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Pulsing Vision

A MyFibroTeam Member asked a question 💭
King's Lynn (Norfolk), UK

Okay, I know this sounds weird, but every now and then my vision pulsates. It is weird, because if I look at anything, like the ground, I can see it pulsating, like the ground is actually moving. It happened this morning, and I was looking at the window and the window looked like it bowed in and out.

Does anyone know what the cause of this is? Does anyone else get this? Does anyone think I am losing my mind???

August 28, 2016
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Members shared their experiences with pulsating or distorted vision, with many attributing it to various causes including high blood pressure,... Read more

Members shared their experiences with pulsating or distorted vision, with many attributing it to various causes including high blood pressure, medication side effects (particularly triptans), stress-related visual migraines, and astigmatism. Several members described accompanying symptoms like dizziness, nausea, blurred vision, and disorientation, with practical advice including getting blood pressure checked, reviewing medication leaflets for vision-related side effects, and consulting both a GP and an optician for proper evaluation. A recurring theme was reassurance that others experience similar symptoms, with the original poster ultimately discovering their pulsing vision was a stress-induced visual migraine that typically occurs without the pain of traditional migraines.

A MyFibroTeam Member

might be worth speaking to an optician too, the one I saw In april was very helpful and I'd only just been diagnosed with firbromyalgia then

August 28, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

My does that when my blood pressure is high. Maybe you should have your blood pressure checked to be on the safe side. And my eyes have gotten a lot worse but my eye doctor assures me that is an over 40 thing. I think you need to ask your eye doctor if it isn't your blood pressure. Better to be safe than sorry.

August 29, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

Okay, I've found out it is a different type of visual migraine. No pain typically associated with it, but the pulsing vision is a symptom brought on by stress. Thank you all for your input. Learn something new every day. Xx

August 29, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

my eyes seems to be getting worse, but I had a reaction to a triptan medication which made me have blurred, missing piece vision and i lost my sight completely for a short while.

I still have times now when my vision goes very blurred and my eyes burn.

All this has only been since taking the triptan

check your medication leaflets as a few of my past medications say that a side effect can be eye problems

August 28, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

I have problems with my eyes being blurry off and on and my vision is getting worse but not that.
I have had meds I took before make me loopy and kind of out of it.
Hope it clears up quickly.

August 28, 2016

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