Hi. New to anxiety forums but looking for help or some clarity. Here is my story.
I had a Laser eye surgery in my right eye that had a complication. The surgeon and and my personal eye doctor said the eye looks great and my vision is 20/20 according to the eye chart. Here is the problem. It affected my vision when it first happen and I could barely see out of it for about a month. Over that month and for the months to follow I got very bad anxiety and depression. Then out of nowhere the eye I didn't have surgery on began to get halos, Starbursts and focus/foggy issues.
Now months later my vision is all over the place. I have trouble focusing them, very sensitive to lights, foggy/hazy, vision seems darker and seems heavy at times. The right one seems worse, but at times it is better than the left. They are doing different things at different times. This confuses me. My doctor said it is anxiety and will get better when the built up anxiety calms down. The problem is my eye issues are running my anxiety. I have never had anxiety until now. I have been back to the eye doctor several times in the last couple of months and he said my eyes look fine.
I have a hard time believing that this can all be contributed to anxiety. I am not anxious about anything other than my eyes. I know I still have axiety though because my body will get tense and my limbs will begin to tingle.
So I guess my question is can this all really be caused by anxiety? It is just so hard to believe, especially since it fluctuates but has been constant (24/7) for many months now.
Help
The best advice i can give here is go get a second opinion on the eye from a eye surgeon. Then release it to anxiety, but noway would i just be okay with saying anxiety here. It can be, but check it.
Hi Willy, I understand what you are going through as all of my anxiety started from an eye defect which was detected from a routine eye check up who referred me promptly to Casualty eye doc at the hospital where I had to undergo loads of tests... Bloods, CT Scan and everything! The whole thing has been escalating out of control and having a huge impact on my health.
To cut a long story short, my pressure in the eyes are very high and I am at high risk for developing Glucocoma .. I do get blurred vision and I'm also sensitive to lights etc.
My limbs have been weak also and I've been experiencing chest pains, doc and consultant has reassured me it's all anxiety related .. and blurred vision is a very typical symptom of Anxiety.
Because my pressure in my eyes are so high it causes loads of problems..
Have you had a field vision test? This is what I failed on but following my referral to hospital all is ok... They are just very thorough. So even if you went back to Opticians to ask for more checks and they detect something in the eye.. if caught early can be soon treated and usually it's nothing serious anyway .. Hope this helps ;-) Sorry it's a bit long winded ;-))
My anxiety was like this for over 3 months I'm just now beginning to see a physical difference in myself, 7 weeks in on anxiety medication. 24/7 for 3 months I was anxious and panicky dizzy/foggy headed couldn't focus on anything now I have a lot less fogginess and just have the headaches left over and a lump feeling in my throats while swallowing. I to had a very(and still do) hard time accepting that it's anxiety but I don't think I would be seeing any postive change if it wasn't because the only meds I'm on is anxiety meds. What I'm trying to say is anxiety is a bitch it takes over out the blue for no apparent reason as I was not anxious or panicky over anything at all when mine started but with the proper treatment everything should be ok good luck
Thanks for the responses. My vision seems to be improving slightly, but lights and the sun behind people or things is still really bad. The body tingling is still pretty constant as well. I hope this will get better soon it really has taken over my life and the way I look at it.