Mine is a similar case offloaters and flashes. I am also in the
boston area

--- In retinitispigmentosa@yahoogroups.com, "jpwilson05"
<jpwilson05@...> wrote:
>
> I see some black spots, usually smaller. My Doctor told me that
they
> were floaters and really don't go away. It sthat and flashes of
> light around the outer portion of my vision that I get. I'm still
> driving and just a 21 year old college student in Boston with some
> degression.
>
>
>
>
> In retinitispigmentosa@yahoogroups.com, hasan arslanyuregi
> <hasan_arslanyuregi@> wrote:
> >
> > it s not very common is any one see flying blackspots in front
of
> his vision
> > l see them most of the times and the doctor said they are the
> electrical signals about dejenerating eye cells
> > hasan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Crystal Winer <clwiner@>
> > To: retinitispigmentosa@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:24:22 PM
> > Subject: [RetinitisPigmentosa] sleeep
> >
> >
> > I was diagnosed with RP at 9 mths, I am now 40, I never put the
> loss,
> > lack or quality of sleep together with my disease. No doctor had
> ever
> > mentioned it. I suppose because I am not blind. I am still able
to
> do
> > most anything I want without assistance. This year my vision has
> > declined and I have needed to depend more on my cane in crowed
> and/or
> > new areas. I thought the lack of sleep recently was due to the
> > realization of the change in vision and lifestyle causing
stress.
> >
> > After reading every ones post, I really gave some though to my
> lifetime
> > of sleep patterns. They were really poor. Lack of sleep caused
many
> > stress related illnesses in my twenties.
> >
> > I have recently started to take Melatonin 3 mg with L-Theanine
and
> b6 by
> > Schiff. This has not increased the hours of sleep, but the
quality
> of
> > sleep is much better.
> >
> > Crystal Winer
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>