thekinginthenorth
27-12-13, 06:09
Hello,
i've had DP/DR (with no visuals) before years ago, but I was able recover. This leads me to believe that I'm prone to anxiety.
My problems began after obsessing that I had HPPD, which is an illness that happens to 1 out 50,000 lsd users. I'm not an abuser of the drug, it was tried once and I was perfectly fine for about 3 weeks.
Yet in my head I kept overanalyzing and obsessing. I started looking for visual distortions until I found them. It started with static vision, THE MORE I researched the symptoms and the more negativity that added to myself the worst the became.
SYMPTOMS
I developed floaters, starbursts, ghosted vision( at night when the lights of my car hits a stop sign I see kinda like a double vision until I'm really close), tinnitus, after images( of any objects, especially bright ones), a random white flash, and halos around lights.
Before, when I was convinced that I had permanently destroyed my life it was horrible. Panic attacks, plus all the symptoms made my life a living hell. Later I learned that all of this could be created by anxiety. I refused to acknowledge this, I couldn't believe that "anxiety" could create such debilitating symptoms.
By the second month of all this I went to my GP. To me, he did not felt too convincing, he was not worried at all. He said that it was all due to anxiety, I went to the optometrist who found that I had developed mild astigmatism. The new glasses helped with the ghosting symptoms a lot. I went to an opthamologist who found nothing wrong with my eyes "golden retina" he said..
I began to calm myself down and decided to take a different perspective to my problems. I accepted that I was actually suffering from anxiety. I started taking a low dose of antidepressants, also ignoring my symptoms has helped.
Now I stand on my third month. I feel better, and I'm no longer obsessed with my symptoms. I would even say that some of them have even abated a little bit. I am highly convinced that I suffer from anxiety but I need reassurance. I'd like honesty, please let me know if you recognize my symptoms. :unsure:
i've had DP/DR (with no visuals) before years ago, but I was able recover. This leads me to believe that I'm prone to anxiety.
My problems began after obsessing that I had HPPD, which is an illness that happens to 1 out 50,000 lsd users. I'm not an abuser of the drug, it was tried once and I was perfectly fine for about 3 weeks.
Yet in my head I kept overanalyzing and obsessing. I started looking for visual distortions until I found them. It started with static vision, THE MORE I researched the symptoms and the more negativity that added to myself the worst the became.
SYMPTOMS
I developed floaters, starbursts, ghosted vision( at night when the lights of my car hits a stop sign I see kinda like a double vision until I'm really close), tinnitus, after images( of any objects, especially bright ones), a random white flash, and halos around lights.
Before, when I was convinced that I had permanently destroyed my life it was horrible. Panic attacks, plus all the symptoms made my life a living hell. Later I learned that all of this could be created by anxiety. I refused to acknowledge this, I couldn't believe that "anxiety" could create such debilitating symptoms.
By the second month of all this I went to my GP. To me, he did not felt too convincing, he was not worried at all. He said that it was all due to anxiety, I went to the optometrist who found that I had developed mild astigmatism. The new glasses helped with the ghosting symptoms a lot. I went to an opthamologist who found nothing wrong with my eyes "golden retina" he said..
I began to calm myself down and decided to take a different perspective to my problems. I accepted that I was actually suffering from anxiety. I started taking a low dose of antidepressants, also ignoring my symptoms has helped.
Now I stand on my third month. I feel better, and I'm no longer obsessed with my symptoms. I would even say that some of them have even abated a little bit. I am highly convinced that I suffer from anxiety but I need reassurance. I'd like honesty, please let me know if you recognize my symptoms. :unsure: