I have very similar things going on.. Especially the trailers. I'm negative on all tests as well. I don't use my cell phone very much though so I would doubt that would be it. I just deal with it, and it comes and goes.

I hope that I am replying to your note !!

Thanks for the comment. Can you tell me how long you have had this problem and whether or not is has changed since it started.

I too have the same symptoms as you do. Mine started in march and happen everyday. I also have the worst times in the morning. I also have the shimmering. I have a jerky motion at times when I am looking at something at a certain distance. I have had a ver and have seen specialists. No one can tell me what is going on. They have not performed an mri, because they say they have no symptoms to require one.

It made me feel good to know that someone else has this. I felt like I was crazy. I had lasik surgery last oct. And had a hard time with dry eye from it. I am taking restasis and wonder if it is the cause. I do use a cell phone, but not everyday.

I, as well have similar symptoms. I have the little black specks that "float" around. When I read a newspaper, the print will go out of focus a lot, then come back in.

A few years ago my eye Dr. Diagnosed me with dry corneas. He implanted my tear ducts with plugs (what an uncomfortable experience), but my boyfriends mother passed away the next day and I cried them right out. Insurance wouldn't pay to have them done again.

My eyeballs also ache at times, especially when they are dry.

Do any of you experience dry eyes?

Maybe theres a connection.

Sorry for not replying before now.

I also have very dry eyes. I use various tear replacements but none are very good I have found.

I also have floaters but they are more like two black lines

i have noticed recently that my vision problems seem to vary a bit from time to time but I can't yet say why that it. I don't think that the cell phone is the problem. I am speculating now that it may be tea/coffee as I drink a lot of them.

Hey,
i have the exact same problem. I started seeing the "sparkles" when I was 18 (and am now 21). I've been to a neurologist, eye doc, and several other doctors because I have had other symptoms that came along with it. I was freaking out because when it first started I thought it was a brain tumor or something. However, I do have other symptoms that go along with it, and which all started at the same time the "sparkles" started - hair thinning, ringing of ears, vision worsening, feeling of off-balance, trailers, and floaters. I've had an mri, mra, eeg, and many lab tests and everything came back normal, except for "unidentified white matter" in my brain in the mri. The only explanation the doctors can give me is that my anxiety/stress could be causing the hair loss. I have been known to get anxiety attacks in the past. Does anyone have any advise? Thanks.

Oh, I also see "lightning flashes" every time I go running and my foot hits the ground. Upon impact I get a terrible pound in my head and see "lightning" flash in my peripheral vision.

I also have a theory on coffee haveing and impact on this? I drink a lot. Anyone else?

Maybe even extensive computer work could be a factor. I work a minimum of 8 hours/day infront of a screen.

I recently put a post on here about trailers, no one answered. But this started in sept, or oct, I freaked out, thought it was a brain tumor. Because I had headaches too, but i've always had headaches, even when I was young. But my vision seems to be fine to my eye doc. Floaters, trailers, and sparkles, I see. Especially in the sky, or like on my white walls when the sun hits them. But after I found this site, I was reassured I didn't have a brain tumor..

I see there are others with this same problem. I have the blackness in my vision that corresponds to my pulse. Every time my heart beats I see a slight blackness appear in my peripheral vision. I experience a haze around bright lights and I find bright light in a room to be blinding even if it is not pointed directly at my eyes. The other strange thing is the "sparkles" in my vision as some have described it. To me the "sparkles” seem like cells moving randomly in my vision. I can stare at a single point in the sky and see them move this way and that with no real pattern. Anyway this started about a year ago and has not gotten any worse or better. And of course the eye doctors and neurologists say that everything is aok. However it is a constant nuisance. Can't figure out what we have in common as far as a catalyst or cause. Nothing like this runs in my family and I have no diseases or conditions that I or my doctors are aware of. I have used my cell phone for years but I don't think this is a direct result of it. I did start smoking about a year ago but that is the only life style change I can remember. Anyway keep posting if any of you find out anything new.

It has only been one week, but on sunday I felt very strange, kind of nervous and a little dizzy. I went to bed and woke up feeling better but seeing constant trailers. This kept up all week. I went to the eye doctor and he found nothing. It is now friday and I still see them every time I look around. They are definitely nothing like i've ever experienced. Very pronounced. Annoying also. I am calling a neurologist monday to make an appointment. I am scared! I am only 25 and have an 8 month old baby to take care of. If anyone has any advice let me know!

I think the neuro will tell you the same thing. My eye doctor told me that trailers are more a psysociogical problem. Cuz were the only ones who see them. I've had mine since october, and went to the doctor in november, and they found nothing. My eye sight is good. Like what trailers do yousee??? I see a white line after objects, (if i'm looking right at the object, if i'm not looking right at it, then I don't see it) strange huh??? But i've learned to live with them, now, it's more annoying than scary. Well keep us posted and let us know what your neuro says, caz any more advice is good......

Sherry :d

I'm 18 years old and have suffered with anxiety since 2003 inc. anxiety attacks. It was more mentally before 2008, but in march 2008 i started getting physical symptons and ever since i was about 9 years old i have suffered from tinnitus(ringing in the ears) and it's constant/permanent and docs said it cannot be cured so i have learnt to live with it, but i cannot stand silence as the ringing is all i hear! i also have a pulsing sound in my right ear. Since my anxiety became more physical it put major stress on me and took over my life when i was 17/turning 18 and since i have had 'sparkles' and trailers, dizzyness and i also see a cell like shape in my left eye... it literally looks like a cell when you look through a microscope. People have told me it is due to stress. Tinnitus is also due to stress, but as i am a musician, i am around loud music which does not help at all, so its a mix of both. When my anxiety got physical and i started having attacks/funny turns and my eyesight started getting these 'effects' i automatically thought it was a brain tumor that was causing it because my brother was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2001, which caused my anxiety because of the seperation of my family and worry of it all. So i had my ears tested and got offered a CT scan, but i refused as i was terrified of hospitals and i had watched my brother had scans done in the past and he hated them, it didnt look fun at all. Because i refused, my doctor offered me a blood test, so he could check everything was okay and if i had any desease or whatever wrong with me, but it all came back okay and the only problem i can think of is my anxiety that is causing this. So it could be stress that may be causing this for some of you.