bn keep ur hopes up. i know just how u feel. i just started my studies. when the time came to apply to my school, i got so nervous. i started feeling tired everyday and i thought it was just from stress. I then started taking multivitamins and that is around the time my floaters started. i am still unsure if that caused them or whether it was from stress. i see them everytime im outside or in a white room. they are very annoying. there is no doubt in my mind that if they dont go away in the next 2 years, i will undergo 2 vitrectomies. there is no reason to let these things bother me. anyone else that sees them and suffers from depression and stress from them should undergo a vitrectomy. you will thank yourself in the future. there will be a day when we no longer notice these and look back and laugh at the stupid lines and dots that ruined several years of our lives. as for the balding, you have it good. before floaters i was pissed off all the time because last year i was diagnosed with diabetes. this along with floaters is quite a combo. think of yourself as lucky, i would trade being completely bald for removing my diabetes.