When I turned 50 I noticed the world growing dimmer and darker. I could not see
nearly as well, in the dark, as I had always done in (younger) life. I began to
take supplements and eat green leafy vegetables, and that did help. But my eyes
still are nothing like when I was just a few years younger.

I went for an eye checkup. Had her look deep into recesses of my eyes, and to
dilate them. The doc didn't really want to do this, mainly, it seemed, cause it
just took too long for her (to make money doing). But, I had her dilate my eyes
and take a good inspection.

She said, "Your eyes are fine. Nothing out of the ordinary." I said, "why is my
night vision getting bad?" She told me it is because my pupils are (staying)
smaller and that is a natural occurence in aging. The idea being: cause my
pupils don't open up and dilate as much, they cannot/do not take in as much
light.

I look in the mirror and...yes, my pupils do seem quite small to me. But, I
wonder if there is more to my condition? At age 50, do one's eyes just shrink
and refuse to open up (as much) in dark light? Is this condition of having
small pupils associated with any other disease or syndrome? My checking around
on the net leads me to the conclusion that this is typical with people taking
drugs especially opiates or narcotics. But I do not take and have not taken (or
smoked, etc) any sort of drugs or narcotics. Something else must be at work,
here.