Wake Up and See Green

[HealtyEyes]

sometimes when I nap during the day I wake up and see bright, bright green for 2 seconds - then it goes away


This discussion is related to Seeing Green.

[JohnHaganMD]

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[KodaFUN]

I have the same thing. I take antidepressant medication, do you. This just started happening to me within the past 2 weeks. I thought I might be going blind, thought it might be a Side effect of my meds, thought it was diabetes, now I think it's low blood pressure. If you find anything out, please update this.

[JohnHaganMD]

You need to see an ophthalmologist or optometrist for an eye examination.
If you live in USA you can find an Eye MD near you at www.geteyesmart.org

JCH MD

[LindaAvis]

I have normal blood pressure, and I see my eye doctor for an annual exam.  I have also had field of vision tests, and am being followed for glaucoma.  

Anyway, the last several days, I have dozed off sitting in my chair in front of the TV.  When I awaken, my vision is entirely green.  The living room and everything in it are the same color green, but I can see everything clearly.  Items don’t become indistinguishable due to the color change.  It only lasts a minute or so, then everything returns to it’s normal color.

I have not started any new medicine.  I have an eye pressure check up next month, and plan to bring it up.  

Obviously, I’m not alone in this.  Any ideas?

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

If you have had a medical eye exam by an ophthalmologist including a macular OCT test, they it is likely the retina "waking up" after being asleep and the green receptors doing it the quickest. There are several people posting the same symptom and it is not associated with any specific eye disease.