Posted by Simcha on November 1, 2001, at 12:40:27
In reply to Re: Psychotropic Meds and #$!@! Vitreous Floaters » Mitch, posted by Rick on November 1, 2001, at 1:25:11
I've complained about floaters recently... ;-(
The pharmacist and the pdoc have told me that medication cannot possibly be causing them. They claim it is just aging.... Hey! I'm only 31. (Of course I'm losing a little hair and that was happening before meds. 'Damn Genetics!!!' Oh and I have plenty of gray already. 'Again, Damn Genetics!!!')
The floaters did not start until the pdoc started me on Celexa. I have one in my left eye that has been particularly annoying. I'm noticing it less lately. I wonder if it's just that I've gotten used to it?
Personally I think that the Celexa either caused me to notice the floater. Maybe I was more calm and I slowed down enough to see the floater. -OR- The Celexa really caused the floater.
If this is a side-effect, and there are many others who are complaining about this while taking ADs, why the cover-up? What's the big deal? Are we liable to go blind and they don't want to tell us?
Ok, I better stop or the pdoc will want to add another med for paranoia! ;-)
Take Care,
Simcha.
> > > What intrigues me is the thought that maybe somehow the meds are making existing floaters more *visible* to me. It IS acknowledged that many peoples find their floaters more "active" after they've gotten insufficient sleep, which might suggest that perception -- the brain -- could play a big part, beyond the characteristics of the actual floaters.
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> > I would have to agree to some extent here. BTW, when I was on higher dosages of Neurontin I noticed that my visual field seemed "cleaned" and "clearer", almost a "Windex" effect of sorts (I know that is really weird). There was also less "white noise" in my vision (looking in the darkness-there was less "graininess"). Maybe the anti-convulsant effect slowed the firing of the neurons in my retina enough to "clean up" my vision??
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> Can't say I noticed that when I was taking Neurontin. Maybe your Neurontin was fortified with Ammonium-D? Hey, come to think of it, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, the manufacturer of Serzone, used to make Windex! There HAS to be some connection here.
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> Seriously, it IS interesting what kinds of visual effects psychotropics can have, whether or not they increase floater perception. I ran across an article recently (I forget where) railing about how visual effects, some irreversible, are a highly under-publicized effect of psychotropics.
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> I've seen some posts here in the past where people said they have to change their eye prescriptions every time they start or stop taking certain meds.
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> Rick
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