Nicholebear
16-04-16, 05:48
Sorry for the long post. Below in quotes are someone else's words that perfectly describe my symptoms that have triggered my anxiety. But aside from those I would also like to discuss with anyone else that feels the same way I do or is going through a similar situation with their anxiety:
"1. Sometimes I will notice small little pin pricks of either white/light or black in my vision. They happen in both eyes, different spots, last for only a second or two, and then disappear. They're super tiny little dots and I only get them one at a time, I can't figure out why they happen or what causes them. They're completely random.
2. Sometimes I get spots that look bright or lighter colored than the surrounding area. It's sort of like an afterimage from a flash or something but instead of being a darker or shadowed type of spot, it's brighter. I can see through the spot and I've had them in both eyes (one at a time). Sometimes they only last a few seconds, other times a few minutes but they always happen one at a time and go away soon after. They seem to happen either when I'm outside or looking at a bright screen.
3. I occasionally see a "flash" or "spot" of blue., I looked up and for a brief maybe 1/4th of a second, saw a small blue spot in my vision, like everything in that area was tinted blue. But it went away so fast that it's almost like I imagined it.
4. Floaters that look like little o's or bubbles, all connected by strings and in both eyes (these are mainly just annoying, what do your floaters "
I started having these same eye symptoms in 2014. In the fall of 2013 I had my eyes checked and got new glasses, had the doctor looked at them everything seemed fine. Then in summer of 2014 I started seeing what is described. I started seeing them after I experienced extreme depression and anxiety from the birth control I was on. I switched pills in August 2014 and felt a lot better, but I still always worry about my eyes and still have bad health anxiety. I always worry about getting cancer and dying. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer spring 2015. She's beat her cancer and is on the road to full recovery. But I still worry about it. I'm hypersensitive to every change in my body and have convinced myself I've had everything from MS to skin cancer. But back to my eyes. Having experienced the symptoms for two years, I guess if anything were majorly wrong things would have gotten a lot worse by now. If anything they have improved and I only notice them if I think about them. Except for the random black dots. Those still happen randomly that freak me out and lead me to google forums like this for reassurance. I also have had aniscoria my whole life, along with being very very farsighted.
I'll also add that I am 23 female in good health. 4'11 124lbs. I could be in better shape but I'm far from overweight since I carry most of my weight in my butt. I can't say for certain if I have good blood pressure or not because it skyrockets every time I got to the doctor for my annual. Always get super shaky and my heart starts racing. The doctors know me though and can tell I'm borderline panicking so I guess they assume it's much lower when I'm not in that state. I believe I experienced my first panic attack this past Christmas Eve. I had to put in a ton of hours of work to get commission for Christmas presents and head deadlines all the way up to Christmas Eve! I was working all morning then got off that afternoon to spend it with my family and extended family. I was so stressed about getting everything done before then. But as I was sitting there opening presents. I had this intense panicy feeling in my chest that came out of nowhere. My heart started racing and my head felt light and distant. Something was not right. I played it off like nothing was wrong but I was terrified I was having a heart attack or something. After a few minutes the room I was in cleared and it was just me and my boyfriend. I told him I felt really weird and he got me some water that I sipped on after about 5-10 minutes the feeling passed and I felt normal again. About 20 mins later the feeling started to creep back, but I took deep breaths, told myself everything was fine, and it backed off. Afterward o thought maybe it was just bad indegestion from the super spicy bbq ribs we had eaten at Christmas Eve. But of course being the health anxiety nut I am, I took a visit to Dr. Google and found that it sounded exactly like a panic attack. Which made perfect sense. I haven't had once since then but there is always the thought of it happening again that scares me. This is affecting my life because I can't commit to work like I did for fear of it stressing me out to that point again. I just wish I didn't think the way I do. Always thinking about something bad happening to me. I'm only 23 and I think about death like I'm someone in their 80s. It's not fair, but I've always been like this since I was a child. I want help, but I don't want people to think I'm mental. Idk, I probably sound mental rambling about this online to strangers on a post about floaters, but I just felt compelled to share this in case anyone else is going through it. :/
"1. Sometimes I will notice small little pin pricks of either white/light or black in my vision. They happen in both eyes, different spots, last for only a second or two, and then disappear. They're super tiny little dots and I only get them one at a time, I can't figure out why they happen or what causes them. They're completely random.
