clayrelouise
11-07-15, 16:34
Hi everyone. I don't really know where to start with this but I'll try and keep it brief! I'm 27 and for years now I've suffered with what people say in anxiety - specifically health anxiety. I do believe I have anxiety but a big part of me feels like the doctors just fob me off with that. Anyway, over the last 9 years I've noticed problems with my eyes - I work on a computer every day and a few years ago I started having to wear glasses for distance. I wear them all the time and recently the prescription increased slightly. For those of you who understand glasses prescriptions, I am only -0.75 in both eyes so not bad at all but wearing my glasses makes a huge difference to me. About 7 years ago I started getting floaters some clear and some little black tadpole type ones. I was referred to eye specialist at hospital and they said there was nothing wrong and that floaters are common. In recent years - especially with the glasses, I've noticed that these have got worse. I worry about them every single day of my life. My eyes are also very light sensitive and I worry I have a brain tumour or cancer every day. I've been to the opticians multiple times despite being terrified and they have all said there is nothing wrong and the doctors say the same. I don't even really enjoy going outside anymore cause my floaters are much more noticeable. I guess I just want some reassurance really. I know that being short sighted can increase floaters and I know anxiety/stress can too, but I worry every single day and it's taking over my life. I've tried CBT etc for my anxiety but I'm so adamant that they are wrong and that they must have missed something at the doctors that none of it really sinks in. I personally feel like my anxiety is loads better than it was and I can talk myself round now but yet I still have these problems with my eyes. I also get the twinkly lights forms time to time and little flashes and blurring around things - like double vision. All these things just enforce the fact that I think I have something underlying and that I'm slowly dying! It sounds ridiculous when I read it all back but no one understands me. Low pole think I'm crazy and just say stop worrying but I just can't move on with my life. Any help/reassurance would be greatly appreciated. xx
---------- Post added at 16:34 ---------- Previous post was at 16:32 ----------
That's supposed to say people at the end lol x
---------- Post added at 16:34 ---------- Previous post was at 16:32 ----------
That's supposed to say people at the end lol x