[jibreel]

I remember when i first started using the computer late into the night, around 3 am. that sure caused some problems, including floaters and astigmatism.

one factor people miss is that, it's not just the amount you spend staring at screen that causes eyestrain and headache, but also how focused you are, we squint a lot when we focus and that appearantly is an issue, looking at a screen for 3 hours without having to think hard versus 1 hour of hard squint, the 1 hour is more damaging. for me at least...

[dragonsky67]

I think the floaters are a function of both getting old, and brighter "white" displays.

I started noticing them about 10 years ago when I got my first iMac. Prior to that I'd mostly used smaller CRT displays, suddenly my field of view was taken up by this big white screen and what were those dark shadows floating around my view...

A few years on and I still see them, especially when using a 21+ inch screen on white web pages. Just part of get old...

[jacobolus]

From what I understand accumulation of 'floaters' is common for most (all?) people as they age, though some people surely have more problem with them than others. I have never heard that looking at computer displays causes any particular effect on the rate at which they develop.

[jibreel]

i have a 13inch macbook pro and a desktop with 25 inch screen, i rarely ever see floaters on the laptop but i do on the desctop. so a maximized browser is a big no no.

making the text larger helps as well.

[eecc]

did those floater eventually resolve, are you myopic? I'm one, see tons of those darn f*ckrs, do dev work so stuck in front of a screen... was wondering if your case is different

[jibreel]

I had perfect vision before i got the floaters and people faces started to look more and more blurry as time went by, was learning programming these days. the eyestrain and headache caused me some depression. it was only after i got the glasses i didn't feel so much eyestrain anymore and stopped to notice the floaters. my glasses have anti-reflex they filter the blue wave, so it made things easier.

except when i look at bright light, or if i am tired. they will always be there. forever... unless you do an operation, which you should not do unless they are causing real issue for your sight.

i have had them for 6 years now, panicked the first year or two i had them because they were so many and you can't just look away...

but i get my eyes checked every 6-12 month, and see if i need correction for my astigmatism.

[fyfy18]

Sounds the same as me, I’m myopic and first noticed them ~8 years ago. In one eye I have a fairly big dark one (around the size of a tennis ball at 4m distance).

At first I couldn’t stop noticing them, but after a year or so I got used to it, and it hasn’t gotten worse. My myopia has improved though...

[dominotw]

I got those couple of months ago too. I got my eyes tested thoroughly but they didn't find anything. Only explanation I got was ageing.

I did a screen free 2 weeks but it didn't do anything.