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Wait, I should go to the emergency room??? Even without any symptoms?? (Like I said, I thought I felt eye strain last night, but I think that was in my mind or because I was on a computer all day.) Now I'm really worried. The issue wouldn't be the time of going to an ER, I don't mind spending...

I'd go earlier (& now I'm really starting to wish I could go earlier), but 20 Aug. is the earliest my eye doctor can see me. Is that too late to treat any damage, if there was any?

If I see my friend again soon I can take pictures; will that help determine if it was "over-spec?" As far as how the laser pointer looked, it looked just like a heavy duty pen, dark blue with a pen clip.

Yeah after reading some posts on this forum, that's what I'm mainly worried about now, that the <5mW was actually "over-spec." I do kind of think I should go sooner, but the earliest I can go in to see my eye doctor is 20 Aug (he's not available until then).

True, I was in a hurry to post my question & I came up with that name quickly; it's a reference to the band, "Death From Above 1979." But no, not a troll, silvershot, just legitimately freaked out. Thanks for the comments though. I tried a couple of those eye tests, jcranmer, the Amsler Grid &...

So I should worry??

Thank you! I get really freaked out over the possibility of eye damage.

Okay, so first of all, I will pre-warn everyone that I am a hypochondriac. But today one of my friends shined a red laser in my eye while he was playing with it; it happened three times, all of which I either blinked or attempted to cover my eye so the contact was minimal but it did happen & of...