Flashing Dots

hey the same thing thing is happening 2 me like the EXACT same thing and im scafred i dont know whats going on ..iots been happening all the time did u go to the doctors if so wat did they say i pray its nothing big or that i have 2 get surgery...ur my only hope u understand wats going onim acared iv cried i hope its not a tmor or like i unno please help me thank u thank and thank u xox god bless

I remember hearing about this once and it is usually caused by the back of the retna peeling off the back of the eye the black dots that you are referring to are usually called "floaters" you should see the eye doctor cause they will use a laser and stop the retna from peeling if it is not stopped in time you could become blind...Im not a specialist or anything I just remember hearing this...you should really see an eye specialist!

You have a retinal detachment I seen flashing lights and I still do sometimes, they can give you an injection in the eye or surgey. I got an eye injection and if you seen flashing lights now, when they give you the injection the light will be blocking your line of sight in the eye they gave you the injection in. If you do not get it checked out you will go blind. You probably already will have vision loss after this. My vision got as bad as 20/200 (the big E) and I couldn't even see the whole E and I am only 16 so it is a very serious condition. The doctors said I will never be able to get all my vision back and after that my doctors said they thought I was going to go blind right before there own eyes. Hope this was useful to you!

nono se what i think you all dont understand is me and the guy that first posted this we see ONE white flashing dot at the corner of our eyes not black ones not floaters iv researched the symptoms of a retina detachment and you see black dodts sparkles shadow things curtain liike things we are not seeing flashes we are seeing a dot that is flashing i can see perfectly fyne...my left eye where it is hapening feels a little strained im thinking thats why when you have a retina detachment its not painful my eye hurts so tere for thts not what it i plus im 16 and you know i hve my health

I have the same thing as the two first guys that posted. My vision is very good! but I see white dots in my left eye that appears for one illusive second and makes my hair raise because its annoying. its still scotma, it happens sometimes like the guy said, when you look from something bright to something else and it flashes, sometimes it has different colors but mostly white, with a ring around it. Sometimes it flots down or up in the corner slowly but quickly disappears when you close your eyes. I doctor told me there was nothing that can be done. I remeber when I was twelve i had an eye injury and had a very bad blood shot in the same spot in my left eye. Now years later I can't seem to get rid of the blinking spots that only appear occasionally. At first it was really bad, like bright dots that frighten you, and then it tapered off to just occasianl blinking white dots sometimes not noticed. however, the peripheal in my that spot is more sensitive than in my right eye. Check it out anyway because if there is a cure i would like to know. Did any of you have an injury to your eye a while back? it could be the cause...it doesn't just happen unless something happened to your eye that you might have overlooked.

Hi Krt715, Yadda and Trayl,

I've got exactly the same thing!

Do you know what it's name is, if it's serious and what it actually is?

Mine only lasts for about a second and occurs about once a week.

Any ideas? I have the same. I recently had a dilated eye exam and my eyes appear normal and healthy.

my eyes seem to be fine ,i dont need glasses to read most
things,just the very very small print, but lately i have had this bright dots thing flickering for a few seconds
and it does this a few times a day ,wish i knew what is causing it
Tony

This is happenig to me as well. Just a flashing light but mine lasts for like 10 minutes. I've been running really low on sleep the past couple days so maybe they're just strained. Pleeeease someone answer to help us!

Ok guyz. Wait wait wait! I'm gona go to the doctor tomorrow and ill tell you what it is cuz I'm having exactly the same thing. We're not getting blind ok! Positive thinking pleaase!

did the last guy go blind? I hope not cause I have the same thing!

Guys I'm having the exact same thing! It resembles a tiny dot of light that goes up or down like light traveling for a second and goes away, I spend 6hours on the computer and it never happens when I'm using it!! Only when I look away at other objects!!!

Guys I'm having the exact same thing! It resembles a tiny dot of light that goes up or down like light traveling for a second and goes away, I spend 6hours on the computer and it never happens when I'm using it!! Only when I look away at other objects!!!

I see one big blackspot on the top left corner of my eye...not like looking at the eye but in my acual vision...and sometimes it flashes like a light...any help would be awesome...thank you