RaverNeko
19-09-14, 02:58
It seems like my health anxiety likes to fluctuate on random parts of my body. One day I freak out about a mole, another about my head, and now about my eyes. I was diagnosed with astigmatism a LONG time ago and have had it pretty much all the time growing up. I wear glasses to correct it and it seems to help quite a bit.
Lately I've been noticing a "double vision" effect in my left eye. It's only in my left eye though, which according to Dr. Google is actually because of the astigmatism and is called "Monocular Diplopia", but it doesn't stop my mind in thinking that something else is horribly wrong. It kinda looks like this but not as extreme (http://www.eyehealthcare.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/double-vision-in-one-eye.jpg) except it only happens at night and it's only noticeable on computer screens and TVs from a distance. Getting closer to the screens makes it go away. Glasses don't help with this.
I also notice a... "smudging" of lights at nighttime. It's very difficult to explain, it looks like this (http://www.cxlusa.com/images/astig-2.jpg) in a way, except the lights seem to have... Like, streaks coming out of them. It's almost like there's a translucent "flower pedal" around some parts of the light. I mentioned this to someone today, and they said they get the same thing with their astigmatism but it's not that bad for them. Glasses doesn't do anything for this either.
I made an appointment with the eye doctor, but it's in two weeks and I'm so nervous. Can anybody out there please help calm my thoughts?
Lately I've been noticing a "double vision" effect in my left eye. It's only in my left eye though, which according to Dr. Google is actually because of the astigmatism and is called "Monocular Diplopia", but it doesn't stop my mind in thinking that something else is horribly wrong. It kinda looks like this but not as extreme (http://www.eyehealthcare.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/double-vision-in-one-eye.jpg) except it only happens at night and it's only noticeable on computer screens and TVs from a distance. Getting closer to the screens makes it go away. Glasses don't help with this.
I also notice a... "smudging" of lights at nighttime. It's very difficult to explain, it looks like this (http://www.cxlusa.com/images/astig-2.jpg) in a way, except the lights seem to have... Like, streaks coming out of them. It's almost like there's a translucent "flower pedal" around some parts of the light. I mentioned this to someone today, and they said they get the same thing with their astigmatism but it's not that bad for them. Glasses doesn't do anything for this either.
I made an appointment with the eye doctor, but it's in two weeks and I'm so nervous. Can anybody out there please help calm my thoughts?