Cptdebbie
20-02-21, 18:02
Hi All,
I’ve been sick for the last ten days. I got a negative covid test, but since I had all the symptoms, I’ve been quarantined. I am a widow and live alone. Being sick and alone for so long is incredibly hard on my anxiety. I don’t have much to distract myself from my phobias. UGH!!!
I posted about the issue below once before but didn’t connect with anyone who has experienced it, so I thought I’d try again.
The problem: I seem to be noticing my eye blinks. Specifically, I notice a brief nanosecond of no vision. I usually notice that first and it kind of jolts me, then I realize it’s happening when I blink. I have dry eyes and that can cause a longer blink rate. My thought is that I’m hyper aware because of my vision loss scare?? This, coupled with some slower blink rates, has caused me to notice something most people don’t??
This doesn’t happen all day, but usually for a little while each day, particularly when I’m tired. I’m worried there is some strange disease I don’t know about that manifests itself this way.
I had a thorough eye exam in November and a brain MRI in January when I thought I’d had a tia. I meant to bring this up to the dry eye specialist I saw in January, but she was in and out of the office like a whirlwind and I forgot. Then, I had to cancel the appointment I’d made to talk to my neuro-opthamologist about it due to my covid symptoms.
Has anyone experienced this? I’m struggling to calm myself down today.
~ Debbie
I’ve been sick for the last ten days. I got a negative covid test, but since I had all the symptoms, I’ve been quarantined. I am a widow and live alone. Being sick and alone for so long is incredibly hard on my anxiety. I don’t have much to distract myself from my phobias. UGH!!!
I posted about the issue below once before but didn’t connect with anyone who has experienced it, so I thought I’d try again.
The problem: I seem to be noticing my eye blinks. Specifically, I notice a brief nanosecond of no vision. I usually notice that first and it kind of jolts me, then I realize it’s happening when I blink. I have dry eyes and that can cause a longer blink rate. My thought is that I’m hyper aware because of my vision loss scare?? This, coupled with some slower blink rates, has caused me to notice something most people don’t??
This doesn’t happen all day, but usually for a little while each day, particularly when I’m tired. I’m worried there is some strange disease I don’t know about that manifests itself this way.
I had a thorough eye exam in November and a brain MRI in January when I thought I’d had a tia. I meant to bring this up to the dry eye specialist I saw in January, but she was in and out of the office like a whirlwind and I forgot. Then, I had to cancel the appointment I’d made to talk to my neuro-opthamologist about it due to my covid symptoms.
Has anyone experienced this? I’m struggling to calm myself down today.
~ Debbie