Kelley
15-03-11, 01:35
Hi.
I'm not new to this site, i read posts and add replies here and there but i dont usually post myself. At the moment however, i feel it is needed.
I suffer on and off from bouts of major anxiety where it would usually be classed as a mental breakdown. I have been there up and down since December last year. I have somewhat managed to pull myself out of the hole these past few weeks but am still experiencing GAD and anxiety symptoms randomly.
Some weeks ago i experienced a bright spot in my vision which lasted about 20 minutes with a mild headache on the opposite side and then my hearing sounded a little funny. I immediately thought the worst and went into a full blown panic attack where my left hand went so numb and had pins and needles which felt tight and travelled up my wrist before it eased off. I called the ambulance when my lip started tingling as i thought the worst. They took my BP and did an ECG and said it was just panic but couldnt explain the eye thing. My doctor suggested it may have been an occular migraine (but why suddenly at the age of 33 would i start with migraines)? I was spending alot of time on my iphone and thought this could've been the culprit)??
Well, that weekend i started Aropax but stopped it after 3 days when i woke up with my other eye blurry in one spot which lasted for about 3 hours. This time i had no other symptoms but went to the optometrist as my doctor suggested. Apparently my eyes are good.
I have suffered floaters for as long as i can remember and had these checked in the past and they aren't a concern. But just lately after all my stress they have been much more noticeable AND twice lately i have had this blackest black dot appear in the centre of my vision which doesn't look like a floater but behaves like one. It only lasted minutes and went away but my question is........what the hell is it and why are my eyes such a problem nowadays when previous episodes of anxiety / panic havent presented this way??
Thanks for listening, i appreciate your input.
Kel :)
I'm not new to this site, i read posts and add replies here and there but i dont usually post myself. At the moment however, i feel it is needed.
I suffer on and off from bouts of major anxiety where it would usually be classed as a mental breakdown. I have been there up and down since December last year. I have somewhat managed to pull myself out of the hole these past few weeks but am still experiencing GAD and anxiety symptoms randomly.
Some weeks ago i experienced a bright spot in my vision which lasted about 20 minutes with a mild headache on the opposite side and then my hearing sounded a little funny. I immediately thought the worst and went into a full blown panic attack where my left hand went so numb and had pins and needles which felt tight and travelled up my wrist before it eased off. I called the ambulance when my lip started tingling as i thought the worst. They took my BP and did an ECG and said it was just panic but couldnt explain the eye thing. My doctor suggested it may have been an occular migraine (but why suddenly at the age of 33 would i start with migraines)? I was spending alot of time on my iphone and thought this could've been the culprit)??
Well, that weekend i started Aropax but stopped it after 3 days when i woke up with my other eye blurry in one spot which lasted for about 3 hours. This time i had no other symptoms but went to the optometrist as my doctor suggested. Apparently my eyes are good.
I have suffered floaters for as long as i can remember and had these checked in the past and they aren't a concern. But just lately after all my stress they have been much more noticeable AND twice lately i have had this blackest black dot appear in the centre of my vision which doesn't look like a floater but behaves like one. It only lasted minutes and went away but my question is........what the hell is it and why are my eyes such a problem nowadays when previous episodes of anxiety / panic havent presented this way??
Thanks for listening, i appreciate your input.
Kel :)