I See Shadow..thingies

[Sparko]

well one way to tell if it is floaters is when you see them and you move your eye back and forth, they move with your eye.

[Cow Poke]

you could have an eye problem. Have your vision checked out, and get a retinal exam (where they dilate your eyes and look at your retina). Also make sure they do a glaucoma test.

My wife, in addition to dealing with breast cancer, went to the doctor yesterday because she's ALSO having these symptoms. Doc dilated her eyes, and did a very intensive "look see"... found she did, in fact, have a "floater" which was dark, but retina was not detached or detaching, and Doc said "sometimes this happens - nothing you can do for it except surgery, which is VERY risky with no guaranty of success". NOT what my wife wanted to hear, but at least she has the satisfaction of knowing it's nothing more serious -- just incredibly bothersome.

Doc said "it will eventually settle to the bottom of your eyeball, but for now, you just have to deal with it". And she also has migraines.

How many ways can I say this?........GO!

YEAH! Cause it COULD be something more serious, and / or TREATABLE!

[DesertBerean]

How many ways can I say this?........GO!

[Christianbookworm]

See your eye doctor. Now. Could be floaters, or could be early signs of retina detachment. Or other things. Go. Don't delay.

Ditto, it's probably just floaters, but better safe than sorry.

[DesertBerean]

See your eye doctor. Now. Could be floaters, or could be early signs of retina detachment. Or other things. Go. Don't delay.

[Catholicity]

Have your eyes checked. Have a brain scan. You also might need a dose adjustment of your happy pills. (seriously that can cause shadow things if you need them or need your dose adjusted or just started happy pills) migraine thing too.

[Cerebrum123]

Without knowing the context of the situation I don't think much of us can comment on what's really going on. Things like when did it start, how often does it happen, does it happen in any specific places more often etc.

[Sparko]

you could have an eye problem. Have your vision checked out, and get a retinal exam (where they dilate your eyes and look at your retina). Also make sure they do a glaucoma test.

Another thing that can cause visual effects is migraines. Sometimes migraines don't actually hurt, but they can cause visual problems. One time I was looking at a computer screen and it all of a sudden began looking like the colors were melting and running, like hot wax. It freaked me out. It only lasted a few seconds. I went to see a doctor and was told that it could have been a migraine. I told him I never had a migraine or any such effect before, and he told me that it doesn't have to be something that reoccurs, that it could be a one time thing. I never had it happen again.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...e/faq-20058113

[Manwë Súlimo]

When did this start? Are they people-shaped?

[Scrawly]

So basically when I am going about my business - I could be reading, having a conversation, etc. I notice what can best be described as flashes of a partial shadow(s) scurrying about. These shadow thingies are often times quite small and blackish, although rarely I see white as well. Usually they appear and disappear quite quickly and sometimes it almost looks like "they" are striking me or another person.

Now, I have yet to mention this to my Dr. because I suffer no other side-effects and simply ignore it without issue. However, I did recently search this phenomena on the internet and others do experience it as well. Interestingly one gal mentioned that she snapped a few photos of the area where she saw these things, and the photo revealed orbs. Interestingly again, I have also came across videos of these orbed things as well on YT and interestingly once again, a witch commented on one of those videos that these orbs appear during her gatherings.

Now I don't want to jump into a spiritual dimension of the gaps, but please do tell what this phenomena actually is.