Posted by Mitch on October 31, 2001, at 23:37:23
In reply to Re: Psychotropic Meds and #$!@! Vitreous Floaters, posted by susan C on October 31, 2001, at 14:07:19
> Hello,
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> Warrry interestink, How old are you?41
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> 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 generally believe that is true-I just don't like the *acceleration* of their occurence over a given unit of time!> I also got bifocals on my 40th birthday, so I am aging right on time...I am 50 now.
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> 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...
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> 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.Meds do change that somehow, it is a little difficult to explain. The best way to check it out is to be in a relatively brightly lit room and then walk into a dark one (not necessarily totally dark), and look around. You will see the *afterimage* or rather "after-firing" of your retinal neurons. I have noticed that AD's like Prozac (especially) *increase* this "after-firing" effect, while AC's like Neurontin/Depakote seems to dampen them down. Just another weird experiment to consider.
:)
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> 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.
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> mouse with bifocals
> susan C
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> p.s. there was another post about this earlier, you would probably get to it by 'floater' search...
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