Retinal "ink blots" when awaking in a dimly lit room

@ljmontgo I suspect my are the optic nerve blind spot at the back of our eyes, mainly because my husband sees the same thing and he has not AMD. I have a friend that has been getting injections for wet AMD (which he started out with) for 5 years, and his vision is still good enough for driving. He does use ai audio books that than recorded ones, because he said he can pause, ask ai a question about plot and other, and then continue. AI is apparently good for things other than just search engines.

I also have inkblots in the morning and putting in my systane drops takes them away. I also have wavy lines looking out a window in the house or the car window and if I move my eyes to look directly at them they disappear.

I’m not a doctor but the wavy limes might be a sign of macular degeneration. If you Google
‘Amsler Grid” you can find a tool that might help diagnose it.

Massaging and then 10 x2second finger pressure on each temple over time might diminish the black "spots"

My shapes have stayed consistency except for getting a bit larger and smaller over the course of a few days. They disappear after my eyes stay open for a second or two. I’ve been diagnosed with dry AMD in left eye and wet AMD in right eye. I’ve been getting injections in right.

My retina doctor Bascom Palmer trained said that if visual symptoms occur in both eyes at once, they’re not likely caused by AMD. I had a different phenomenon (perfect circles), upon waking in each eye and he offered me a referral to a neuro-ophthalmologist. You might want to consider that route too — it could relate to optic nerve adaptation or circulation changes, not the retina itself.

Thanks. I”ll give that a try tomorrow morning.

I have experienced visual "ink blots" in dim light for years. It usually happens when I wakeup during the night. At first, I was alarmed and asked my ophthalmologist about it. He didn't have much to say on the problem and even seemed reluctant to discuss it. So, I did my own research on the net and this is what I learned.
* People often see all kinds of patterns as the brain tries to make sense of what the eye sees when it can no longer receive needed info from the retina.
* It is an uncommon symptom of AMD and was noted by Charles Bonnet in the 1700s and is named for him.
* Understanding what it is makes all the difference in reacting to it when it occurs. It is not mental illness.
* See brightfocus.org and/or macularsociety.org for more information.

My shapes have stayed consistency except for getting a bit larger and smaller over the course of a few days. They disappear after my eyes stay open for a second or two. I’ve been diagnosed with dry AMD in left eye and wet AMD in right eye. I’ve been getting injections in right.