Eye Sight

[cassa333]

This one I find odd (well amongst all the other things I find odd lol) about sight.

I read an article the other week about a blind man, from birth, who said he constantly saw lights even when asleep and this got me thinking about whether you could get a sort of sight tinnitus?

Now and then but since I came home from hospital all last night I could not sleep because every single image that came to mind whether moving, static good or bad had such intense light that I simply couldn't sleep.

Either individual images within the pictures (which were MUCH more vivid than I usually have) or moving show reels had flashing lights. Some were intense twinkle lights about all over the show with others concentrated on a particular image but they were always moving and always very bright. It was so maddening that at one point I got up to go to the loo and was disoriented getting out of bed.

Is there such a thing as (in some name or other) sight tinnitus or is this just a residue of my hospital stay? In other words do you think it is a one off our will it go away?

Sorry for the waffle but it was so odd that I couldn't really discribe it properly.

Thanks

[Buenchico]

The optical equivalent of tinnitus is visual snow disorder:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_snow

[ladyalex]

Are you taking tramadol?
I ask because I had visual hallucinations and sleeplessness when I had it. (Never going to have it again.)

[Sqad]

I have never heard of visual snow, so cannot comment.

Good point made by ladyalex, but it is not uncommon that patients have certain "visual hallucinations" following general anaesthesia. It will almost certainly stop sooner than later.........

No big deal.

[Peter Pedant]

I am sure it is one off
and you should wait and see ( pun intended )

reviewing the drugs you are on is quite a good idea - not only tramadol does this ( codeine springs to mind )

no one has mentioned synaesthesia that into the equation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

( almost certainly not as you sort of have synaesthesia from birth )

[cazzz1975]

I had this as well as vivid weird dreams and blurry vision which was as a result of the general anaesthetic, it wore off after a few days.

[cassa333]

Thanks everyone.

It is sort of wearing off slowly but it just disturbs my sleep so much when I am trying to recover lol I look back and realise it has always been there though!!

I have come to the conclusion that I put up with a lot more than I think!!

I always thought I was a great moaner and have a relatively low pain threshold but thinking of the things that have effected me recently I have put up with a great deal just because it is there.

Things that have happened (whatever it happened to be) seems to be long term but not identified. If that makes sense.

For instance:
There is no silence.....ever. but is normal for me and I can't understand when people say when it is nice when it is quiet etc
There is no dark.... Ever but always assumed this was normal for everyone!!
The pain I felt last week I have had before but because always went away it was nothing even though it had been going on for a year.
I had a bladder infection for 18 months but because it went away every couple of weeks didn't get it sorted till I changed Drs.
I had a burst vein in my leg for six months that was so pain full I could hardly tollerate sheets on them.
And that's just a couple of things. I moan about little bits and pieces but ongoing stuff I seem to ignore or not put two and two together. Is this normal or just me not paying attention or not wanting to be seen as a hypochondriac at the Drs