Seeing flashes in central vision so scared

[Worrywort80]

My daughter and I both have these flashes, sometimes blue and sometimes white - we can relate them to stress/anxious/exhausted times. We were talking about it only this morning actually, as my daughter whos NOT a worrier mentioned it in her regular eye examination after years of having it. She was told there was nothing physical wrong and it was just 'one of those things'.

Thank you Carys, that’s really helpful actually x


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[Carys]

You are welcome - there are theories about the eye vitreous humour pulling and moving in the eye, and underdeveloped areas of the retina....but whatever the theories are, there was nothing found wrong.

[Kyliebd]

I’ve had a PVD before, early onset macular degeneration and also suffer from occular migraines so I am hyper vigilant about any changes in my vision. Lately I’ve noticed an increase in the amount of occular migraines I’m having and when I blink I see like lightning bolts of light. I did a search so I know others have similar experiences but how do you stop that rush of panic when you notice a visual disturbance and not constantly focus on it? Also for the occular migraine sufferers, how frequent do you get them and do they affect both eyes or one?