Anxiety and eye problems

[Benb]

Hi All

I hope I can get some help please ???

I had been very very stress and super high anxiety for the last 4 weeks, which I am working through but my eyes have been playing up. I have been see eye floaters, finding it hard to focus in a bright room at night, bright lights (shopping centre, work, in front of the Tv) are hurting my eyes and I my Finding hard to focus on sometimes but if I drive a car day or night it goes away instantly ???

Or if my stress and anxiety are low I can see as normal, ( it is like a cloud has lifted) ??? I have seen my GP and had all the check and test for the last month and all good. I had a eye test and I do need reading glasses which I should get next week.

Just see if anyone else has had this ???

[Ozarkcaver]

When I came across this thread, I wanted to respond with some words of encouragement. I too have suffered with floaters for years. However, in my experience, you will eventually learn to ignore them for the most part and get past the feelings of despair I fully identify with. It will take time, but if knowing your brain will eventually adjust to ignore them helps ease the anxiety, then I believe it will happen that much sooner. The more anxious I was, the more I noticed them and it was a vicious cycle. I had to find other distractions and let myself see them without focusing on them until eventually, I stopped noticing them so much. Now, I can go weeks without thinking about them, even though I still see them against light backgrounds. This is not a quick fix, but I hope it comforts someone to know that it does get better and easier with time.

[willy_wonker]

this has been a realy hopfully forum topic very help full thanks for all the insight

I am welder by trade and I struggle with anxiety and I recently started a new job and in the first days of being there (the new guy effect as I call it) I failed a weld test as I was struggling with my symptoms and could not focus on my weld pool as my vision was playing up was blurry and hard to focus I thought my auto helmet was playing up so I used my back up helmet but that was the same. I had to complete two out of three test peices with a combo of muscle memory and counting timing in my head. hardest weld test I have ever done. I had to take a breather and come back to it a few times talk about a snow ball effect the more I stressed out the worst my symptoms became but I eventually calmed my self down and was able to complete it.

[Tricia14]

Hi.  I have the same thing. Had flashers and floaters for 10 months.  Now sudden onset of flashes and floaters in the other eye.  Can’t handle this. 

[Tricia14]

What did you do about it?   I’ve had eye issues for 10 long months.  The only thing I have anxiety over is the eye issues!