Keep noticing my blind spot in vision, making my HA worse

[Worrywort80]

So I’ve been doing really well, although I still think about my vision daily. I got a blind spot in my left eye picked up 6 months ago in a routine eye appointment and got sent for glaucoma screening. I saw a private consultant in feb who confirmed the blind spot, but checked my eyes and said there was no sign of glaucoma, and so thought the blind spot was due to something else (tilted discs) and not to worry. I’m due back in August for another visual field test, I guess hopefully to confirm nothing has changed and then I’ll be released. Problem is, know I know it’s there, I can’t stop myself closing my right eye every now and then and trying to notice it, which I can. It’s so so scary to see things disappear in parts of my vision and I get a massive anxiety rush burning sensation every-time. Even though he’s said it’s most likely not glaucoma, the what-if is hard to ignore when you have an actual symptom. So sick of feeling scared and in a way can’t wait for August although at the same time the thought of going makes me scared as well!

Any advice? I’m going to CBT today and strangely that actually makes me worse thinking about having to talk about it!!


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[RadioGaGa]

I've had 'background anxiety' about this since January. I noticed the blind spot in my left eye is easier to find so went to the optician (twice) and they reassured me.

It sounds like you have the same problem and all I can a
Say is if it hasn't progressed in this time you're more than likely fine

Good luck

[Worrywort80]

Did you get checked for glaucoma as well radio?


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[RadioGaGa]

They check for that automatically

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They also said one blind spot being larger than the other (aka easier to find) is a normal finding and not pathologic at all

[lofwyr]

I will add my two cents here too. Even in the worst case scenario, glaucoma isn't what it once was. They are pretty good at treating it and stabilizing it. My mom has had it for 15 years, and now at almost 80, has better vision than I do thanks to her cataract lense replacement. She medicates her glaucoma and sees a specialist twice a year, but has experienced no real degradation of her sight at all in the whole time since diagnosis.