Dark spot in my vision. Anyone else experience this?

Here's my chance to make a public service announcement. I'm a veteran of retinal detachment. If you get it treated right away, you get the best recovery. But how do you know you have one?

Do you get flashes of light in your vision? Yellow-white sparks? If you only get them once in a while coughing, don't panic. But if they show up and don't go away, see a doctor within 48 hours.

Lots of people have floaters, as StandingAlone says. They are little dots or threads or circles floating in the vitreous fluid of your eye. If you get a sudden change, either a new large one or a shower of pepper-like bits, this is called a vitreous detachment, and is kind of an emergency. If I remember correctly, you should go at once to an eye doctor, or even the ER. It isn't always detached retina, but if it is, you want it to be treated ASAP.

The problem for me began last week. At night, if I wake up to go to the bathroom, I have black large forms that look like cloud formations that move to different shapes. Is that the same as the other types of floaters?

While on the first day of a new job, I experienced a jagged split in my right eye. I have a prosthetic left eye from a injury as a child. I had it happen again a couple of years later. The only thing I attributed it to was stress. I told my eye dr. but he didn't seem concerned. Should he have been? I see pretty good, just need distance glasses.

MS can cause sudden and strange vision issues that can come and go. I can't tell from your description if your vision issues fall under that, but just thought I would mention this. MS would also likely cause strange muscle spasms/weakness as well, though, and an assortment of other symptoms. So if this vision issue is your only issue then likely you don't even need to consider bringing up MS screening with your doc. Good luck sorting it out, I hope you find answer very soon.

I was all set to answer until you described your symptoms more! I'm assuming you have had your pupils dilated by an ophthalmologist, not just the guy who fits you for glasses. How big is the spot, and is it more cloudy or really opaque?

I had a spot in the middle of my vision - very tiny - which grew into a cataract. I have pretty huge floaters, which bother me most at night and in really bright light, when my pupils are very large or very small. They are more dark and translucent, not really black. Detached retina will show up as a dark spot in your vision, but it would probably be there most of the time.

I would assume that if experts can't find it, it's probably a brain or nerve issue. Make sure your blood sugar and blood pressure are OK, and maybe it will never get any worse.

Sometimes we have to settle for not getting any worse.

A good eye exam takes more than an optometrist, it take an ophthalmologist who can get a good look at the retina, the back wall of the eye, to check for damage. If there has been untreated glaucoma for a long time, the retina starts to pucker, then rip. Get a complete eye exam from an MD.

3 years ago I had trouble seeing out of the left lower part of my left eye. As I would read I would have to physically move my head from side to side to read the words.(really great book, too). My eye Dr. did a Field Vision Test to determine just where the problem was. He then referred me to my reg. MD and I went through an MRI. They found a tumor on my pituitary gland that had grown large enough to press on the optic nerves. This was taken care of with surgery and I am fine now. The OP has probably had this test done, but if not it would be a good idea. The Field Vision Test is done in the Drs.' office, No pain or prodding!! Our sight is so precious! May God be with each of you with problems concerning sight!! Let us know what you learn!

I have this condition.When I wake up at night in bed I can not see what I look at but I can see to the side of the object.If I look at the window,it is not there.If I look to the side of the window,I can see out the window with my peripheral vision.I had multifocal lens put in when I had cataract surgery.I have had an exam.Nothing.

Hankster, get a Field-of-Vision test done by an MD Opthamologist. Do not accept the nothing diagnosis. Find another eye doctor, this one is not doing the right test.

I agree with pamstegma!! There is something wrong. A Field Vision Test with an eye Dr. that knows what he is looking for is the way to go!!