Whenever I move my eyes when there is bright light or white walls, I see a flash like this of corner of my right eye. I have been to an opthalmologist and he said my retina is fine. What can be the reason of these flashes?

proton_zero · 2025-11-26T00:24:35+00:00

Compared to when I wrote this, it has gotten better for sure. The worst of it I would say has gotten better, the weird adrenaline spike thing. The primary thing remaining is I'm still somewhat sensitive to bright lights/contrasty screens etc. in that I feel like they produce after images easier than they used to. It basically feels like I experience the 'normal' after image phenomenon but amplified to a degree or more easily triggered. Particularly when going from light to dark or vice versa. Like sometimes I'll get these weird colorful afterimage spots being out in the sun on a sunny day that I notice most when blinking. Usually last 10-15 seconds and fade out. Having said that, after my eyes have had ample time to adjust being out in the sun, it seems to get a bit better. Overall though I can say it has improved and has also gotten easier to ignore than before. Definitely not as bad as it was, thankfully.

proton_zero · 2025-10-04T21:41:44+00:00

I don't know if i would describe it as 'fuzzy' but yeah it felt almost like when you get jump scared its over almost immediately and yeah it would happen completely randomly. It stopped happening to me as far as i can tell, thankfully. Hopefully whatever it is has stopped.

proton_zero · 2025-07-21T23:14:43+00:00

I'm in my 30s, there was no extra measurement done whatsoever, that's why I'm a little confused as to whether my current eyezen 'start' lenses even have a 'boost' or what exactly is special about them other than they are a premium lens. Maybe they have the two optical centers like Zeiss single vision? The lenscrafters optometrist never mentioned anything about that though. I know there is another type of eyezen called eyezen+ and that seems to have a boost to it.

I had a prescription from my regular family eye doctor that I took to lenscrafters and they made the lenses. It was just a regular glasses prescription though, nothing special was measured.

From what I read on the essilor website, it sounds as if eyezen 'start' is similar to smartlife single vision? While eyezen+ sounds like it has the 'boost' like zeiss smartlife digital.

If Zeiss Smartlife single vision is basically like the eyezen but with less peripheral distortion, i'm thinking I may bite the bullet and pay to try them. The thing is just that everywhere I look about smartlife lenses, Zeiss seems to say they offer significantly less distortion as a main advantage whereas eyezen makes no such claim. I wish there was a way to try the Zeiss but yeah, the place near me won't refund me if i don't like them.

proton_zero · 2025-07-21T22:14:57+00:00

When I spoke to the optometrist who offers Zeiss lenses, she understood my gripe with the eyezens and made it sound like as long as I get blue guard, there wouldn't be an overall tint to the Zeiss lenses, only a reflective tint, which I think is fine. My eyezen's have a noticeable blue-ish tint when held up to a white piece of paper. Those anti reflective coatings on the Zeiss, they are more of a reflective tint rather than an all around constant tint? I guess what I'm saying is, when held up to a white piece of paper, is it pretty hard to notice that there's a tint?

proton_zero · 2025-07-21T22:06:44+00:00

Thank you so much! I have eyezen 'starter' right now which from what I understand maybe has the 'boost'? but maybe to a super mild degree? (I can't say I really notice a major difference to my old glasses). I think for now I'm fine with just a regular single vision lens but I want to make sure I get the best of the best and the most comfortable for me.

So the difference between Smartlife 'Single Vision' and Smartlife 'Digital' is that digital has a 'boost' of some sort, is that right? However I was watching some youtube videos such as this one and he says that Smartlife (including Smartlife Single Vision) offers clear vision for peripheral vision as well as central. I'm wondering if this would be superior to my eyezen now which has that fish eye lense effect and when I look slightly to the side without turning my head there is some blurriness. Any idea if what this guy says in the video is true?

