OliviaD
11-08-12, 09:49
Hi, people. I'm glad I registered, this looks like a nice place.
I'm in my 30s and from the North of Italy. I've been suffering from anxiety since I was a teenager. I've also had times when I felt great, but the last years have been hard. My father died, I was 2 years unemployed, I bought a house, then I started working as a freelance... I miss my carefree, optimistic self who always saw a way out of things.
The most stressful event though was my mum getting double (!) surgery and then chemo this year (thankfully she seems to be ok now). I was doing fine until, 6 months ago, my old vision disturbances went crazy. I've always had visual snow, light sensitivity and related disturbances, but I used to live with them. I've been to 2 eye doctors (+ a puzzled neurologist) and they both said it's stress (the second one prescribed me some specific supplements and artificial tears). It took me a while to convince myself it's indeed stress and anxiety playing tricks on my mind. Reading forums like this one helped me indeed. Now I'm getting slowly better (even though the Italian summer, with its heat and constant sunlight, is not good for one's eyes. As if it wasn't my least favorite season already...)
Bye and good luck to everyone.
I'm in my 30s and from the North of Italy. I've been suffering from anxiety since I was a teenager. I've also had times when I felt great, but the last years have been hard. My father died, I was 2 years unemployed, I bought a house, then I started working as a freelance... I miss my carefree, optimistic self who always saw a way out of things.
The most stressful event though was my mum getting double (!) surgery and then chemo this year (thankfully she seems to be ok now). I was doing fine until, 6 months ago, my old vision disturbances went crazy. I've always had visual snow, light sensitivity and related disturbances, but I used to live with them. I've been to 2 eye doctors (+ a puzzled neurologist) and they both said it's stress (the second one prescribed me some specific supplements and artificial tears). It took me a while to convince myself it's indeed stress and anxiety playing tricks on my mind. Reading forums like this one helped me indeed. Now I'm getting slowly better (even though the Italian summer, with its heat and constant sunlight, is not good for one's eyes. As if it wasn't my least favorite season already...)
Bye and good luck to everyone.