maianixon
06-07-17, 00:04
It's late and I cant sleep so obviously I'm over thinking and panicking and just need some support.
I've mentioned it in a couple of my posts before but I've been having insane amount of visual disturbances for the past month and a half. First there's constant visual snow. The past two weeks I've also had decreased vision and halos and ghosting and what not. Also flashing lights and floaters and dark spots and foggy spots and flashing lights. My right eye also got a dark shadow over central vision a couple of times that was only noticable in the dark. Once I opened my eyes and I saw a white net over my entire visual field that disappeared after a second. I also seemed to have developed a big sensitivity to bright lights, if I look at it I get afterimages and blind spots. My vision is horrible in dim lights. I've also just realized that in dim lights/dark I see shadows that i can see on both eyes the same & same with blind spots after looking at bright lights - which makes me think it can't be the eyes but the brain.
The thing is, I've had a full eye exam about a year ago (for different reasons) and it was fine. They've checked my eyes at A&E the last time I went there - the doctor turned off the lights and examined my eyes with a light i think its to check the retina&optical nerve (not 100% tho) and he said they're fine. They've also did a quick check of my peripheral vision at A&E about 4 months ago. I've even had an MRI which showed my optical nerves are both fine, and also my brain in general so i know i don't have a brain tumor.
I am scheduled for another exam with an optamolohist next week and my neurologist told me to just "wait and see" for a couple of months but I'm barely coping. The things is just that IT DOESN'T ADD UP, literally countless of doctor examinations and tests I've had in the past 6 months have all turned out perfectly fine. Not to mention that this has occurred in the pattern of my anxiety symptoms most of which eventually went away. I used to be scared of MS, now I'm not even sure what I'm scared off anymore that it could be something even worse I don't know what diseases are out there, the symptoms just don't make any sense and I'm petrified. My family & friends all still seem to be convinced this is all just psychosomatic but could all of these actually just be anxiety or whatever and my brain has just straight out decided to mess with my vision this badly??? I'm so lost at this point i dont know what to do...
I've mentioned it in a couple of my posts before but I've been having insane amount of visual disturbances for the past month and a half. First there's constant visual snow. The past two weeks I've also had decreased vision and halos and ghosting and what not. Also flashing lights and floaters and dark spots and foggy spots and flashing lights. My right eye also got a dark shadow over central vision a couple of times that was only noticable in the dark. Once I opened my eyes and I saw a white net over my entire visual field that disappeared after a second. I also seemed to have developed a big sensitivity to bright lights, if I look at it I get afterimages and blind spots. My vision is horrible in dim lights. I've also just realized that in dim lights/dark I see shadows that i can see on both eyes the same & same with blind spots after looking at bright lights - which makes me think it can't be the eyes but the brain.
The thing is, I've had a full eye exam about a year ago (for different reasons) and it was fine. They've checked my eyes at A&E the last time I went there - the doctor turned off the lights and examined my eyes with a light i think its to check the retina&optical nerve (not 100% tho) and he said they're fine. They've also did a quick check of my peripheral vision at A&E about 4 months ago. I've even had an MRI which showed my optical nerves are both fine, and also my brain in general so i know i don't have a brain tumor.
I am scheduled for another exam with an optamolohist next week and my neurologist told me to just "wait and see" for a couple of months but I'm barely coping. The things is just that IT DOESN'T ADD UP, literally countless of doctor examinations and tests I've had in the past 6 months have all turned out perfectly fine. Not to mention that this has occurred in the pattern of my anxiety symptoms most of which eventually went away. I used to be scared of MS, now I'm not even sure what I'm scared off anymore that it could be something even worse I don't know what diseases are out there, the symptoms just don't make any sense and I'm petrified. My family & friends all still seem to be convinced this is all just psychosomatic but could all of these actually just be anxiety or whatever and my brain has just straight out decided to mess with my vision this badly??? I'm so lost at this point i dont know what to do...