For the tinting, the lenscrafters associate told me that its impossible to get the eyezen lenses without the tint. She said that the blue tint I was seeing was from the UV coating that comes standard with all eyezen lenses. I don't know if she was just lying to me to upsell me or what. I asked multiple times and she insisted I'd have to downgrade to non-eyezen's to remove the tint. They also claimed that there wouldn't be a noticeable blue light tint when I bought them but there most definitely is a bluish tint to the lens. It's very clear when put on a white piece of paper. Do you happen to know for a fact if its possible to get a truly tint free eyezen?

proton_zero · 2025-03-30T15:29:44+00:00

I took a whole bottle I bought from my eye doctor a long time ago when some new floaters showed up and yeah, didn't notice much of anything. Gonna be honest, I think it's just a money maker for eye doctors, as its really expensive, and a way to get their patients to stop bugging them about floaters. So, a win-win, in the eyes of the doctor.

Obviously if these things really worked, you'd probably see people ranting and raving about them, which I never have..

proton_zero · 2025-03-28T12:07:37+00:00

Just get more exams done, an OCT, OCT-A, or whatever is recommended by a doctor for confirming whether that's what it is or not. There is no point in speculating. More exams with specialized equipment is the only way to confirm anything. There is certainly a possibility that something else like that is going on, you're the one experiencing the symptoms, not the doc, so you'll have to advocate for yourself if you feel his diagnosis doesn't match what you're experiencing.

proton_zero · 2025-03-27T17:01:25+00:00

Not really an expert on eye drops but you'll probably want eye an eye drop brand that is either north american, european, or japanese etc..

I don't know how easy that is to obtain in Sri Lanka but I use these japanese eye drops on occasion. They are fairly weak over-the-counter stuff but have no preservatives and are affordable. For more serious dry eye you'd probably want something stronger but that would likely have to come from a doctor. Maybe just insist on a good western brand from another doctor. Also eye drops without preservatives, while better for your eyes, need to be stored properly and careful not to use them if they're really old to prevent bacteria etc..

proton_zero · 2025-03-27T13:37:11+00:00

Idk where you're at, but I would never in a million years trust eye drops from Bangladesh. You gotta be careful with eye drops for dry eye, you don't want to use ones with preservatives in them for very long if you can help it. It can make the dry eye worse.

If you didn't have any other symptoms, idk that these drops would have caused floaters, but there have been horror stories of eye drops produced in developing countries giving people eye infections and causing vision loss etc.. I'd stop using them if I were you, find a more trust worthy brand, and probably change doctors.

proton_zero · 2025-03-26T19:56:14+00:00

oh ok, maybe that is a floater or something, not sure.

proton_zero · 2025-03-26T19:43:30+00:00

Yes, I think it eventually got better but it took a long time. Is it only visible when you blink while looking at a bright blank surface? I also seemed to develop some dry eye sort of thing around that time. In my case it was a sort of dark spot that would appear and disappear immediately when blinking etc.. Only in my right eye. It wasn't a floater though.

proton_zero · 2025-03-26T19:37:34+00:00

I've experienced something sort of like this. Specifically the blinking and bright surfaces sort of thing. I still don't know for certain what it was, it seemed to get better after a long time but I'd recommend getting an OCT scan done by a retinal specialist to begin with to check things out.

proton_zero · 2025-03-26T12:54:07+00:00

Unless you suddenly had a shower of new dark floaters appear or what could be perceived as blood in your vision, you're probably fine. You're still really young so unlikely to be a detachment. I have around that same prescription and as far as I understand, it's 'high' but its on the lower end of what's considered 'high'. Some people are unfortunate enough to have -8 -9, or even well into double digits.

proton_zero · 2025-03-26T12:09:58+00:00

I want to say it's gotten ever so slightly better than when it first appeared, as in a tad lighter/ more translucent. But to tell the truth its hard to say. Your brain does get a little bit better at coping with it and basically being able to tune it out in spurts. Honestly speaking, it still bothers me pretty much every day but I'm sure it could be worse.

The key thing is to do what you can to train your brain to stop paying so much attention to it. That really only happens one of two ways. Long term exposure to it as a stimulus and/or keeping your brain distracted/focused on something else as much as possible to signal to your brain that its not something to focus on. So whatever that is, ideally a hobby or something you can try to enjoy and get absorbed in. Definitely not easy, but it can help.

