[skEwb]

Anyone else able to overcome the adrenaline rushes and bad thoughts, but not get your vision back to normal? I feel mentally ok and don't really have bad thoughts anymore. I still can't seem to fully enjoy things because my vision is slower.

When I move my head to look at a new place it seems like i just jump from point a to b in my vision, there is no fluid movement compared to what it was before dp/dr.

What's worse is when I'm in house and things are closer I can deal with it but if I go walking at a big mall the bigger things are the harder it is for me to keep track of things. I also forget the last thing I saw in my head and I have to look again to reassure myself what I just saw was what I really saw.

This all started for me with a huge panic attack out of the blue resulting in a 3 day adrenaline rush which was stopped by lorazepam. Now it's 1 month later, mentally it seems I'm ok but my vision is messed up. I'm just wondering if anyone else is going through this?

 

[Guest]

Yea your perception is affected and it feels harder to focus and and everything seems like a dream. Its the most dibilatating symptom for me.

 

[peterparker]

Yes I have the same problems with vision, especially when driving and having to look back and to the sides quickly like for a lane change. My vision just seems lacking somehow now. I have been taking a supplement called Inositol and it seems to help.

--David

 

[skEwb]

Yes I have the same problems with vision, especially when driving and having to look back and to the sides quickly like for a lane change. My vision just seems lacking somehow now. I have been taking a supplement called Inositol and it seems to help.

--David

Exactly, this is what scares me too when I'm driving, because I don't want to cause an accident. I used to ride sport bikes and had very sharp visual skills that you need to have to ride such powerful machines.

Now I think I would be dangerous to myself and others if I attempted to ride a motorcycle again.

 

[danny]

skEwb

When I move my head to look at a new place it seems like i just jump from point a to b in my vision, there is no fluid movement compared to what it was before dp/dr

Good description.

This is my 'remaining' symptom also. I dont have those thoughts as much, the headaches seem to have gone, along with the panic/anxiety attacks, but this one just wont seem to move.

However, I do think this will fade over time as we learn ignore this, just like we have the beaten symptoms, maybe.

Good luck with the recovery

Dan

 

[skEwb]

skEwb

When I move my head to look at a new place it seems like i just jump from point a to b in my vision, there is no fluid movement compared to what it was before dp/dr

Good description.

This is my 'remaining' symptom also. I dont have those thoughts as much, the headaches seem to have gone, along with the panic/anxiety attacks, but this one just wont seem to move.

However, I do think this will fade over time as we learn ignore this, just like we have the beaten symptoms, maybe.

Good luck with the recovery

Dan

Hey thanks for the reply at least it's not just me with the slower vision. I also have a lot of floaters in my vision which I only notice during bright sunny days. They don't bother me as much indoors with non-natural light.

I read about floaters and they are premanent unless removed with expensive surgery.

I also did a test on family members with a bright light it seems their pupils react normally and get smaller with a bright light where as mine expand more and I can withstand the bright light more.

When this whole ordeal started I couldn't even stand to look at light it hurt my eyes too much and gave me bad headaches. The more I got used to light the more floaters I got and now I have no headaches but I'm left with floaters and slower vision.

It seems like patience is key with this problem and if I was patient enough to go through the other symptoms I can go through this one too and win one day like I'm sure most of you on this forum will also do! Never give up because its like the stock market once it crashes and bottoms out there is only one way it can go again and that is up. That's where we're all headed up! and in better times.

-Ryan

 

[Homeskooled]

This is interesting. I noted the same thing, like I could actually see the frames of movement when I was looking around, and I remember wondering at how many frames per second things actually moved, and if it could be measured. It was found about five years ago, that animals and humans temporal lobes are used for the tracking of movement. The parietal lobe deals with 3 dimensional vision, so when your sight goes 2d, its more than likely a hiccup in the parietal area. But the temporal lobes are responsible for the jumpy vision and a feeling you might get that you arent moving, but the scenery around you is. Honestly, for a problem this obviously from the temporal lobe, I'm going to suggest trying something I usually do. Ask your doctor for an anticonvulsant. Something gentle like Neurontin or used for DP like Lamictal. It can help with temporal lobe symptoms. This is my view, and more importantly, the view of some psychiatrists who do brain imaging as part of their private practice.

Peace
Homeskooled

 

[agentcooper]

yeah...i hate that wierd time frame twitchiness. it doesn't happen to me very often anymore but it used to happen all of the time. that would definately make me feel really panicked...

 

[Homeskooled]

Yes, YOU YOU YOU! Angela...haha....I just love your posts. You have got to be the cutest, least complicated person on this website, and I love it.

Peace
Homeskooled 8)