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Posted by jaby on April 25, 2002, at 19:00:26
Hi all,
You may have read my messages before, but one of the major symptoms driving my anxiety/depression is this weird visual problem I have. It's difficult to describe, but everything just looks wrong-kind of like I'm looking through a fluid or something. My eyes are also very sensitive to light and I have difficulty focusing on things for even periods of 30 seconds or more without having to look away. I have had my eyes checked three times and the docs don't have nay ideas. The only thing that has helped was lamictal at low doses, but that effect pooped out after a month or so. Any comments are much appreciated.
Posted by Paul Mokeski on April 25, 2002, at 23:55:58
In reply to Visual problems that aren't med related?, posted by jaby on April 25, 2002, at 19:00:26
I'm just taking a stab in the dark here, but I might be experiencing what you're speaking of. Would you describe this phenomenon as a feeling of pressure in your eyes, kind of like your eyeballs are going to explode if you keep looking? This is how I often feel, accompanied with a heavy feeling in my forehead. If this is similar to what you're feeling, you may want to check out my post earlier today on Effexor XR.
> Hi all,
> You may have read my messages before, but one of the major symptoms driving my anxiety/depression is this weird visual problem I have. It's difficult to describe, but everything just looks wrong-kind of like I'm looking through a fluid or something. My eyes are also very sensitive to light and I have difficulty focusing on things for even periods of 30 seconds or more without having to look away. I have had my eyes checked three times and the docs don't have nay ideas. The only thing that has helped was lamictal at low doses, but that effect pooped out after a month or so. Any comments are much appreciated.
Posted by katekite on April 26, 2002, at 11:39:12
In reply to Visual problems that aren't med related?, posted by jaby on April 25, 2002, at 19:00:26
I've always had really mild problems maintaining focus. Like I will look at something with one eye closed and it seems like it comes in and out of focus. It really never affected my life at all. I am a little near-sighted and this always caused problems in eye exams because it took me forever to say whether the next little glass bit (I don't know the name, I mean the process of fitting glasses) was better or worse. The optometrist would just sit there wondering what the heck I was doing, blinking and squinting and trying different angles of my head. It is worse when I'm tired. Benzodiazepines also worsen it to the point I thought I needed new glasses. Ritalin has seemed to make this problem completely go away, the effect only lasts as long as the ritalin lasts. I have also tried dexedrine and it doesn't seem to help as much so far, at least at the dose I am on. Don't mean to seem like a stimulant pusher, and have no idea if that's similar to your problem or not. -- kate
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