Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Does anyone else get "jumpy" vision when theyre really anxious? I don't really know how to describe it. It's kind of like my eyes won't focus and when i read something my vision is jumpy and it makes me dizzy.... does anyone else get this kind of sensation? I have it right now and its really scaring me :(
deleted_user
Anxiety effects muscle tone and tension - the eye muscles are extremely sensitive to this - it can even change your eye glass prescription
MorningSadness00
Oh wow. I did NOT know this. Thank you for that bit of information. Makes me feel much better.
deleted_user
Yes, I have also experienced this. I even had to wear bi-focals for awhile.
MorningSadness00
It's a terrible feeling. I hate it so much :(
MorningSadness00
This is STILL going on. I really wish this would stop. It makes me extremely anxious :(
deleted_user
Yes, I get this as well. It's scary, but it is just the anxiety!
MorningSadness00
This is STILL happened and i also have spots in my vision now. I sure hope this is just anxiety and nothing more.
sugar09
One suggestion ~ have you had an eye exam ? I know that anything with vision problems should at least have someone check your eyes. It could be anxiety, yes. The dizziness might be a symptom also. Are you on medication ?
deleted_user
Spots in your vision can be attributed to anything from floaters(harmless unless large and interferes with vision), to eye strain, to dizziness from rapid breathing and hyperventilation. I myself have floaters. With the television and then later the home PC, came the advent of the CRT(cathode ray tube). Without a lot of technical spiel, the large monitor tube 'gun' fires electrons at the coated screen. when color monitors came along they fired RGB(red, green, blue, what the human eye processes as color). These are pretty intense, and caused many to see spots or phosphene events(the perception of light entering the eye, even when it is closed) due to moderate severe strain from long hours at the computer. LCD monitors have pretty much done away with CRTs, but long hours at the computer can still cause strain. If it is of great concern see an ophthalmologist, not an optometrist. An ophthalmologist is an M.D., and better suited to deal with eye problems and spots. If it's happening now, it could be because you are panicking, and breathing rapidly. Here's a little mind blower for ya. There are no colors, that's right. It is all reflected and absorbed lightwaves. The human eye 'perceives' it as color in the visible light spectrum of about 390nm to 730nm(nanometers). around 1000 you enter infrared, around 200 you enter ultraviolet. The human eye uses RGB. I used to work on color print servers before database management, but when using color printing it is converted to CMYK(Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and Black), but the eye still perceives it as RGB. Do feel better.
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