When eye floaters affect your wellbeing

When eye floaters affect your wellbeing

Take the impact seriously

If visual symptoms are interrupting work, reading or daily life, tell your eye-care professional about that impact as well as what you see. You do not need to minimize the experience to ask for help.

Keep eye care and emotional support connected

Do not assume a new visual symptom is caused by anxiety. An eye assessment and support for distress address different needs. If worry or repeated checking is becoming difficult to manage, discuss it with a qualified mental-health professional.

Get appropriate support

OCD can be treated with psychotherapy, medication or both. A clinician can help choose an approach; an eye supplement is not a treatment for OCD.

Source: NIMH, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder · Eye-floater guide