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Black Dots in Left eye has turned into warped vision

Hello, In the middle of July of this year I had gone to the hospital with an abnormal heart beat. It gradually got worse and my left arm and left side of my face went numb/tingly. They released me saying that it was probably an anxiety attack. After I was home, I realized that i had black dots (about 6 or more) in my left eyes vision. (looked like the dots you would see after looking into a light). I have had them ever since and they wont go away. Now, my vision seems to be warped (everything is curved in weird ways like looking into a fun house mirror) where those dots are and its uncomfortable for me to see now. About a day or so after getting this weird vision in my left eye, I had an anxiety attack again. I don't know what to do. Could I lose my vision? Should I see a doctor about it?
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I actually have this too.  I just went in to a optical specialist/surgeon in a eyelab, twice now, and they threw a corneal map and retinal scan in. They didn't find anything.  I had big black spots and now faces, letters, and straight lines look dented in, like they're warping and caving in on themselves. I have bad depth perception and feel off balance all of the time.  After all the tests, they told me that it's ruled out being directly eye related and it's deeper inside the head.  They can't find a single thing that looks abnormal, including eye pressure, and ruled out macular degeneration, retinal detachment, and glaucoma.

They said that the next step was that I needed to see a neurologist and ask for a MRI.

Unfortunately, I don't have insurance, and I have no access to a specialist like a neurologist or ability to pay for a MRI.  I don't even have a primary care doctor and haven't since 1996, which was the last time I had insurance.  All my other jobs were retail, so they shorted me in getting hours enough to qualify.  I guess people like me just have to suffer and go for as long as we're able to keep going, until it gets worse, or something very bad happens.  But if YOU have the ability to see a doctor or a specialist and go through the same thing with an eyedoctor and it comes up clean like mine did?  Please, go see a neurologist as well! There might be a chance for you to have some answers and maybe a solution, if your eyedoctor doesn't find anything wrong.
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233488 tn?1310693103
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That is a very serious symptom that often represents macular disease (reading part of the retina). Call an ophthalmologist today. Ask for an emergency exam. Find one near you at www.aao.org

JCH MD
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