cattia
12-12-16, 18:43
Hello fellow health anxiety sufferers. So it seems that this week I am in meltdown about a possible brain tumor. I posted the other day about sudden sensitivity to smells but now I am freaking out about visual disturbances which seem to be caused by artificial light.
A year or so ago I noticed that I was sensitive to the flickering of some LED lights. It seems that I can detect flickering when other people don't. Recently one of the lights in our house has been flickering. My husband can see this too so I know that the flickering is real. The problem is that I have become obsessed about seeing flickering all the time. Whenever I am in artificial light I feel as though I can see flickering. I'm going crazy waving things in front of my face to see whether I can detect a flicker like some sort of nutter!
I'm not even sure what to do about this because in all honesty I don't know whether this is something that I have always been able to see but just never noticed before or whether this is actually a change in my vision. I really want to go to the doctor and ask for an MRI scan to make sure that I don't have a brain tumor which I have convinced myself that I do. However I should think that any medical practitioner would look at me like I'm some sort of lunatic if I tell them that I am worried about flickering when I wave objects in front of my face. I'm just constantly upset that I have a brain tumor that is causing these random symptoms. I'm not really looking for any answers just wanting to offload and maybe hear from other people who have gone through a brain tumor fear and can relate to how I am feeling. I had an eye exam recently which was fine.
A year or so ago I noticed that I was sensitive to the flickering of some LED lights. It seems that I can detect flickering when other people don't. Recently one of the lights in our house has been flickering. My husband can see this too so I know that the flickering is real. The problem is that I have become obsessed about seeing flickering all the time. Whenever I am in artificial light I feel as though I can see flickering. I'm going crazy waving things in front of my face to see whether I can detect a flicker like some sort of nutter!
I'm not even sure what to do about this because in all honesty I don't know whether this is something that I have always been able to see but just never noticed before or whether this is actually a change in my vision. I really want to go to the doctor and ask for an MRI scan to make sure that I don't have a brain tumor which I have convinced myself that I do. However I should think that any medical practitioner would look at me like I'm some sort of lunatic if I tell them that I am worried about flickering when I wave objects in front of my face. I'm just constantly upset that I have a brain tumor that is causing these random symptoms. I'm not really looking for any answers just wanting to offload and maybe hear from other people who have gone through a brain tumor fear and can relate to how I am feeling. I had an eye exam recently which was fine.