Severe health anxiety/eye floaters

[JoVH]

Hi

I had a baby in Oct and since Jan I have been suffering from low mood and extreme anxiety, mainly focused around my own health.

Over the last month or so I have developed a lot of eye floaters and they have been causing me a lot of distress. I am constantly checking my eyesight, trying get to read things in distance etc and it's exhausting and ruining my life. Sometimes I see little floating lights too, and the odd flash of lights. Sometimes my vision is blurry too and it takes a while for my eyes to focus on something.

I have had my eyes checked twice in the last couple of weeks by an optometrist where they look into the back of your eyes and also an optimax scan where they can see an image of your eye and they said it looks normal.

Has anyone experienced anything like this? I am constantly on edge, in tears and terrified that there is something wrong. The 'what ifs' are continually swirling around in my mind.

Would be great to hear from any of you who have been through anything similar.

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I think tiredness and stress can really make them worse, or make you.notice them more. Make an appointment for them to put the drops in that dilate the pupils and allows them to see the back of your eye. If that's ok then you've had all the tests and you can hopefully relax.

Have you thought of seeing your gp about your anxiety and low mood? Could be post natal anxiety or pnd. I don't want to diagnose you but it's worth checking out. I think the problem is your anxiety and not actually your eyes.

I suffered from this at a time I was extremely anxious and stressed (and then got more anxious about the eye floaters). You've done the right thing in getting it checked out.