with your husband outside.
Joking about hubby outside....but TESS..lock the door.
Write him a letter? NO...sit down next time he comes over...which may be today....and talk to him....explain what you did here...that you need to feel safe to walk around naked....etc..and that his recent pop ins are making you very uncomfortable....tell him the door is going to have to be locked and he will have to knock!
I think you probably have made a "passing" short comment to him and he has not taken it seriously. I think you have to make it a point to make this a serious confrontation.
Keep us posted,in betting on a pvd,i have them in both eyes.Xx
I think your boyfriend should tell him to call before he comes over.
Do not play any games of should i go for an exam when it comes to your eyes. I have eye ailments its not a game and very scary! Get an opthamologist to examine you. Who cares what is considered normal by others or not. Its an exam like any other. Eyes do not grow back. You go and get an opthamologist and go for the exam. Let them tell you whats normal. No one on here knows you or can examine you thru the internet.
Tess
The vitreous comes away from the back of the eye. The eye hospital will want toexamine the back of the eye to check for any retinal tears. That is whi it is very important to go to the eye hospital.
I've just got back from the opthalmologist. He said it was a vitreous detatchment. He also said if I got flashing lights again to go straight to the eye hospital ER. So that is sorted. Thanks for replying.
Missy, both Jim and I have had serious rows with this guy. He doesn't pay any attention. He just agrees not to come..............and then turns up.
Next time he does it I will have an extremely serious row with him.
I will threaten to tell his wife, who I know, and she is a lovely person. She'll be furious with him. So that might work.
I don't WANT him to knock! I want him to stop turning up, full stop. And I've had two seriously nasty rows with him about it.
Anyway, moving on - the eye doc said it was a posterior vitreous detachment and if I got flashing lights again, to go immediately to the eye hospital ER, which I will, definitely.
Listen i would not wait any longer. You need to get in to see a doctor.
a specialist if possible, don't fool with your eyes. my husband had a detached retina
and it was not fun. if you do if that is the case you could lose your eye go today
Thanks for that - I've just got back. PVD as you suspected.
ok good i am not sure what a vitreous is but please be safe and go as soon as you can if the lights come back.
Ha ha ha. When my husband looks at his phone and sees this guy's number, he usually ignores it. Mr. Unwelcome calls his phone several times a night.
Now, my husband puts it on Silent, so at least we don't get woken up every hour or so.