Negative Afterimages

I have began to see afterimages for a couple of seconds, i notice them when driving and seeing lots of reflections off other cars and metal etc, i see blue/purple dots which last no longer than 3 seconds but are quite vivid. i also see them sometimes when on my computer when im looking at the screen and then look down at my keyboard. I do not seem to see any positive afterimages but seem to be easily seeing these negative ones, on an overcast day i do not see them at all unless i see the bright red tail lights of a car. i sometimes see them inside if i glance past a bright light. these do not last longer than a couple of seconds but they seem to be happening more easily than before. I have had bad anxiety prior to noticing the afterimages. is there any way that i have trained my eye to notice them all the time? i went to an optometrist a week before i had them and they said my eyes were fine, I had a field test and this came back normal. what do you think? thanks
andy

[kjelltp]

People seem to get this problem for different reasons, however this is how I started to notice something was definitely not right.   In my case they seemed to get worse.   MDs will just claim "this is normal", and it is to a certain extent.  But if you get them by just glancing at a normally "bright" source of light, and it sticks, you're easily getting photostressed, and for a reason.  I still have this problem, and have learned to deal with it...in my case i had Autoimmune Retinopathy for unknown reasons..

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

You can access many discussions of after-images using the search and archives features. Many people that have this complaint have high anxiety and stress levels.

Since you saw only a non-MD optometrist I would suggest you see a ophthalmologist if possible a neuroophthalmologist Eye MD physician

JCH MD