Was told to put one drop in each eye at night. (Optometrist) My vision has become blurry. I just started the other day seeing black half circle in one eye. I have started going to counseling as usually a happy person have become quite depressed. The depression happened well before this new vision impairment, which started two days ago. I am overly anxious and lethargic not wanting to do my normal daily routine. My sleeping is erratic. Recently having trouble driving at night. I tossed it in the trash just now after reading possible side effects. For about six days now I’ve been taking vitamins for eye health. Once I stop using, is this damage now a part of my life or can it be rectified with ceasing its use. I feel so stupid not looking at the side effects first!
How can some of the side effects be reversed?
Question posted by 755Pacific on 15 April 2025
Last updated on 17 April 2025
Was part of ongoing message. The drops were Lumify
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Hello,
You should have contacted your Ophthalmologist when you first experienced these "side effects".
I can´t help you, you do not mention the name of the medication so I can not check anything!
The related topics you added are "eye conditions, side effect, vision, eye" and I checked if you had subscrided to a support group thinking you may have subscribed to a group of the this medication but your support groups can not be accessed as they are "private".
If you provide the name of the drops I or another member may be able to help you.
Regards, masso
Lumify and yes contacted, left detailed message to dr who prescribed and has NOT returned my call. :(
At a fisrt glance of potential side effects, if one experiences "vision changes" one must sop using Lumify and contact one´s doctor ASAP, and I believe you did.
More common side effects
Blurred or loss vision if experience again, contact doctor asap.
Very common side effects affecting up to 12% of patients experience blurred vision.
Now when frist starting a medication some people may experience side effects which are the very common to common side effects, these side effects tend to subside within a week to 10 days in most people, but as everyone reacts differently to everything in life it may take for some patients more or less time for the side effects to subside, if these side effects do not stop within that time check with your doctor.
who is responsible for your treatment and above all your SAFETY must step in and do his/her job, question : How long ago did you contact your doctor? I suggest you apply urgency and contact his/her office again until you can speak to him/her.
I know that nerve damage is irreversible and in some cases retinal damage may be reversible.
I suggest, as I could not find the answer you contact and also do not wait and find another Dr..:
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Source: Bausch and Lomb website
"Damage to the optic nerve is irreversible because the cable of nerve fibers doesn’t have the capacity to regenerate, or heal itself, when damage occurs. This is why glaucoma is an incurable disease at this point, and why early detection is so important."
Source:Glaucoma Research Foundation
From Mayo Clinic
Retinal Diseases:
Symptoms
Many retinal diseases share some common symptoms. These may include:
Seeing floating specks or cobwebs.
Blurred or distorted vision in which straight lines can look wavy.
Defects in the side vision.
Vision loss.
You may need to try looking with each eye alone to notice these changes.
When to see a doctor
It's important to pay attention to any changes in your vision and find care quickly. Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly have floaters, flashes or reduced vision. These are warning signs of potentially serious retinal disease.
Treatment of retinal disease may be complex and sometimes urgent. Options include:
Using a laser. Laser surgery can repair a retinal tear or hole. Your surgeon uses a laser to heat small pinpoints on the retina. This creates scarring that usually binds the retina to the underlying tissue. Immediate laser treatment of a new retinal tear can decrease the chance of it causing a retinal detachment.
Shrinking irregular blood vessels. Your eye doctor may use a technique called scatter laser photocoagulation to shrink irregular new blood vessels that are bleeding or threatening to bleed into the eye. This treatment may help people with diabetic retinopathy. Extensive use of this treatment may cause the loss of some side (peripheral) or night vision.
Freezing. In this process, called cryopexy (KRY-o-pek-see), your surgeon applies a freezing probe to the outside wall of the eye to treat a retinal tear. Intense cold reaches the inside of the eye and freezes the retina. The treated area will later scar and secure the retina to the eye wall.
Injecting air or gas into your eye. This technique, called pneumatic retinopexy (RET-ih-no-pek-see), is used to help repair certain types of retinal detachment. It can be used in combination with cryopexy or laser photocoagulation.
Indenting the surface of your eye. This surgery, called scleral (SKLAIR-ul) buckling, is used to repair a retinal detachment. Your surgeon sews a small piece of silicone material to the outside eye surface, called the sclera. This indents the sclera and relieves some of the force caused by the vitreous tugging on the retina and reattaches the retina. This technique may be used with other treatments.
Evacuating and replacing the fluid in the eye. In this procedure, called vitrectomy (vih-TREK-tuh-me), your surgeon removes the gel-like fluid that fills the inside of your eye, called the vitreous. Air, gas or liquid is then injected into the space.
Vitrectomy may be used if bleeding or inflammation clouds the vitreous and blocks the surgeon's view of the retina. This technique may be part of the treatment for people with a retinal tear, diabetic retinopathy, a macular hole, epiretinal membrane, an infection, eye trauma or a retinal detachment.
Injecting medicine into the eye. Your eye doctor may suggest injecting medicine into the vitreous in the eye. This technique may be effective in treating people with wet macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy or broken blood vessels within the eye.
Implanting a retinal prosthesis. People who have severe vision loss or blindness owing to certain inherited retinal disease may need surgery. A tiny electrode chip is implanted in the retina that receives input from a video camera on a pair of eyeglasses. The electrode picks up and relays visual information that the damaged retina can no longer process.
Source: Mayo Clinic
Have Dr appointment tomorrow afternoon.
Do not forget to mention everything you have experienced in detail, I recommend you make a list and discuss everything until you get the answers you required.
Thank you. I did make a list.
Good luck and you are welcome.
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