Hey Mcbbould, I’m not sure if a visual field test would show anything, it’s weird to describe but i guess it could be worth a shot, i definitely want to get an ERG done on the retina to see if any of the cells are miss firing there, i read on Rxisk a post with SSRIs i think there was seratonin acting on those retina cells or something along those lines, i wonder would it show anything or if anyone else has gotten that test done? If not more than likely a neurosteroid/transmitter issue which they wouldn’t detect.
Makes sense. I had a visual field test and passed. My thought was that I’d you literally are having trouble seeing things in your peripheral (like you said can only see road or car) then you may actually have blind spots in your visual field. The visual cortex is an extremely fragile and serotonin rich part of the brain, so some serotonin deficiency (or damage to serotonin axons) could potentially cause an issue like this. There is a whole group of people who took MDMA and now have long term mental and visual symptoms very similar to ours.
I can see stuff, but it’s low detail unless it’s directly centred i guess, it’s very glitchy and odd looking so yes maybe it could be what you said. Hopefully it’s eventually fixable, i hope I’ll be able to drive, it’d just require a lot more effort to do so I’d say, i have perception around me, but its strange as if I’m not processing a lot of the information so i could miss stuff. Yes i think I’ve heard of that disorder, hallucinogenic perception disorder or something HPPD.
I’ll definitely ask for a test though, it’s better if they find something because then i have leverage, if they don’t find anything they’ll think I’m insane, tbh they probably already do 
Understand - I feel like my vision is “tuned” down like I’m not perceiving everything around me. Like I’m in a bubble. Fortunately, I can drive and play sport. Definately feels strange though. How long have you had this for? Yes HPPD I’ve heard of it too, and it seems permanent 
I don’t play sports so I wouldn’t know in that regard, game’s like pool are more awkward as my vision doesn’t seem aligned correctly, so hitting straight is a bit trickier.
I’ve had this since February 2018, thats as far as i can remember in regards to tunnel like vision but it could of been when i got the floaters too which was around August-October 2017.
How long have you been like this yourself?
It’s only permenant if you don’t correct the underlying issue 
I don’t believe anything is ever permenant personally, maybe from natural recovery but our bodies just need help correcting themselves, hence all the research being done. We must understand before be can correct.
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Since April 2018 woke up like this one day after taking fin for three days. Whole world changed over night
Have you gotten an ERG? Think it’s relatively simple to get and I’d be very interested in seeing your results. I’m going to try push for one myself. It’s the only thing that’ll show something I think if it does at all, but that’s the thing to try. Electroretingram.
I’d be willing to try, but I think this is a brain thing not a retina thing. I got an eeg of the brain and it was normal. Has three MRIs, all normal. I also went to the eye doctor and they are going to do a scan of my ocptical nerve because I had high eye pressure. Also want to make sure I don’t have intracranial pressure. I also get bad head pressure, so this is the reason I wanted to presue the intracranial pressure route
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I know this is a marketing video for Nvidia’s new Ai powered graphics cards but regardless if it’s pushing the industry forward I’m all up for supporting that.
Once they finish what their currently testing, they’d like to push the technology forward and look into more genetic diseases, could be and probably will be incredibly useful for us.
I’d presume this is what’s being done by Axolotl and Awor with the 23&Me study but at a smaller scale, incredible stuff I must say.
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Hey Devolution,
I saw your post awhile ago and have been dealing with accutane symptoms almost exactly the same as yours. Is there a way to PM on this website? I wanted to talk to you about what you tried so far and if you improved,
Thanks
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Hello 1dose,
A very warm welcome to the forum
You can contact me via PM by just clicking my name, from there you should see a button saying message, just click that and I’d be happy to have a chat.
Also it’d be great help if you could fill out the symthom template and share your story with others when you get a chance, the more people that share the better and that goes for anyone else reading this who hasn’t made an account yet. Everyone is welcome here
You can do this by going to the main page of the forum and hitting new topic, select the category as “Member stories” and the template will appear.
