Dark shadows in central vision

[Scottf589]

When I am in a low light room and I blink my eyes I see a dark shadow that fades away when I leave my eyes open. It comes back and fades away if I blink over and over. I also see a small slight distorted spot in vision when I first wake up in the mornings. I just went to a ritina specialist two days ago and full had a full exam. He really checked my retina, the examination light nearly killed me, and he found nothing wrong. No drunen, and said the retina looks great. I also went to a ophthalmologist a month ago and did find a cataract in my right eye, but said my retina is in great condition. I told him what I was experiencing and he said it could be you are spending too much time on electronic devices and TV. I bought blueblocking glasses and my eyes feel better, but the shadows in central vision are still there. Also, I have blue colored string lights in my room and when I blink when they are on at night, I see a donut shape ring in my central vision. What the heck is going on. I am 48 years old. No history of eye problems in my family, except my mom had cataracts removed in her eyes in her late forties and a tear from coughing too hard repaired. Is this something part of the functionality of the eyes?

[Christina11_11]

It sort of sounds like Central serous chorizo retinopathy to me. This is my condition. But on OCT exam would show fluid obstructing the retina. Normally it resolves itself but it has been chronic for me for years.

[Scottf589 in reply to Christina11_11]

I do not know if I had a OCT scan. I have to look that up. I do not know what that is. I can see perfectly during the day. I do use reading glasses with 1.25 strength. I even forget I have something going on until the nighttime, blinking my eyes. If I never blink in a low lite room, I would never see it either. The weirdest thing is the smoke donut rings in my central vision in the blue light of my string lights in my room. I have stopped using them. Do not know if it causing any harm.

[bj00rn]

I see the same "donut" when blinking, but it's because I have the diagnosis "epiretinal membrane" which is pulling on the macula (I also have a small blind spot in the center). It would be strange if you had it though since specialists would most likely instantly see it in the cross-section scans (it looks and behaves almost exactly the same as CSR as mentioned above btw).

[Scottf589 in reply to bj00rn]

I do not have any blind spots. Just the donut rings in blue lights from LED’s. I do not see donuts in any other light colors. I can see very fine print with glasses and notice nothing else. Weird...

[rinkika]

We have the same experience, I went to my eye doctor today. I went through a pupil dilation exam, it was so bright, eyes were blurred for two hours because of the eye drops given to me. My doctor said my eyes were normal and there was nothing to worry about. But I still see this like dark shadow when I'm in low light but when I'm in a bright place, visions were normal. I wanna ask how are your eyes today? I hope you can reply 😊

[MishyMonz]

I’m so glad I came across this post. I’ve always seen what I can only describe and as moving black areas, as far back as I can remember. If the room is completely black or if the room is very dim, then I see it. I woke up at 5am this morning, went and grabbed some tea, came back to bed, turned the lights off, and of course it’s there, but it was more intense this time. If you find anything out about this, please let me know. Thanks.

[Harambasa]

I see the topic is outdated but wanted to ask if you found out what the problem was.I have the same thing for a quiet of time,only happens in darker room when laying almist sleeping and never in bright light or when im not laying but standing awake.I tested even with very bright light from mobile with sudden blink on closed eye and there was absolutely nothing,same when suddenly brighting the room,no shadow in center!Vision was clear and no shadows on wall.It comes only when im closing eyes lil bit longer and the reopen it and is much worse when doing it with one eye open simultaneously cause with both open it mostly vanishes immediately.I have it for some time,I also dont know what it could be and wanted to ask if you did resolve the problem cause I guess this is the very same problem

[MaleSharpie]

I have wet AMD and see the same dark spots in both eyes. However, if your retina is normal then you probably don't have AMD. Even with my eye injections, the dark spots remain so not sure what is causing them.

[dcsurbiton]

Dear all, I also have them but due to polyp bleeding inside my eye which has scarred the retina slighhtly. If i am in very low light and looking for them, i can see teh spots . OCT should show them if there are any scarringSuggest check with another doctor and insist on OCT