Understand - I feel like my vision is ātunedā down like Iām not perceiving everything around me. Like Iām in a bubble. Fortunately, I can drive and play sport. Definately feels strange though. How long have you had this for? Yes HPPD Iāve heard of it too, and it seems permanent
I donāt play sports so I wouldnāt know in that regard, gameās like pool are more awkward as my vision doesnāt seem aligned correctly, so hitting straight is a bit trickier.
Iāve 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?
Itās only permenant if you donāt correct the underlying issue I donāt 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.
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 itās relatively simple to get and Iād be very interested in seeing your results. Iām going to try push for one myself. Itās the only thing thatāll show something I think if it does at all, but thatās the thing to try. Electroretingram.
Iād 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 donāt have intracranial pressure. I also get bad head pressure, so this is the reason I wanted to presue the intracranial pressure route
I know this is a marketing video for Nvidiaās new Ai powered graphics cards but regardless if itās pushing the industry forward Iām all up for supporting that.
Once they finish what their currently testing, theyād like to push the technology forward and look into more genetic diseases, could be and probably will be incredibly useful for us.
Iād presume this is whatās being done by Axolotl and Awor with the 23&Me study but at a smaller scale, incredible stuff I must say.
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
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 Iād be happy to have a chat.
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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.
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 Iād note.
Surely omit one of those things at a time until you find the culprit?
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 itād be another, itās 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, itās only a low level education but itās about getting back into things, meeting with people whoāve 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.
Itāll be tough since my memory is awful now, but they think itās definitely worth a try since my current loop is stay at home and feel awful, then if I try something Iāll feel awful doing it, then going back to staying at home.
Itāll be hard but it starts in a couple monthās so i think Iāll give it a shot.
Donāt give up is what i tell myself and I keep trying to stick to that as best I can.
Iām also looking forward to hearing if the studyās sheād some light on our issues, any step closer is another victory for all of us.
I donāt 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 wonāt 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, Iām really excited as this shows vision changes arenāt all permenant, I still have snow and ghosting but everything just looks a little better.
I donāt 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 didnāt 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.
Itās still far from normal but trust me, when your field of view is gone and it comes back even to a slight degree, thingās look amazing regardless how much snow or floaters I have. Itās still more limited than it was.
It definitely wont last but I needed to note that as I canāt 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 itās nice my body is giving me a taster of what it used to be.
What an odd day this has been.
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 heās about 80% of what he was after a few years. I was stunned and immediately thought about a genetic component.
Thanks for sharing @Devolution. I have experienced near complete reversal of symptoms at times, Iām optimistic that we are all capable of significant reversal of our problems, itās definitely worth sharing these experiences.
@jrums01, your family info could be illuminating. Could you ask your cousin to participate in our 23&Me project?
But, what did you do to get better?
Good job Devolution! and yeah PFS isnāt permanent, Iāve experienced a 100% temporary recovery too. Iām 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 donāt think weāll have to worry about that either.
Thanks for the responses everyone, it only lasted a few minutes and nothing else reversed, but my head just felt clear for a few minutes and I genuinely felt like i wasnāt behind a lens, like I could see things more normal, seeing objects fully not just parts, itās hard to explain but it was definitely something and Iām glad I experienced it because when this condition is reverted, hopefully all the other crap will to.
Iāll also add Iāve been getting asleep the last week for the first time in ages, I still struggle to get up initially as I donāt feel refreshed. Iāve been taking melatonin for over a year now which worked initially but lost its effect, the past week Iāve been taking Promethazine, itās an antihistamine and has been helping me feel tired consistently, thought itās worth mentioning and safe to try, itās prescription over here the tablet i take, phenergan. Presume any brand works, if your struggling definitely worth a try since it works better than sleeping pills for me. I take that and 10mg on melatonin a night.
I will ask him that.