Eye floaters

[Gemini]

How I hate them! I got my first one a year or two ago. It has faded, or my brain has adjusted to it, or both. Mostly I forget it is there, unless in a white or pale room. I now have a new one in the other eye, and it is dark. Tiny but dark. I'm sure in time I will ignore it like the other. Just now having them in both eyes is bugging me!
I read that it is more common between the ages of 50 and 70, and in people who have had cataract surgery and the after-cataract laser treatment. I fit the descriptions exactly.

[Clover]

Oh poor you Gem.I know you will get used to it but for a while you'll probably be conscious of it all the time.The good news is it's nothing to worry about.xx

[Plantaholic]

Horrible I am sure to have floaters, I feel for you Gemini.

[Shemadee]

OH had cataract surgeries in his late 40s. If he looks at street lights or similar he gets a halo effect though hasn't mentioned floaters at all.

[Nanto2girls]

Must be a bit annoying Gem, but they are nothing to worry about.

[ZIZI]

I do not have floaters but I do have "tics". My left eye goes into spasm, husband says he cannot see it but yesterday it was almost all day and when I looked in the mirror I could see it. I thought it was my whole eye but it was actually only the bottom of the eye. Very annoying but thankfully not painful.

[Plantaholic]

I thought that was a sign of tiredness Zizi

[Pearl5]

I have eye floaters too Gem, the first time i was scared because i did not know what the were, so used good old google.....it doesnt seem all the time, unless like you i have getting used to them, it is usually when i have first woke up....i dont think they are harmful from what i have read but i was going to mention them when i go for my new glasses.....

[aggie]

First time I experienced floaters I panicked and went to Specsavers where I was tested and reassured that all was well , but it is annoying

[Gemini]

They are mostly harmless. Danger signs are a lot of new ones at once, and flashing lights.
This could be a sign of retinal detachment, and needs urgent attention.
Apart from that, they are just another sad sign of getting older!

[Qwerty]

I have had them a few years now but only in one eye, I am used to them but some days they seem more prominent horrible little blighters but I haven't had cataracts, I understood those little spasms were tiredness too Plant

[Daisy]

I get them too, and have done for years. I notice them more when I'm tired, but in the larger scheme of things they're just a minor nuisance and I'm grateful they're not causing any harm. Gem's comment above though it a timely reminder that we should get our eyes tested regularly.