Additional question about floaters

[ETBOEHM]

Can I start to take Sudafed and Motrin medications for sinus headaches, when about 2 months ago I had a retinal tear, laser fix, and subsequent floaters now in both eyes?

I have always used Sudafed medications for the past 20 years, and not until I had the treat and stopped using this every week for headaches did I start to have floaters in the other, non-tear, and no surgery eye.  Coincidence?

What do you think about the laser surgery (YAG) being performed by the Vitreous Floater Solutions Group Dr. James H. Johnson in Irvine CA at www.vitreousfloaterssolutions.com?

I heard some people we getting hypnotism to train yourself not to respond to the floaters.  What do you think?

I am now developing extreme levels of anxiety because of the many floaters.  How do I deal with this?


I am only 50 years old.

Thanks.

[Su09]

I have been taking Sudafed and now have an eye floater which is making me miserable so I'm wondering if it was the Sudafed too.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

Sudafed not related to floaters.

I do not know of any retinal specialist using the YAG for floaters.

Dr. O.