I have been trying to figure this out for years! This is the first time I ever heard of anyone else with it! I've had it my whole life. It was in the last couple of years that I found out that not everyone experiences it. My opthamologist had never heard of it. I'm 44 now and am noticing it happening more often. I will see a neurologist in Oct for
something not related; I'll make a note to ask him about this.
http://www.eyehealthweb.com/nystagmus/
I've had the same thing happening for as long as I can remember also. I've been diagnosed with a seizure disorder. I don't feel like its related to that but I have been told it was by my neurologist that it could be. Ive also done research on this where people had no sign of seizures in their medical history at all but are experiencing these same things. Not only does it happen while Im concentrating on something close as well as far away, it also happens a lot while Im trying to go to sleep. Its become more and more frequent through the years. To now its happening almost everyday and somedays more often then others and now headaches r starting to accompany them directly as its happening. Last night while I was trying to fall asleep my eyes started darting back and forth and instantly started getting a headache. Some of mine tend to last a lil longer then a few sec. Id love to be able to find out what this is!
What many are describing in this blog I have just recently started experiencing. I am 39 years old and have a history of diabetes in my family, my father died due to complications of this disease at the young age of 55. Thankfully, I myself have not developed the disease. I am an artist and it happens mainly when I have been concentrating intensely for a long period of time. In your medical opinion, given my family history could these rapid eye movements be related and what would be the best doctor to see if I wish to have it checked out? Thank you.
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This is exactly what happens to me and I have researched it but nothing really seems to relate they usually always say “move slowly” but that’s not my case and what you just said is almost the same as mine but instead of those certain focuses (like the tip of a pen) it randomly happens I can be concentrated or not it’ll just happen.
This is exactly what happens to me and I have researched it but nothing really seems to relate they usually always say “move slowly” but that’s not my case and what you just said is almost the same as mine but instead of those certain focuses (like the tip of a pen) it randomly happens I can be concentrated or not it’ll just happen.
This is exactly what happens to me and I have researched it but nothing really seems to relate they usually always say “move slowly” but that’s not my case and what you just said is almost the same as mine but instead of those certain focuses (like the tip of a pen) it randomly happens I can be concentrated or not it’ll just happen.
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Sorry about reviving this old post. I have something kind of similar, and it kind of worries me. Whenever I'm doing anything that requires any focus with any part of my body, my eyes flick to the right side and then back really quick, sometimes it will happen just once, and sometimes they'll flick a few times and I have to forcefully blink and hold my eyes shut for a second to "reset" them. It feels weird, and if you look at a picture or video of it everything but the white of my eye disappears for a second. It comes and goes randomly, but it's a lot worse right now than it ever has in the past. Just curious to know if this is something to worry about. I don't think that it is nystagmus, as my eyes don't shake back and forth, they just flick to the right (sometimes up) and back.
Finally someone else who this happens to! I get it when I'm focusing on something, eg. if I'm reading and focusing on a word, if I'm drawing and focusing on either the nib of the pen, or the actual paper, or if I'm trying to focus on something in the distance
I also have a similar issue and would like to know if anyone has figured out the reason. Thank you, god bless.
No I do not know the answer. But it happens to me also I also have double vision. But the eye jumping thing is crazy. I do have high blood pressure and Fibromyalgia also not miss spelled. I was in a car accident thirty two years ago and got a bad head injury. And then I was hit by a truck while walking at work twelve years ago and was knocked out and then hit the pavement and knocked out again both times was out for only a few seconds. So if anyone helps you with this I would love to know. Good luck to you and God Bless your sweet heart. I can be reached at ***@****
I’ve had the same thing for years! What is it? It happens spontaneosly, normally when reading, and my eye doctor couldn’t trigger it so he wouldn’t comment on it. It started when I was 17 or so, and has been happening pretty frequently, a few times a day at least, 20 years later.
Did anyone ever find out anything? I get this too. I'm 42, no other issues that I'm aware of.
It's likely due to something called Nystagmus. I've been having it for years after a head injury and apparently it's one of the most common affects after head injury. I'm seeing a functional Neurologist that's treating it and it's extremely helpful. I think it can also be be from a medication side effect in some people. It can flare up when tired and trying to focus or looking at certain angles for long periods of time and straining your eyes. Look up Nystagmus or ask a doctor
I've had this ever since I can remember. It happens randomly and only lasts for a split second. As far as eye conditions go I've been diagnosed with cataracts and keratoconus since I've been 18 and highly doubt those have anything to do with it. It maybe only happens to me once a day so I'm sure it would get annoying if it happened more frequently than that. Gonna have to ask my doctor about this next time.
I have this happen to me occasionally. It always startles me, because it will happen out of nowhere, usually when I'm intensely focused on something. I'm an artist, and when I'm drawing it happens more frequently, so I always figured it was just from staring so long at something. It's happened to me since I was a kid, so I never worried about it! I tried to explain it to my mom once, since she's a nurse, and she didn't seem overly concerned about it, either.
I have this happen to me occasionally. It always startles me, because it will happen out of nowhere, usually when I'm intensely focused on something. I'm an artist, and when I'm drawing it happens more frequently, so I always figured it was just from staring so long at something. It's been happening to me since I was a kid, so I never worried about it! I tried to explain it to my mom once, since she's a nurse, and she didn't seem overly concerned about it, either.
If something happens for years and years and nothing new develops and it doesn't get worse then its not at all likely serious even if doctors have a problem putting a name on it.
This has happened to me three times in the last hour. Usually it happens every so often, both eyes flicker from side to side at the same time for a second. Its been happening for years. I never thought of mentioning it to my eye doctor but havent been there in years either. I do have a "lazy eye" I know that. It is usually when Im trying to focus on something though, but my mouth also twitches when Im focusing (usually reading) on something and that happens more often than my eye flickering. All involuntarily.