Slept weird - vision changes

[AOMum14]

Hello,

I am feeling anxious because I have severe health anxiety. I am 36 weeks pregnant but do not have preeclampsia.

I just woke up from a long nap and then when I woke up there was a dark shape at the top of one eye when I looked up. It was only on my left side and has gradually disappeared. I looked in the mirror and by the imprint on my face, I had been squidged up on the pillow (you know when you can see the pattern of sheets on face?) Which is the same side as the vision change.

However, I have been really worried about brain tumours recently. I have been having mild headaches almost everyday with earaches now and again. I am also nauseus (but also heavily pregnant 🤰). I saw a Dr this morning who said he is not worried but now this happens 4 hours later.

I didn't know if anyone else had vision changes from laying weirdly?

Many thanks

Op are you receiving professional support with your anxiety?

Hey,

Yes I am thankfully, therapy and medication. I have a really supportive family as well and specialist support for pregnancy also. Thank you for responding 🙂

Likely because you were squished up. Just monitor. If it comes back, get advice. If not, you know what it's from.

Two years ago I had something a little similar.
I had a habit of sleeping with my hand pressed to one side of my face over my eye but I hadn’t really realised this.
I started waking up noticing that my vision in one eye was noticeably poorer, like really short sighted. It happened a couple of times and would wear off after 20 mins to an hour.
Then one time it happened I finally had the thought to look in the mirror and the pupil in the eye with reduced vision was tiny compared to the other.
Again it went back to normal.
I was terrified that I might have Horner’s Syndrome, or any sort of brain tumour. All the more worried because I had stage 4 melanoma already.
Anyway, I had all sorts of investigations with specialist optician and then the eye hospital all of which found nothing at all.
I finally made the connection that I had been pressing on my eye during sleep and once I stopped doing that it all stopped.
So I would say it is highly likely this is nothing to worry about. Try changing how you sleep. If not of course contact your gp.

Do you think, considering the daily mild headaches, that I have a brain tumour? Tha k you everyone for your responses, they have been reassuring. I'm just an incredibly anxious person

This is very unlikely. However

1. Absolutely no-one on MN can advise this one way or the other
2. Seeking constant reassurance from others just fuels health anxiety.