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I have this too, it fucks with my head so badly. I want to fight to get out of pfs, but at the same time my motivation for pretty much anything has completely disappeared.
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Hey guys been meaning to say this a few days now but wanted to test it a few times to make sure I got the same result.
I have been taking Vitamin C, Cod Liver oil or some kind of fish oil, melatonin and magnesium powder.
Every night I take it I feel weird, head feels dizzy and I feel a little ill or spacedout, only happens when I take this stuff, not sure what one it may be. Could be a coincidence but just something I thought I’d note.
Surely omit one of those things at a time until you find the culprit?
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Got sent to a different mental health clinic today due to my old team not knowing what was wrong with me, I met with a professor of psychiatry and spent about two hours talking with her.
At the end, she said she definitely thinks a lot of this is physical and not psychological which i was shocked to hear, I just thought it’d be another, it’s in your head appointments.
She said if i ever try an antidepressant again, I suggested bupropion, to definitely go on an extremely low dose and acknowledged I react to medications extremely badly, she agreed that I should never touch another SSRI again or it could make me worse.
They offered me a 46 week course, it’s only a low level education but it’s about getting back into things, meeting with people who’ve also been through a hard time and making new friends, regaining confidence and how to deal with bad emotions, basic word stuff and presentations, all that jazz.
It’ll be tough since my memory is awful now, but they think it’s definitely worth a try since my current loop is stay at home and feel awful, then if I try something I’ll feel awful doing it, then going back to staying at home.
It’ll be hard but it starts in a couple month’s so i think I’ll give it a shot.
Don’t give up is what i tell myself and I keep trying to stick to that as best I can.
I’m also looking forward to hearing if the study’s she’d some light on our issues, any step closer is another victory for all of us.
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I don’t want to get hopes up for the visual guys but I need to at least mention this.
The most amazing thing happened to me a few minutes ago, I know it won’t last, but for the first time in almost a year my field of view is a lot better, my head feels clearer, my eyes feel like they are working as one, I can see across the room with little blur, everything is sharper, I’m really excited as this shows vision changes aren’t all permenant, I still have snow and ghosting but everything just looks a little better.
I don’t know what I did, I came home today and had a coffee which upset my stomach but gave me a big energy boost after feeling awful this morning, I didn’t eat anthing till 11pm today too , I came home listened to music and decided to play a game with my friend, I felt sharp for once and I felt like I actually enjoyed myself to an extent, I could see more of my monitor than usual, I wore my glasses for a few hours which made my visual field seem to focus slightly better even though it was blurred or looked low resolution, the strain from the blurriness on my eyes and head was a little easier to deal with.
It’s still far from normal but trust me, when your field of view is gone and it comes back even to a slight degree, thing’s look amazing regardless how much snow or floaters I have. It’s still more limited than it was.
It definitely wont last but I needed to note that as I can’t remember it ever improving even for a few minutes, my skin fluctuates in sensitivity a lot and so does my smell to a degree, but it’s nice my body is giving me a taster of what it used to be.
What an odd day this has been.
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Crazy finding out about people you know having similar issues. I have severe PSSD. I mentioned to my cousin that I have some damage done by antidepressants. He was curious as to what type of damage. He then relayed his terrible experience taking Propecia. He said he had ED, low libido, brain fog, etc. He then said he’s about 80% of what he was after a few years. I was stunned and immediately thought about a genetic component.
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Thanks for sharing @Devolution. I have experienced near complete reversal of symptoms at times, I’m optimistic that we are all capable of significant reversal of our problems, it’s definitely worth sharing these experiences.
@jrums01, your family info could be illuminating. Could you ask your cousin to participate in our 23&Me project?
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But, what did you do to get better?
Good job Devolution! and yeah PFS isn’t permanent, I’ve experienced a 100% temporary recovery too. I’m sure that once a treatment exists, the symptoms can be fixed in no time. We have to keep up hope.
Even my dick grew back to its normal size, so i don’t think we’ll have to worry about that either.
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