Cptdebbie
27-04-20, 21:40
Hi All,
I am quite discouraged about my battle with health anxiety. I feel like I’m improving and then BAM! Something happens and I can’t stop thinking about it. Being stuck in the house makes it worse.
Last night I was tired and had decided to go to bed, when I saw three blobbish white shapes for about 3-4 seconds in the left corner of my vision. My first thought was that I was seeing cotton. Then I thought, wait. There is no cotton here.
My eyes are a bit itchy from allergies. I also had a light on to the left of me. I have no idea what happened. I had a similar event a few years ago and my doc told me it was a tear film issue. (I have dry eyes.). I can’t really remember what that event looked like though. I just remember seeing patches of stuff in my eyes.
There is a part of me that realizes our eyes do strange things from time to time, especially when tired. I made the mistake of googling though. No bueno!!!
I’m a fairly recent widow and am struggling with loneliness during the quarantine. It is so hard not to have someone to discuss things with. I don’t want to bother my kids. They all think I’m crazy anyway. I’m hoping you all will understand.
I’m thinking that unless this happens again, I’m not going to go to the doctor about it. I had a full eye exam, six months ago. I need to learn to accept some quirks in my vision as long as they don’t become a pattern. Does this sound reasonable? Have any of you had something like this happen?
Thank you,
Discouraged and Lonely in the western United States
I am quite discouraged about my battle with health anxiety. I feel like I’m improving and then BAM! Something happens and I can’t stop thinking about it. Being stuck in the house makes it worse.
Last night I was tired and had decided to go to bed, when I saw three blobbish white shapes for about 3-4 seconds in the left corner of my vision. My first thought was that I was seeing cotton. Then I thought, wait. There is no cotton here.
My eyes are a bit itchy from allergies. I also had a light on to the left of me. I have no idea what happened. I had a similar event a few years ago and my doc told me it was a tear film issue. (I have dry eyes.). I can’t really remember what that event looked like though. I just remember seeing patches of stuff in my eyes.
There is a part of me that realizes our eyes do strange things from time to time, especially when tired. I made the mistake of googling though. No bueno!!!
I’m a fairly recent widow and am struggling with loneliness during the quarantine. It is so hard not to have someone to discuss things with. I don’t want to bother my kids. They all think I’m crazy anyway. I’m hoping you all will understand.
I’m thinking that unless this happens again, I’m not going to go to the doctor about it. I had a full eye exam, six months ago. I need to learn to accept some quirks in my vision as long as they don’t become a pattern. Does this sound reasonable? Have any of you had something like this happen?
Thank you,
Discouraged and Lonely in the western United States