Apothael
03-07-17, 12:07
I had two eye exams 4 months ago and I apparently both eyes were perfectly healthy - at the time I was only getting floaters and visual static at night.
My HA, which went on to develop symptoms that I've ruled out as psychosomatic such as Phantom Smells and heavy limbs, is playing up again in full at the moment.
I have visual trails, very slight double vision that is usually only noticeable of the object contrasts with the background. I don't have any problems reading and I had a basic neurological exam 2 months ago that didn't flag up any problems.
What really scared me is I was on an international flight yesterday and during take off and landing whenever I looked out the window I would get this weird shadowy kaleidoscope effect on my left eye. I have been poking and prodding and testing it for a month and I know that's incredibly stupid and really doesn't help when it comes to eliminating potential issues.
I just don't know how this could just be anxiety.
During the blood tests my doctors flagged up an increase in prolactin. So I have an Endocrinology appointment on the 17th of August which is likely going to result in an MRI. I know most prolactin issues are benign but it's still scary.
The main thing is my doctors and my therapist encouraged me to go on this month long trip to America and now I'm lying paralysed in bed wondering if I'm doing irreparable damage to my eye or potentially killing myself by not going home and getting the first private appointment available.
My HA, which went on to develop symptoms that I've ruled out as psychosomatic such as Phantom Smells and heavy limbs, is playing up again in full at the moment.
I have visual trails, very slight double vision that is usually only noticeable of the object contrasts with the background. I don't have any problems reading and I had a basic neurological exam 2 months ago that didn't flag up any problems.
What really scared me is I was on an international flight yesterday and during take off and landing whenever I looked out the window I would get this weird shadowy kaleidoscope effect on my left eye. I have been poking and prodding and testing it for a month and I know that's incredibly stupid and really doesn't help when it comes to eliminating potential issues.
I just don't know how this could just be anxiety.
During the blood tests my doctors flagged up an increase in prolactin. So I have an Endocrinology appointment on the 17th of August which is likely going to result in an MRI. I know most prolactin issues are benign but it's still scary.
The main thing is my doctors and my therapist encouraged me to go on this month long trip to America and now I'm lying paralysed in bed wondering if I'm doing irreparable damage to my eye or potentially killing myself by not going home and getting the first private appointment available.