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yesterday morning my eyes could not focus.  it was actually quite scary.  I only got like a blurred rainbow when I looked at my screen or my tv.  I could see around the office okay and I could see outside and into the distance ok, but I literally could not focus on the screen.  I had to quit early.  I'm feeling a little stressed and really still quite far behind. 

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Use those artificial tears type of drops (probably a saline solution).  Close your eyes.  Sleep.  Blink.  There are apps for your computer/phone/smartwatch that you can set to remind you to blink.  When staring at a computer screen we blink less often.  A lot less often.  So, use an app.  And, if it continued into today, please call your eye doctor and get in immediately.

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A couple of year ago, I had floaters during tax season and let it go. When I started seeing darting lights in the outside edge of my vision, I saw a specialist.

Turns out, I had a tear in my retina with 2 more coming, and 2 holes in the other retina.

I hope you will see an ophthalmologist. Or a retina specialist.

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That's pretty scary.  It could be something as simple as dry eyes with extreme eye fatigue that's causing your eyes to not filter and process the light properly, especially since it was limited to the TVs and monitor (blue light?).  If you have any environmental allergies that affect your eyes, that could also be a possibility with the higher pollen counts added into the mix, really anything that might irritate your eyes along with the fatigue.  For example, if you've ever been swimming in a chlorinated pool at night and then see rainbow halos around lights, that can be from irritation of the cornea that may include some swelling.   Do you wear contact lens that you left in longer than usual?

I agree with both Lion and Possi.  Try some drops and rest, but if that doesn't help, definitely get checked out.

Please let us know if you are OK too.  <3

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You need to take card of yourself.  Forget the stress and how far behind you are.  Admittedly, I have had a difficult time focusing for the past couple of weeks but it comes and goes and is totally related to my stage of exhaustion and that ridiculously small font they use on some of the source data.  Mine will go away with a little rest.  I am not seeing rainbows.  Yours may not go away.  As the others suggest, get your rear-end into see a doctor TODAY - rest this weekend and call all of your remaining clients on Monday and Tuesday and tell them that due to a health issue of your own, you will need to extend their return.  Those that need to be your clients will understand and want you healthy.  The other ones you don't need.

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I had something very similar happen to me over 30 years ago when I was the Controller for a Food Service Wholesaler, working too many hours, not enough sleep,

ingesting too much caffeine. My situation was more intense because in addition to the eye issues, I was also pretty dizzy. Had my office manager call 911,

went to the emergency room where they didn't find anything. Had a complete exam several days later by an internist who said I was fine.

He said that what happened to me was an "aura" which usually proceeds an intense migraine, which i have never had.

He told me that you can also experience the "aura" without the migraine. Get some rest and hopefully it will disappear.

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And you can have the floaters without the torn or detached retina.  I have always had some floaters, but if they suddenly get worse I still RUN to the eye doctor for reassurance.  So far it has always been nothing, but it is a classic sign of damage to the retina and should be checked out.  Just like the aura you are seeing may be nothing but should be checked out.  I consider those peace of mind visits.

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I get "optical migraines" that are painless except for this weird squirmy "fireball" thingy around whatever I'm trying to look at.  They are harmless and go away in about 30 minutes.  I get them from dehydration, not enough sleep, too much computer screen, and bright sunlight during the tax season when I'm a mole person.  The sun!  The sun!  It burns!!

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Not this year but the last 3 (once each year), I've had the same ocular migraine.  My guess is that it was from too much computer screen checking over inputs for too long a period.  I notice that Schirallicpa is from NY so could it be from verifying the DL digits on the screen in ATX where they don't let you put the space between each 3 numbers.  Running them together gives me a headache,  and a PITA.  I agree with BHoffman, gone in 30 minutes, but I also take a Motrin and lie down, a good excuse to take a quick nap.

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On 4/11/2018 at 6:28 AM, Possi said:

 

 

4 hours ago, Possi said:

A couple of year ago, I had floaters during tax season and let it go. When I started seeing darting lights in the outside edge of my vision, I saw a specialist.

Turns out, I had a tear in my retina with 2 more coming, and 2 holes in the other retina.

I hope you will see an ophthalmologist. Or a retina specialist.

This is good to know about floaters. I have not seen any lights, but I have one that is so big that I have to really look at numbers carefully and straight on to make sure that I am seeing correctly. It sits right in the middle of my vision and just drives me crazy. I went to the ophthalmologist and she said that she will watch it, but that there's nothing short of surgery to get rid of it.  

 

 

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My floaters came on suddenly, and so many it was like pepper was all over the monitor. But I googled it, and it said nothing about being serious. A few floaters are normal, but if it's really peppering your vision, if you see lights dashing, see a doctor. You could have a retinal tear or a hole.

 If it looks like a window shade is lowering in your eye,  go to the emergency room, your retina is likely detaching.

 

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7 hours ago, Lion EA said:

Use those artificial tears type of drops (probably a saline solution).  Close your eyes.  Sleep.  Blink.  There are apps for your computer/phone/smartwatch that you can set to remind you to blink.  When staring at a computer screen we blink less often.  A lot less often.  So, use an app.  And, if it continued into today, please call your eye doctor and get in immediately.

My eyes burn occasionally. I put an ice pack on them and/or put my face in front of the office vaporizer. We run the vaporizer most of the winter because it gets so dry and to avoid static electricity.

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My eyes have been burning in the new office which is SUPER-dry.  Plus it's an old building, so there's dust and Lord knows what else floating around being irritating.  In my case, I know it's dryness plus too much screen time, because it's gone every morning, much less working at home (not nearly as dry), and worse if there are flowers around (pollen).

Cold wet teabags (regular ansi-standard black tea, not the herbal or flavored stuff) is excellent for tired, dry, swollen eyes.  Plus you get to lay back to keep 'em in place... 

Floaters are common with nearsighted people (back in my engineering days I used to watch them go by during particularly boring staff meetings) - but as Possi says, sudden increase or bright flashing lights is a warning sign of retinal tears.  Or as BHoffman and FDNY say, optical migraines.  

I'll echo what the rest say:  if it's better, watch it and take blink-breaks.  Back when I was a materials engineer doing electron microscopy, I learned (the hard way, of course) about "raster hypnosis" where your blinks slow down to match time with the raster of the screen on a scanning electron microscope.  A day of that and your eyes are tired, burning, gritty, and nasty feeling.  If it's not HUGELY better, get thee to an eye doctor!  None of your clients would blink (ha ha) about canceling a meeting with you if their eyes hurt; why should you take ANY chance of hurting your eyes for them?  Put 'em all on extension now, and deal with them as you can, later. 

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You guys are all great on here.  Look at all the caring responses here.  I've been reading them so long my eyes are not focusing again.  Ha - just kidding.  I appreciate everyone's input.  I have taken your collective advise and has scheduled an eye exam for next week.  Hopefully it's just computer eye strain.  It really makes you think about your eyes and how important they are not only to your work but all of your life.  We take things for granted.

 

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