If you have regular retina screening, do you feel discombobulated afterwards?

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I have diabetic retina screening annually and it's fine, I just have the normal stinging etc. All I need to do is take it easy for the rest of the afternoon, but for some reason I am always very stressy and unsettled. I guess part of it is having to be driving (I always drive and dislike being driven) and part of it is that it's always sunny on the day, even if it lashes with rain every other day of the year, so even walking into the kitchen (on the south west of the house) is very uncomfortable. Usually I can rationalise and deal with illness, but for some reason this I can't talk myself out of being moody about this.

I'm presuming the stinging comes from dilating drops. I also find it very weird having wobbly eyesight for a few hours afterwards.

Yes, just the initial stinging, it's not as though I ever have any usual reaction. My DH tolerates my bad mood but I know he doesn't understand why I can deal with something genuinely painful like a tooth abscess or a sprained ankle but can't deal with slightly fuzzy eyesight for a few hours.

The drug used for pupil dilated can have CNS side effects, which can include irritability. Ask for the person putting the drops in to ‘occlude your puncta’ (the little drainage ducts in your eye and that should lesson the effects.

That's interesting underneatheash. I'll see if that makes a difference next time, thanks.