Posted by susan C on October 31, 2001, at 14:07:19
In reply to Re: Psychotropic Meds and #$!@! Vitreous Floaters » Rick, posted by Mitch on October 31, 2001, at 11:51:32
Hello,
Warrry interestink, How old are you?
I went to optomitrist and complained about floaters (in one eye only) I asked him to please look for and remove the bits of dust in my eye, as I couldn't seem to get them and he explained, and it was backed up by net searches, that floaters come as a result of the natural aging process and the drying of the gel between the cornea and retina...there was no way to remove them.
I also got bifocals on my 40th birthday, so I am aging right on time...I am 50 now.
now, you have got me thinking, and next time I see him, i will check my dates, and see if there is a correlation between this occurance and the time I took Serzone. I would be curious if this 'drying' hypothesis of your also would apply to Prozac. I had terrible 'dry eyes' while I took it, having to use water, or drops in the middle of the night, my eyes were so dry, as was my mouth and oh and then the constipation... I have not noticed this with AC depakote, other than some metalic dryish mouth tho...
Mitch, I am curious about your description of the 'static' in your vision and the reports of a perception of increased clarity...when I tried to explain in to my very patient optometrist, he thought about it for some time, then called me and said he thought it might be that I am much more 'sensitive' visually than other people, and what i am seeing is a 'residual' of light impression on the retina. I describe it like the snow you see on a 'blank' tv screen, only reversed, with the back being black...he had never heard of anything like this before.
When I was coming off of Keppra, I noticed one evening I felt like I was seeing much clearer. But I think that is was a very subjective observation.
mouse with bifocals
susan Cp.s. there was another post about this earlier, you would probably get to it by 'floater' search...
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