I can see my veins in vision pulsing

[JayJ1234]

Been to 2 Optometrist and 1 Glaucoma Specialist in the last 3 weeks (due to a inaccurate puff test, they gave me the all clear).

Have been paranoid/hyperaware over vision lately and I've noticed in BOTH eyes, same locations, that if I look at a bright surface/sky and ever so slightly squint my eyes and stare at one spot, I can see my vision pulsing in time with my heart-beat. This pulsing isn't my far-peripheral, it seems to extend from where my optic nerve is and is where my ''veins'' would be overlaying over my retina. This has been going on for aslong as I can remember (1-2 years?), I never mentioned it at any eye doctor visits, but they would've picked up on it if it were something correct? Very worried, is this just me noticing a normal thing due to being hyper-aware?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

For most healthy people this is normal. It is something I observe on occasion in my own vision.   It is important to have a general physical exam and your blood pressure accurately checked as high blood pressure or certain cardiovascular problems might cause this  but usually it is just the retain responding to the heart. Why it happens sometimes and not others isn't known for sure.

[JayJ1234]

Thankyou. I managed to find a dozen other post of people describing this pulsing shadow/translucent areas and they've all said what you have.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Okay