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"Yes, and yes."

Hmm, my doc was acting like I was the only one this ever happened to. Do you know if there is any name for this stuff (the dark areas), or of any resources I can point him at? If you've got an opthamologist who knows anything about this, is there any way you can have him get in touch with my opthamologist? Do you know if this is supposed to be a "stable" condition, or something that is supposed to get worse? When it first started I was in a panic about losing my vision, and frankly, the only thing that keeps me from freaking out about it is the fact that it doesn't seem to be getting worse since it first started happening.

You're asking the wrong person. I have a very severe case of white coat phobia, and (probably to my own detriment) stay as far away from those critters as I can. With my eyes, it's not really 'dark spots' it's more like out of focus areas, which I think are related to the floaters. I've had them all my life and they just keep getting worse. But everytime I ask, I'm told that there's nothing they can do, just live with it. The sparklies I attribute to the fact that I have high blood pressure.
Yup, I'm a mess. hehehe