Maybe an ocular migraine?
Well, the visual static, has completely gone away. I attribute that to having an adrenal problem which was leaving me dehydrated. I was hypovolemic, my kidney hormone renin was high, so my endocrinologist said I had primary mineralcorticoid deficiency. I was salt wasting. I've been on a steroid for it since 2012.
I still have the bad photophobia. Actually its worse now. Only in unavoidable situations do I go out at night. I hardly ever watch TV anymore. I don't see the static but the lights hurt my eyes. I also have a more difficult time driving and avoid it. Of course all the eye drs say it's migraines. But that doesn't make sense. Migraines aren't day in day out for years.
I did see a couple of neurologists. I showed them the mri report of an enlarged area of spinal fluid in basal ganglia and my endocrinologist found a small pituitary tumor. Neurologists were dismissive. Ran no tests whatsoever. Tried me on topamax which put me in metabolic acidosis and caused me to go unconscious with a possible seizure. So naturally the neurologist said my symptoms were psychosomatic. I'm really pissed off about it, actually. I've got systemic symptoms including neurological such as radiculopathy and left sided nerve pain, squeezing pressure sensation in a band around my head, my eyeballs feel like they're being squeezed, my pupils are rapidly and getting bigger smaller and its screwing up my depth perception. Like when u go to take a pic on your phone and the focus cannot lock. I've developed, as an adult, my right eye veers down and right. I have double vision sometimes. When I look down to the ground my vision hops up and down, but only then. I also just had ANOTHER allergic reaction to an antibiotic. I didn't realize I was having an allergic reaction to the sulfa med. When I had the squeezing pressure that day, with the swollen and brown tongue, I saw my pupils were doing that fluctuating thing, bigger smaller, but this time they were oval. Anyway, I ended up at er where my mom thinks I was having seizures. It really scared her. Ever since she's been asking me if ive been tested for epilepsy or ms.
Umm no mom. The drs say I'm imagining my symptoms or making them out to be worse then they are. / :
Lately my vision
this was a year ago so you probably won't see this but i was wondering what happened. was your problem solved?
Omg I have the same problem like you for the past 6 months they have told me its mirgrane and given me mirgrane tablets.. But now ther refering me to another doctor, can you please let me know where u stand now... I can't believe am not the only one with this problem.. I see halos and glare in the daytime and night time and in the night time its even worse....please let me know if you have found out what's wrong, thank you.
Omg I have the same problem like you for the past 6 months they have told me its mirgrane and given me mirgrane tablets.. But now ther refering me to another doctor, can you please let me know where u stand now... I can't believe am not the only one with this problem.. I see halos and glare in the daytime and night time and in the night time its even worse....please let me know if you have found out what's wrong, thank you.
Thank you for your response.
I've tried the tears and no improvement. I also see it in each eye individually. And multiple drs have suggested something neurological, but most recently the opthamologist.
He did several eye tests with and without my eyes dilated. It took about 45 minutes.
I also forgot to mention that I see static. As if looking at an old analogue tv that is just slightly out of range, only see through, like non shiny, see through speckles everywhere. The floaters I've seen lately, which are different frm the speckles, have changed. When I do see them, there are more of them and now they are rainbow colored like little stringy worms instead of specs of white light. I've also been seeing flashes of light here and there.
In the past I've had fainting spells and everytime when it happens, starting from my peripheral vision inward, my vision goes completely white until all vision is gone.
You said usually corneal related. What are the unusual causes? Is it possible what I'm seeing is not eye related, but rather brain related? An eye surgeon is the one ho suggested i see a retinologist. He said I need to get uveitis and retinal detatchment ruled out. He isn't my treating eye dr, tho.
I will be getting checked for hypothalamus and pituitary problems due to adrenal issues. Is it possible the visual disturbances could be related to this?
Starbusts and halos are usually due to a corneal or lens problems. You were told you do not have cataracts. Try tears and see if it helps-this would suggest a corneal problem. Starbusts and halos are not a sign of a retinal problem.
Dr. O.