glare in vision????

hi everyone! I have officially not had a panic attack for 11 weeks and one day!i've had a few moments where i think one coming on but i just did some jumping jacks and it went away! my therapist told me that if i just dont do "catastrophic thinking" theres no reason i should have more...my fingers are crossed!

I have been having these issues with my eyes though. I've been to my doctor about it and i've been to the eye doctor too....but there's a  glare on everything i see that's light. Like clockradios say the time and i can see a little blurry glare of the numbers on top of the real ones...and if im looking at somebodys face in the light i can't focus on it because i see almost an outline of their nose where the light hits it....its driving me insane but my eye doctor said my eyes are perfect :S could this just be anxiety? if so will it ever go away?? I know that i sometimes get into a pattern of thinking that one bad thing is a never-ending pattern and that it'll never go away...really hoping im just jumping the gun on this one too :(

my surgeon said everything went smoothly with the surgery on my nose and that my eyes weren't affected so im hoping its not some complication from my nose? maybe its left over swelling? maybe its just anxiety??? maybe its the clonazepam???????? any ideas?? ialso have these floaters in my eyes that are brutttalll they fall right in my line of vision :( booo

hi,

Congratulations on the length of time you're PA free. That's amazing and i hope your proud of yourself and have treated yourself accordingly.

i would definately think it's a side effect of your meds. I used to get that on citalopram when i was on it. When i eventually got off it i had to have my glasses prescription changed as it had altered the results of my standard eye test. (i was on citalopram for years)

Now i only get it when i'm really tired or maxed out on pain killers. I really wouldn't worry about it.
Take care, boo

Hey there,

I am wondering if your eye doctor is an Ophthalmologist (MD) or an Optometrist (OD)?  I would agree with the others re your problem could be anxiety but if it does not resolve or changes I would see an Ophthalmologist.  Just my 2 cents worth this afternoon.

Kitt

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I am glad your feeling better about the vision problems. I have a wonderful optometrist  whom I respect and trust.  I also have an opthalmologist as I have the very beginnings of cataracts so I want to make sure my eyes stay healthy.  :)

 

Gentle Hugs to you,
Kitt

thanks kit and donna :)

Im a little worried because I think did have some glare in my vision before i took clonazepam at all...i think.... but that was right after i had surgery and i was on other meds (pain killers and left over anesthesia)...maybe my eyes are just really sensitive to drugs?
jeeze i hope so.