sleepymusician
09-04-16, 10:40
God, this is so annoying - One day of feeling relaxed after getting a proper diagnosis for the food poisoning I had (which I thought was a huge variety of much more dangerous stuff) And now, I find myself obsessively researching about my eyes.
This is crazy! They don't hurt, I don't have any changes in my vision, I don't think there are any floaters... But I'm still so worried!! Like, I'm scared, for one, that I have a parasite in my eye? Even though I don't wear contacts, so the chances of that happening are so minuscule!!!
The thing that is worrying me is: One of my eyelids was quite swollen for about 2 weeks, I think it's gone down now, but I can't tell, because it matches the other eye... But what if the other eyelid is swollen?? It's kind of difficult to explain... My eyes were shut when I woke up this morning, too - I had to force them open, made me worry quite a lot.
What's more, about 2 days ago I noticed there was a light pink patch on my eye white. Instantly I thought "oh god, oh god, it's a parasite" but I calmed myself down and thought no, that's not what it is.
But the pink patch was there yesterday too, and now, having woken up and checked this morning, the pink patch is still there, and the rest of the eye looks very very slightly pink too :weep: I can't tell if it's just that I can see more blood vessels or whatever, or if it's genuinely something serious?!?!
On top of that, I have a tiny grey spot that's on my other eye. I thought it was moving for a second while I looked at it in the mirror, but it was probably my imagination...
I know I should probably just make an appointment with an eye doctor, but I'm too scared of being diagnosed with something serious (which is ridiculous, I know, because the earlier they diagnose something, the more likely it is that I can be cured, but... Agh!!!)
Health Anxiety is the worst, you're just one google away from days and days of panic...
If anyone else has ever had symptoms similar to mine, I'd really appreciate any advice. Thank you...
This is crazy! They don't hurt, I don't have any changes in my vision, I don't think there are any floaters... But I'm still so worried!! Like, I'm scared, for one, that I have a parasite in my eye? Even though I don't wear contacts, so the chances of that happening are so minuscule!!!
The thing that is worrying me is: One of my eyelids was quite swollen for about 2 weeks, I think it's gone down now, but I can't tell, because it matches the other eye... But what if the other eyelid is swollen?? It's kind of difficult to explain... My eyes were shut when I woke up this morning, too - I had to force them open, made me worry quite a lot.
What's more, about 2 days ago I noticed there was a light pink patch on my eye white. Instantly I thought "oh god, oh god, it's a parasite" but I calmed myself down and thought no, that's not what it is.
But the pink patch was there yesterday too, and now, having woken up and checked this morning, the pink patch is still there, and the rest of the eye looks very very slightly pink too :weep: I can't tell if it's just that I can see more blood vessels or whatever, or if it's genuinely something serious?!?!
On top of that, I have a tiny grey spot that's on my other eye. I thought it was moving for a second while I looked at it in the mirror, but it was probably my imagination...
I know I should probably just make an appointment with an eye doctor, but I'm too scared of being diagnosed with something serious (which is ridiculous, I know, because the earlier they diagnose something, the more likely it is that I can be cured, but... Agh!!!)
Health Anxiety is the worst, you're just one google away from days and days of panic...
If anyone else has ever had symptoms similar to mine, I'd really appreciate any advice. Thank you...