vision this weird can it be anxiety?????

[mickymouse]

for about a month i have been feeling light all over and my vision keeps being funny, its like when you stare for a long time at something but its all the time i feel pressure in my head its hard to explain concentration is bad also short term memory. Its worse when im around people, i went ice skating a week ago and it didnt happen at all?ive seen a doctor had blood tests done all okay apart from high cholestral he says ive got anxiety but i swear its a brain tumour?hes gave me meds but im too scared to take them its making me not wana go out or talk to people and no 1 around me understands please help someone..PS it started 1 day when i was out i felt faint and vision went funny now it is there mostly all the time im very irritable also........jon

[bbycrissy]

trust me your nawt alone with this!
ive only had anxiety/panic attacks for about 3 monthes now
yet ive been through all the horrible symptoms
de-realization, numbness in the limbs, upset stomach, tightness in the head, memory loss, depression vision being funny etc.
so i know what you are going through
at times im looking at the tv and randonly see a bright flash of light its hard to explain
anyhow
i also see black things that come outta nowhere
these are called "floaters" its normal its just little pieces of dead skin that tends to be absorbed by your eye ball.
its not harmfull. as far as the feeling light all over i also get that from time to time

its just anuther anxiety symptom that comes and goes
what i do is i get on the phone with sumbody or do my hobbie
basically anything that keeps my mind busy.
mind over matter.
try to focus on the things that make you feel happy
and also focus on the idea of recovering
trust me thatll get you through a tough day
if you want any more info
feel free to message me or leave me a comment
your nawt alone!!
"god never puts us through things that he knows we couldent handle/overcome"
think about that

[Marin600]

bbycrissy gave you good advice.  Tell yourself this isn't really going to make any difference in a few hours, and try to occupy yourself with something.  Have you been to an ophthalmologist?  It sounds like ocular migraine headache to me.  Strangely, although I've had them probably well over a hundred times, I've only had actual pain in my head at the same time on one occasion.  But the fear that accompanies all these strange sensations!  Something else, aren't they?!  I get the floaters; a funny feeling in my chest; either a dry mouth or a super extra amount of saliva, as though I might vomit (never a normal amount of saliva; cold fingertips with a kazillion little pinpricks that don't hurt; grayish fingernails and sometimes lips; rapid breathing; shallow breathing; breathlessness; a little bit dizzy (feeling that things are moving, even though I'm sitting down); sometimes coldness and pinprick sensation on my forehead and chin---symptoms of hyperventilating.  I came very close to passing out the first about three times.  Strangely, I've always been sitting when this has occurred, but when at work, I sometimes have to get up in the course of my work, and discovered that I can, it's simply strange.  When it occurs when I'm driving, I immediately pull out of traffic, put my head back, close my eyes, and have found out humming or singing seems to help.  When at home, I take an aspirin, lie down with something dark over my eyes and try to sleep it off.  Always works. If awake, the eye disturbance lasts from 1 1/2 to 4 hrs, and all the other symptoms are less now when the eye problem---the ocular migraine---begins.  I believe that the strangeness of the eye problem signals my whole body to super alert to an anxiety attack.  I have also discovered that plain old aspirin alleviates all the symptoms sooner.  I read in an alternative health newsletter written by an MD that the body needs more water.  I also read that mega vits and mins help, particularly mega B vitamins and C, so I really chow down on them, most of the time.  And every time I have another ocular migraine, or the floaters without the migraine, I realize that my water and vit B consumption has dropped again.  If I'm faithful about high water, vits, and mins, I don't get them.  I believe that all the symptoms, except those in the eyes, were a result of my fear of not knowing what was happening---the fight or flight mechanism on super alert resulting in an anxiety attack along with the ocular migraine.  Drinking water and eating a little protein seem to help me if I'm at work and can't lie down.  You need to see an opthalmologist about the eye problems to be sure what your're dealing with, and not just assume that you have the ocular migraines, because you could have a physical problem needing attention.  I know about half a dozen others with the o m problem, and none of us take med for it.  Hope some of this info helps you.  Do make that appt.  Good luck.

[Marin600]

Also see my comment to Hahjzul, near beginning of forum (right now).  Blue highlighted question:  Feels like objects move when I look at them....

[chantelle23]

thank god i am not alone. my eyesight goes fuzzy. not like double vision but nothing is still its like everything is moving slightly, i get some pressure pain around the temples but i think its a brain tumor or something like that. mine last all day i only get 10-15min a day were my eyesight goes normal then returns back to this horrible scary eyesight. hope it improves

[KevinNJ25]

jon--Do you wear glasses/contacts? If so, try putting on glasses for a few days.  I have devolped a hatred for my contacts.  I rarely wear them anymore unless its to pay sports or jog.  They enhance my anxiety for some reason.