Poll: Pupil Sizes

[JohnAdams]

I just noticed that one of my pupils is just a little bit different in size than the other. I started having floaters after I got tinnitus like many of you guys and I wonder if that's connected.

Do any of you also have different sized pupils?

 

[eagerUser]

I don't really know. Go see an ophthalmologist, maybe something like an infection has caused the pupil to dilate. Look John, I just found out the more I pay attention the more symptoms I have. I think of pain in some part of my body and that's the trigger point. But in your case, go visit your eye doctor ASAP.

 

[Striveon]

I just noticed the right one is bigger and then left one is smaller. How strange. What could that possibly mean?

 

[JohnAdams]

I just noticed the right one is bigger and then left one is smaller. How strange. What could that possibly mean?

Tinnitus is probably disrupting our entire nervous system.

 

[Ecip]

Anisocoria?

Either that or a medical emergency. See a doctor.

 

[linearb]

https://www.healthline.com/health/anisocoria#causes

This was vaguely in the back of my mind as a "call 911 immediately" symptom but I think that's brainwashing from college where they were (understandably) real worried about meningitis. If this has been going on for a while and you're not dead, it's not that, whew.

@JohnAdams there appears to be some connection between pupil sizes and intracranial pressure (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130361/) and intracranial pressure has sometimes been related to tinnitus. IIRC, the "test" for intracranial hypertension is to do a spinal tap and see if that relieves pressure/symptoms -- and I believe I've read a couple stories where this resolved tinnitus, but it's also been known to induce tinnitus, and having a giant needle jammed in your spine on an exploratory basis always seemed dubious enough to me that I said no thanks even when dealing with providers who might put it on the table.

Worth reading about, though.

 

[Bill Bauer]

I just noticed that one of my pupils is just a little bit different in size than the other.

Is that still the case?

 

[JohnAdams]

Is that still the case?

Looks like a little

 

[Bill Bauer]

Looks like a little

Have you seen a doctor about it?

 

[JohnAdams]

Have you seen a doctor about it?

No.

 

[GlennS]

JA, it seems like you've experimented a lot with your body trying to self-treat it. I would treat this as a warning sign to be a little more careful.

 

[JohnAdams]

@GlennS

To infinity, and beyond.