I'll try to make this long story short. I developed eye floaters two years ago in my first pregnancy. They took over both of my eyes and was the only thing I could concentrate on. The only way to get rid of these was with surgery. The surgery is very risky and could lead to blindness. Most eye doctors don't recommend it and just recommend living with it. I finally found a surgeon willing to operate on me.
I had my right eye done. This is a surgery where they remove all the vitreous except a little around the lense to protect it from cataract.
Next I had my left eye done. He left a strand of vitreous dangling that I could see, so I had him go in again and suck it out.
Now I'm pregnant again and my right eye has tons of vitreous left hanging off my lense and I can see it in my vision flapping around all day. It's driving me insane.
Here's the thing, I had to quit taking my psych meds (abilify and anafranil) because I'm pregnant. The dangling vitreous was there before, but I feel like it got way worse and I can't take it. I'm going crazy to where thoughts of suicide or poking my eye out are happening.
Suicide would be bad considering I have a two year old boy and one on the way. Poking my eye out would mean I wouldn't have to see this dangling crap in my eye all day. I would definitely not see as good and wouldn't have great balance and sense of depth.
Another eye surgery is pretty much out of the question for financial reasons at this point.
My teeth are also coming loose from this pregnancy (pregnancy periodontitis) and I'm having to spend thousands to save them.
The anxiety from the dangling vitreous in my vision all day makes it hard to be a good wife and mother. I'm almost debilitated mentally. My husband is on the verge of divorcing me.
So I'm wondering if you had stuff in your eye you could see dangling around all day you would go nuts? Or maybe I'm just crazy? Maybe normal people would be able to handle it. But I cannot. I also wonder if going back on my psych meds after baby will help me.
I sit around and worry I will have to live the rest of my life like this.
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I had my right eye done. This is a surgery where they remove all the vitreous except a little around the lense to protect it from cataract.
Next I had my left eye done. He left a strand of vitreous dangling that I could see, so I had him go in again and suck it out.
Now I'm pregnant again and my right eye has tons of vitreous left hanging off my lense and I can see it in my vision flapping around all day. It's driving me insane.
Here's the thing, I had to quit taking my psych meds (abilify and anafranil) because I'm pregnant. The dangling vitreous was there before, but I feel like it got way worse and I can't take it. I'm going crazy to where thoughts of suicide or poking my eye out are happening.
Suicide would be bad considering I have a two year old boy and one on the way. Poking my eye out would mean I wouldn't have to see this dangling crap in my eye all day. I would definitely not see as good and wouldn't have great balance and sense of depth.
Another eye surgery is pretty much out of the question for financial reasons at this point.
My teeth are also coming loose from this pregnancy (pregnancy periodontitis) and I'm having to spend thousands to save them.
The anxiety from the dangling vitreous in my vision all day makes it hard to be a good wife and mother. I'm almost debilitated mentally. My husband is on the verge of divorcing me.
So I'm wondering if you had stuff in your eye you could see dangling around all day you would go nuts? Or maybe I'm just crazy? Maybe normal people would be able to handle it. But I cannot. I also wonder if going back on my psych meds after baby will help me.
I sit around and worry I will have to live the rest of my life like this.
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