2. Sometimes I get spots that look bright or lighter colored than the surrounding area. It's sort of like an afterimage from a flash or something but instead of being a darker or shadowed type of spot, it's brighter. I can see through the spot and I've had them in both eyes (one at a time). Sometimes they only last a few seconds, other times a few minutes but they always happen one at a time and go away soon after. They seem to happen either when I'm outside or looking at a bright screen.
3. I occasionally see a "flash" or "spot" of blue., I looked up and for a brief maybe 1/4th of a second, saw a small blue spot in my vision, like everything in that area was tinted blue. But it went away so fast that it's almost like I imagined it.
4. Floaters that look like little o's or bubbles, all connected by strings and in both eyes (these are mainly just annoying, what do your floaters "
I started having these same eye symptoms in 2014. In the fall of 2013 I had my eyes checked and got new glasses, had the doctor looked at them everything seemed fine. Then in summer of 2014 I started seeing what is described. I started seeing them after I experienced extreme depression and anxiety from the birth control I was on. I switched pills in August 2014 and felt a lot better, but I still always worry about my eyes and still have bad health anxiety. I always worry about getting cancer and dying. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer spring 2015. She's beat her cancer and is on the road to full recovery. But I still worry about it. I'm hypersensitive to every change in my body and have convinced myself I've had everything from MS to skin cancer. But back to my eyes. Having experienced the symptoms for two years, I guess if anything were majorly wrong things would have gotten a lot worse by now. If anything they have improved and I only notice them if I think about them. Except for the random black dots. Those still happen randomly that freak me out and lead me to google forums like this for reassurance. I also have had aniscoria my whole life, along with being very very farsighted.
I'll also add that I am 23 female in good health. 4'11 124lbs. I could be in better shape but I'm far from overweight since I carry most of my weight in my butt. I can't say for certain if I have good blood pressure or not because it skyrockets every time I got to the doctor for my annual. Always get super shaky and my heart starts racing. The doctors know me though and can tell I'm borderline panicking so I guess they assume it's much lower when I'm not in that state. I believe I experienced my first panic attack this past Christmas Eve. I had to put in a ton of hours of work to get commission for Christmas presents and head deadlines all the way up to Christmas Eve! I was working all morning then got off that afternoon to spend it with my family and extended family. I was so stressed about getting everything done before then. But as I was sitting there opening presents. I had this intense panicy feeling in my chest that came out of nowhere. My heart started racing and my head felt light and distant. Something was not right. I played it off like nothing was wrong but I was terrified I was having a heart attack or something. After a few minutes the room I was in cleared and it was just me and my boyfriend. I told him I felt really weird and he got me some water that I sipped on after about 5-10 minutes the feeling passed and I felt normal again. About 20 mins later the feeling started to creep back, but I took deep breaths, told myself everything was fine, and it backed off. Afterward o thought maybe it was just bad indegestion from the super spicy bbq ribs we had eaten at Christmas Eve. But of course being the health anxiety nut I am, I took a visit to Dr. Google and found that it sounded exactly like a panic attack. Which made perfect sense. I haven't had once since then but there is always the thought of it happening again that scares me. This is affecting my life because I can't commit to work like I did for fear of it stressing me out to that point again. I just wish I didn't think the way I do. Always thinking about something bad happening to me. I'm only 23 and I think about death like I'm someone in their 80s. It's not fair, but I've always been like this since I was a child. I want help, but I don't want people to think I'm mental. Idk, I probably sound mental rambling about this online to strangers on a post about floaters, but I just felt compelled to share this in case anyone else is going through it. :/