Blurry vision anxiety

[moggie8]

Does anyone else suffer this with their anxiety blurry vision

[012703060610]

There are times when my anxiety is very high and I have huge swings in BP, but up and down. When my BP is very low, usually after coming off of a huge panic attack, my vision is blurred for a few hours. I will be wanting to see a cardiologist at this point given I have a good journal of BP measurements over 6 months. I can't see any trend except when it's low, my vision is a mess. When BP returns to normal, vision comes back OK.

[moggie8 in reply to 012703060610]

My vision blurred through constantly being anxious what's your blood pressure when up if you don't mind me asking

[SCC1 in reply to moggie8]

I really would like to know, what makes vision blurry when anxious? My vision gets blurry a lot. I had thought it was from my glasses being smudged, but I don't think that's the reason. I, also, am in a near-constant state of anxiousness.

[012703060610 in reply to moggie8]

90/60 seems to be the trigger or slightly higher or even lower. In the same day it spikes to 160/110. Most of the Drs offices show me slightly elevated at 135/90...and they always say it's cuz you're anxious. I wasn't ever the person that had BP issues before. The vision loss is when I can't see. I also suffer from syncope bouts that I can feel coming on and need to get to the crowd quickly. I may only be out for a few second or a minute or two....but I'm now on driving restriction from it all.

[moggie8 in reply to 012703060610]

Yes me too are u anxious most days

[012703060610 in reply to moggie8]

Every single day!

[moggie8 in reply to 012703060610]

Do u get physical symptoms and the thoughts

[012703060610 in reply to moggie8]

Absolutely. I had a horrible night last week where I was headed into surgery the next day. For the first time I hatched a plan....so I hadn't been too much in that headspace until last week. My anxiety was at an all time high as it was to extract all of my front teeth and replace bone matter that was lost. Surgery was to be awake and was told to hold 10 hours of time. I wasn't able to do it because I wasn't mentally stable. The doctor/dental team took one look at me and said not today. Plus I was running a small fever which isn't uncommon for me with some of my physical diseases.

[012703060610 in reply to 012703060610]

Physical symptom wise, I often pass out, vomit, sweat like crazy and then the BP changes!

[moggie8 in reply to 012703060610]

Yea I know I feel for u I get really off balance which is anxiety as u know I joined the mental health forum that's useless they just say go to the doctor it's anxiety obviously they don't understand anxiety do your symptoms scare u have u looked up beevee on this site he recovered using Claire weeks method in the search type in beevee let me know how you go

[012703060610 in reply to moggie8]

Unfortunately for me, I have a terminal diagnosis. At best I have five years. I'm more focused on EMDR therapy for PTSD at the moment. However, given my physical health circumstances I suspect anxiety will increase as time goes on. My kids are young and having to watch me waste away. Hence some of the terrible thoughts....am I doing more harm than good while they watch me decline. If my ex was a reasonable person, I think I would be handling ok. Due to disability, he is trying to take away most of my 50% of custody. True and pure evil!

[moggie8 in reply to 012703060610]

Oh so sorry luv yes there are pure evil people in this world that will bring you down even further I'm always here luv if you ever want an ear do u have support from family

[moggie8 in reply to 012703060610]

Are u anxious all the time sensitized nerves are u my age or younger I worry about my age being anxious all the time

[012703060610 in reply to moggie8]

HI there, I'm 44, so not a spring chicken, but a little young to be dealing with huge BP swings. I too have experienced daily anxiety since the age of about 14. A lot was driven by my parents demanding perfection. I managed my anxiety by just doing more and more activities and being busy all of the time. This was not good mgmt of anxiety. I did 20 years of CBT and I loved my therapist, but I never had a break through really. It always ended up changing meds or something. Finally I am with a trauma focused therapist and it changed my world....so I am happy about that!

I realize now that in 2020, I worked like a dog on screen 14 hours a day, got COVID early and in a state where I was too young to go to hospital. I have no recollection of COVID and how about 14 days went while recovering at home. I believe the combined stress/anxiety was just enough to pull out a bunch of hidden autoimmune disorders.

Three years later, 40 pounds lost (but most back now), I have 6 different diagnoses requiring over 20 medical professionals now. We still don't know about the BP issues yet. I see a cardiologist at the end of next month. I had seen one last year but the swings in BP weren't as huge. I added more salt to diet and compression pants in hopes that the syncope would stop. It clearly did not! I am also a Mom of three kids and that adds stress despite how much we love them. I think after my birthing years, everything just started to go down hill for me.

[moggie8 in reply to 012703060610]

Yes it's horrible having anxiety all day hey I get the racing thoughts physical symptoms as well

[012703060610 in reply to moggie8]

We are all in this together! Please feel free to PM me anytime. I barely sleep as it's close to 3AM where I am at now.