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Anyone's eyesight get "dim" or kind of foggy when anxious/panicking?

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Posted 10/26/2006 12:48 PM (GMT 0)
This happens to me and I'm hoping it's related to anxiety and not some horrible disease that I don't know I have.  It happens when I'm also feeling short of breath, so I'm afraid it means my lungs/heart aren't working properly and I'm not getting enough oxygen to my brain.  HELP!

Resting (or not! :-) )

Posted 10/26/2006 12:55 PM (GMT 0)
Yes it is anxiety relates, when your anxious your body is preparing for danger therefore your eyes absorb more light and feel hazy , i got those symptoms and the more anxious u feel about it the worse it feels, you dont have an eye problem though believe me!!! you also may become more sensitive to sounds when in danger your eyes will try magnify everything within 5 to 7 meters close to them thats why its harder to see at a long distance.hope this helps and good luck
Posted 10/26/2006 2:46 PM (GMT 0)
Definitely happens to me and I know it is to due with my A/P and I get to the point i cannot see but blurs in am thats why typos are so bad in am lol
take care and know you are not alone
Lyn
Posted 10/26/2006 7:08 PM (GMT 0)

vision changes are probably from the fight or flight response, although a few anxiety sufferers do have their vision fade out for a while when panicky

just because you read this, it doesnt mean it will happen to you nono

Posted 10/27/2006 12:02 AM (GMT 0)
all too often, it's my most scary part of my panic because I constantly fear i will pass out. I know that by obsessing over the fact that I think i will pass out only makes things worse, but that's what I have to work on. Just know you aren't alone.
Posted 10/27/2006 1:32 AM (GMT 0)

I experience this symptom as well, though a bit differently. When I begin panicking, say just a few minutes prior to a full blown attack I get tunnel vision - haziness that kind of closes in from the sides. If I sit forward and move around a bit, talk to myself and breathe deeply it tends to go away. Honestly? It causes no real problem with my being able to see well it is just weird and scary. But I do think this is a very common symptom among A/P sufferers. Hope you feel better soon - keep us posted! :) idie/panicinID

Posted 10/27/2006 2:01 AM (GMT 0)
Ive had really weird visual stuff happen with anxiety. It was so scary, everyting got dark and "flashy" Its so hard to explain, but my vision had movemnt to it. ithought i was losing my vision. i remember it once happened when i was in the grocery store. everyting seemed so dark too...
Posted 10/27/2006 12:54 PM (GMT 0)

Thanks for sharing your experiences and for the encouragement.  I really appreciate it!

Resting

Posted 10/30/2006 7:28 AM (GMT 0)
Wow, this really helps reading about everyone's experiences...I seriously, honestly felt like I was the only one alive who felt like this. I have a lot of symptoms of anxiety. I always feel like I'm going to pass out, I get blurred vision often, and I keep blinking and trying to "gain control" because I feel like I'm about to die...and it's comforting in a way to know I'm not the only one.
Posted 10/30/2006 8:30 AM (GMT 0)
Ooh my goodness.. I have been FREAKING out about this exact topic for like a week now. I thought I was going blind or something!!!

It happened to me today and I was seriously scared and wondered if I was going to pass out and have to go to the ER. My vision would kinda just come in and out when I started panicking earlier.. I thought it was an illness.. but then I took an Ativan and it went away.

I didn't know that this was anxiety related!!! I thought something was wrong with me.

I hate the tunnel vision I get at times when I'm panicking. Eeek

Twiggygal~
Posted 10/30/2006 10:57 AM (GMT 0)
Hun I never had vision probs til last couple of yrs now I an cait both wear glasses ( well I am supposd to but they are those dang bi focals)...I will wear when I absolutely have too
getting eyes checked again though on 20 of November as I have noticed worse things happening might be the one med I have to take for the chrohns and othermeds I have to take for life ........
No woried this to shall pass I hpe
Live love and laugh for crying will only make your eyes all red and puffy
Loves ya
Lyn
Posted 10/31/2006 3:01 AM (GMT 0)

Hi resting

I too have this problem but I feel it also happens when I'm not feeling anxiety. I get the blury vision when I blink it just makes it worse. I also feel dizzy at time with it. Hope you feel better soon.

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