Wet to dry AMD ?

I am not an expert but I have not heard of this happening to anyone and did not find any research on the subject. Have you seen a retinal specialist yet? If not you may want to consider seeing one for a definitive diagnosis. Be sure and ask questions until you understand your situation. I find it helpful to write my questions down. Regards, Sharon Moore patient leader

yours is indeed an unusual situation, but one piece of information might help solve the puzzle. My doctor told me that wet macular degeneration almost always starts off as dry macular degeneration, even if the dry went undiagnosed originally. This article from the Mayo Clinic confirms it. Perhaps your wet amd hasn't "turned" to dry, but the dry was already there first. Now that the wet amd in that eye has cleared up for the moment, the issue is the dry amd. This would be a good question to ask your doctor as I'm not a medical person. Best wishes, Wendy, Patient Leader. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/wet-macular-degeneration/symptoms-causes/syc-20351107#:~:text=Wet%20macular%20degeneration%20is%20one,may%20help%20reduce%20vision%20loss.

Hi ChrisP, We are having similar experiences. TODAY! my Dr said that I might be going from Dry to Wet AMD, because of a bulge in my retina.


The background, 74yo, About 7 years ago, I noticed that straight lines, in tall buildings, telephone poles and street lights looked broken in the middle. A sharp displacement of the line. I went to a specialist and they diagnosed Dry, gave me an Amsler grid and told me to take vitamins. They condition stayed stable, until 4 years ago when I couldn't read highway signs, the letters were all jumbled up. 2 years later I noticed while playing golf that I would see 2 golf balls, 2 birds and 2 planes in the sky. I changed to a liquid, vitamin called VISION 20/20 and after 2 years the broken poles and building were hardly noticeable. The Dr. said that my Dry was gone, but not be be too happy, because it will come back. A year later, now it has come back as Wet or shall I say almost Wet.


The bulge, I mentioned earlier could be possibly new tissue that has grown over the old in my retina or a blood vessel that is leaking. The later is the most troubling. Recommendation is to come back in 30 days for another look and possibly Anti-VEGF injections. I hope this confirms some of what you have experienced.