angstsoup
16-08-06, 01:30
Hello Friends
I was recently speaking in chat about my " latetst" symps which has been unnerving me to no end
As with other physical sensations and symps this has been triggering anxiety and panic in me
Approximately a week ago on a sunny Saturday, I was going into the bank with hubby to do a major transaction
Upon walking into the bank, I began to see spots in front of my eyes as if someone had just taken a photo of me with a flash- you know how you see spots for a few minutes afterwards?
For some reason I got very nervous and anxious
I went to the opthamologist a fellow who I have been using for a year or so
Nice enough guy but rather eccentric
I told him that in addition to the spots I had also gotten flashes of light in the past
He asked a bunch of questions: how long did it last, did the flashing lights look like someone shutting and then opening an overhead light quickly and so on
Of course at this point I started to freak and then more so when he asked if I had ever gone to a retina man- meaning a retina doc
Oh my goodness, I was quickly becoming a wreck or I should say more of one
I asked if there was anything to freak about and he calmly said " no."
He did state that I am VERY nearsighted ,as he is, and that this tends to happen to very nearsighted people
He added that due to age ( I am not a spring chicken ) the vitreous humour in the eye also simply known as the "gel" drys up and causes floaters ( I have had those for ages now- those annoying black spots at first which I thought were spiders in my face thus intially I would always flail my arms about my head trying to make the "bugs" go away-LOL)
The gel pulls on the retina I suppose which is like a windowshade thus it lets light in
At the end of the visit he said if I get anymore flashes to call him- I asked if he meant if I get one more or two or three and he said one.
Gulp.
I left his office and went to an evening service in church
Well, believe it or not I see a flash
OMG what do I do now?
The doc is no longer in the office
I then see another flash of light
Yipes now I am really cranking up the adrenaline meter
Well, next thing I know I heard thunder or at least what I thought and hoping was thunder
The service ended and I asked one of the young people as I saw yet another flash, " Listen, dear, I dont want you to think I am batty but I was at the eye doc earlier blah blah blah, is it my eyes or was that lightening?" The young man responded that yes in fact it was lightening outside. Whew
It did so the entire 15 min drive home
I was a mess
Kept wanting to roll down the car window and ask the person next to me " Is it lightening?" for at this point I was over the top thinking it was my eyes and not the weather
The only other visual problem I had in the past was seing on the outer part of my vision something akin to a shimmering haze or a digitalized effect
The eye doc lady I was using at the time said that was an occular migraine although I did not always get a headache with it- I just recall brightness bothered me even from the white paper in front of me from work
Earlier today, I had a somewhat heated conversation with my grown daughter ( actually I was restraining myself and perhaps should not have )who is in the process of making wedding plans. I came into the house and saw one spot a bright one in my vision and that set me off. Sigh
Currently I have been having a dull headache in the forehead- it almost feels as if my forehead is too tight- friends have said that is tension as well as sinuses. Also my eyes hurt as in a muscular, tired sense
I do apologize for the lenghty posting
I adore the chat and this forum as a whole and find it all to be a wonderful blessing
Thank you for your support and all your input
Hugs,
Soup
" I have developed a new philosophy.....I only dread one day at a time." Charlie Brown
I was recently speaking in chat about my " latetst" symps which has been unnerving me to no end
As with other physical sensations and symps this has been triggering anxiety and panic in me
Approximately a week ago on a sunny Saturday, I was going into the bank with hubby to do a major transaction
Upon walking into the bank, I began to see spots in front of my eyes as if someone had just taken a photo of me with a flash- you know how you see spots for a few minutes afterwards?
For some reason I got very nervous and anxious
I went to the opthamologist a fellow who I have been using for a year or so
Nice enough guy but rather eccentric
I told him that in addition to the spots I had also gotten flashes of light in the past
He asked a bunch of questions: how long did it last, did the flashing lights look like someone shutting and then opening an overhead light quickly and so on
Of course at this point I started to freak and then more so when he asked if I had ever gone to a retina man- meaning a retina doc
Oh my goodness, I was quickly becoming a wreck or I should say more of one
I asked if there was anything to freak about and he calmly said " no."
He did state that I am VERY nearsighted ,as he is, and that this tends to happen to very nearsighted people
He added that due to age ( I am not a spring chicken ) the vitreous humour in the eye also simply known as the "gel" drys up and causes floaters ( I have had those for ages now- those annoying black spots at first which I thought were spiders in my face thus intially I would always flail my arms about my head trying to make the "bugs" go away-LOL)
The gel pulls on the retina I suppose which is like a windowshade thus it lets light in
At the end of the visit he said if I get anymore flashes to call him- I asked if he meant if I get one more or two or three and he said one.
Gulp.
I left his office and went to an evening service in church
Well, believe it or not I see a flash
OMG what do I do now?
The doc is no longer in the office
I then see another flash of light
Yipes now I am really cranking up the adrenaline meter
Well, next thing I know I heard thunder or at least what I thought and hoping was thunder
The service ended and I asked one of the young people as I saw yet another flash, " Listen, dear, I dont want you to think I am batty but I was at the eye doc earlier blah blah blah, is it my eyes or was that lightening?" The young man responded that yes in fact it was lightening outside. Whew
It did so the entire 15 min drive home
I was a mess
Kept wanting to roll down the car window and ask the person next to me " Is it lightening?" for at this point I was over the top thinking it was my eyes and not the weather
The only other visual problem I had in the past was seing on the outer part of my vision something akin to a shimmering haze or a digitalized effect
The eye doc lady I was using at the time said that was an occular migraine although I did not always get a headache with it- I just recall brightness bothered me even from the white paper in front of me from work
Earlier today, I had a somewhat heated conversation with my grown daughter ( actually I was restraining myself and perhaps should not have )who is in the process of making wedding plans. I came into the house and saw one spot a bright one in my vision and that set me off. Sigh
Currently I have been having a dull headache in the forehead- it almost feels as if my forehead is too tight- friends have said that is tension as well as sinuses. Also my eyes hurt as in a muscular, tired sense
I do apologize for the lenghty posting
I adore the chat and this forum as a whole and find it all to be a wonderful blessing
Thank you for your support and all your input
Hugs,
Soup
" I have developed a new philosophy.....I only dread one day at a time." Charlie Brown