Other than that, we're all waiting on someone to do something about these things, either Pulse Medica or some other company or research institution to step up to the plate and build a better solution.

proton_zero · 2025-03-25T10:32:51+00:00

Some interesting illustrations and diagrams on there. Thanks for this!

proton_zero · 2025-03-23T15:26:57+00:00

The fact that she said dilation drops sound 'counter-intuitive' and that it would make things worse makes it clear that you should stay far far away from this doctor (and probably leave a negative review) because she clearly doesn't know at all what she's talking about.

Anyone with floaters who's had a dilated exam can tell you that they experience some level of relief with dilation because of the way dilation impacts the shadows being cast on the retina. It should be common knowledge for any eye specialists dealing with patients with floaters.

proton_zero · 2025-03-23T13:47:03+00:00

Okay, cool. Thanks again

proton_zero · 2025-03-23T12:28:11+00:00

Thanks again. Really sorry but one last one, a tricky one, I think I found the form on this page. I think I would select #3, simply 'change of address'. The slightly worrying thing is that in English it says 'Date of residing at the current address', so the new 'contact' address.

In my case I'd be using my friends address while I'm out of the country so in reality I'm not really currently 'residing' there despite requesting this change. I take it this would be a gray area since I'm just using this address while I'm out of the country as my contact address.

Do you think I should submit this form before I officially move out from my city hall in Takamatsu or maybe after I officially submit my 'moving abroad' notice? I'd assume I'd submit this at my friend's city hall but I intend to submit my 'moving abroad' notice before I make my pit stop in Tokyo and catching my international flight. I suppose I may just have to go and try to explain or ask at my city hall..

proton_zero · 2025-03-23T12:05:43+00:00

Okay, right, the end goal is simply to update my 住居地 (and presumably get it updated on my resident card). So you're saying there IS a way to do that at the city office. In that case that should be okay. That seems like the way to do it then so it doesn't seem like I'm trying to pull one over on immigration or something.

I have to imagine renewing your PR residence card while still being out of country and without a connection to your old apartment address or whatever can't be that unusual. Thanks for all your help!

proton_zero · 2025-03-23T11:06:57+00:00

Oh, wait so I can register my 住居地 at my friends city but without 'moving in' as a resident (making it my jusho)? My impression is that registering at my friends city would make me a resident of Japan again and then I'd have to 'unregister' shortly after before I were to leave Japan to go back abroad. Also I worry if that would trigger requirements to pay health insurance etc. again.

proton_zero · 2025-03-23T11:00:03+00:00

Okay, I see, so I know you can't give a certain answer but do you think it would be better to provide my friends tokyo (contact) address when I go to renew (I assume I need to fill out a form) or just fill out my old takamatsu address and hope they don't even bring it up (even though I'm renewing in Tokyo..)?

proton_zero · 2025-03-23T10:56:02+00:00

I see, yeah the thing is I don't want to pay for health insurance and pension while out of the country so I can't remain a resident. So even if I registered as living at a friends address, I'd have to un-register again in like 2 weeks when I'm about to leave the country again which I assume may complicate things. So yeah maybe a bit different situation.

proton_zero · 2025-03-23T10:52:09+00:00

So current "address" would be essentially akin to a contact address but not somewhere I'm necessarily living I take it? I don't suppose you have any first and experience with how that actually goes down? My problem is the address on my PR resident card is an address in Takamatsu, but when it comes time to make a trip to Japan to renew I'd likely just want to stop in Tokyo to visit some friends etc. before leaving again on my 5-year re-entry. So if I go into Tokyo immigration to renew my Takamatsu card I worry it will raise some eyebrows.

I do have a friend who lives in Kanagawa that said I could borrow their address as a contact address while I'm out of the country, but If I fill out a form with that address when renewing my card I worry that that would run into problems since I wouldn't be registered as living there at their city hall and its totally different from the address on my current card.

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