Hello
Having a first experience with this at just under 10 years old really took me by surprise too. In 20012 or 13 was the first time I ever found a person on the internet who had a similar thing... I am 31. I have had problems with windshield wipers, store shelves, white lights at night, passing trees on the road -you name it.
I am generally active but only the last few years. I think it helps but that may be obvious! My Right eye is weaker than the left. I also have had some back pain on the right side and muscle tension down the right side which I think may be related. I I have a few questions from reading the forum if people can tell me their experience!
Has anyone seen symptoms improve and what has done it?
Has anyone done any of the left eye, right eye dominance tests? If some people can do them with the eye they have to close when they feel the pain and cover the other eye I really wanna know how they feel? they are easy to find in app stores. anyones experience would be nice to hear.
Also has anyone had someone do a pen test to see how each eye responds to movement and tracking, and if its smooth? together both eyes and apart?
-My right eye is harder to control watching the pen. it is less smooth. when i get better at that the pain comes less for me.
Does anyone here meditate or do yoga and do they feel it helps? I do!
if anyone can respond it would be really awesome. thanks
Its been a couple of years since I posted here. I think I want to try to pursue fixing this Visual Looming Syndrome again. I noticed a few people on here mentioned allergies being the cause. I used to be on an allergy pill and nasal spray, and as far as I remember, my symptoms were relieved temporarily. I have seasonal allergies which cause intense sneezing (worse in the spring and summer months). Also nasal dryness which causes me to sniff, sometimes with pain, leaving me with tenderness inside my nostrils. I do notice a temporary intensity of symptoms after a dry sniff. I was also recently diagnosed with a deviated septum. I think I may look into getting back on allergy pills and maybe getting my septum realigned.
My symptoms recently got worse when I began taking a pill called Sertaline for anxiety. I stopped taking the pill and am beginning to see my symptoms return to less intensity. There are a few pills which have increased the severity of my symptoms.
Does anyone else here have allergies which cause dry nostrils?
According to me, you must go to Eyecare Specialist as soon as possible. Then doctors will suggest you what you can do or which type of medicines you will take. Please wash your eye daily & contact eyecare enter which near by you.
Hi, I have the same issue and don't take any medication whatsoever. I find issues with looking at hooks in a shop, pens in peoples hands, bugs on the car windscreen, focusing on telephone cords (coiled type on an old style phone), I also have difficulty focusing on black chalk boards with white chalk writing and struggle with focusing on bright lights at night time. I'm 32 and would say i've had this issue since i was a teenager, lately i feel it's getting worse and becoming more noticeable to people who aren't aware of my "strange eye thing". I probably could do with wearing glasses but keep putting it off. Has anyone found this helps? I know i have a mild astigmatism in one eye so thinking this could be the issue.
Hey, I bookmarked this article years ago & am just looking back into it. My issue is a little different - it's not so much pointy things that bother my eyes, more like sharp angles - corner of a ceiling, corner of a computer where I X out a screen, too many bars on a birdcage sort of thing. It's generalized at the bridge of my nose / behind my eyes. My brother remembers having the pointy issue. After trial & error, I know why this happens to me & my brother - for us it's a side effect of antidepressants. Pain pills don't help, the one migraine med I tried didn't help - Klonopin makes this go away for me. It's not something people like to prescribe much anymore, but my dad is a psychiatrist so we tried it.
I started on antidepressants in 3rd grade for obsessive compulsive disorder, and need them for depression. Before ever taking Klonopin, I'd been on and off different antidepressants to find the best one. Every time I went off one, the weird eye discomfort would go away.
I've recently been trying to find something else - benzos are very stigmatized. I started on Klonopin when I was 18 and I'm 34 now. I've been tapering down the Klonopin to see if I can do a lower dose without the eye craziness, but it's coming back. I've also notices twinges of OCD when angles are bothering me.
The only other thing I've found that has given *some* comfort is sudafed with pseudoephedrine. Sounds weird, but this eye thing is weird too. If anyone wants to talk more, I'm checking the boxes to be notified of new activity on this / joining the community.
I did go to a neurologist recently, but they tried to tell me it was neck related and wanted me to do physical therapy (I know for me it's a side effect, I may try a new neurologist, that seems ridiculous to me). People have tried to blame this on lifestyle, exercise, eating healthy, drinking, smoking - I never did anything bad in grade school, so I believe I've ruled all of that out!
Anyone else on an antidepressant or have any OCD?
~*~*~ Aria ~*~*~
I tried researching for treatments but their are none as of now. Does anyone have any ideas on how to treat this.