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distortion in vision/fear of schizophrenia

Postby Denver23 » Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:32 am

Hi everyone im 16 and new to this stuff and i just wanted to share my experiences this past 2 months.

Last year during august, i was diagnosed with anxiety and OCD, because i went to the doctor because i was scared that i have schizophrenia, the reason for this is while i was going to sleep i keep thinking of mario, then suddenly a loud sound of mario pops up.. you know... the "tingggggg" sound. After that day after being very anxious all day, i hear a television noise next room but its turned on. It all started there until i came very lightheaded and came to the point where i got depressed because i thought if i get schizophrenia i wouldnt be able to work for my parents when i grow up and no ones gonna take care for them, and it may come to the point that i might hurt them. These thoughts keeps occuring in my head onto the point that i cry. And i get panic attacks everyday. And everynight i hear strange sounds, (it turns out to be our aircondition and airplane outside). These petty sounds induced my anxiety, i became very hyper vigilant the point that i mistake real sounds as hallucinations, and i always make sure that im living "the real world", after 2 weeks i got an increase of floaters and have gotten visual snow and tinitus which really bothers me. I also cant stop researching about schizo which obviously induced my anxiety, the stories at the forums gave me chills and makes me cry. After Having anti depressants and an assurance from my doc. It was gone for 1 year,

until i got scared of my visual snow one night and got very anxious, the hug of my mother calms me down. I got all the symptoms that i got from last year except for light headedness. After termbreak i got this strange visuals of ,vibrating, shakiness, hazyness and wavyness and something moving in my pheripheral, and also the common anxiety visuals such as trails and afterimages,shapes and also spots. but the strangest thing that i had got is there are times that i see parts of my vision as if they are "breathing" or waving, it really freaks me out. My nightmare last year had come back, i just wanna know if you get this kinds of stuff too.

i am positive that i dont get hallucinations, delusions, social withrawal and other symptoms, but these bad thoughts are always lingering in my head. My ultimate concerv is the breathing stuff :(

i will visit my doc next week for assurance(again)

tl:dr
i just wanted to know if anyone of you experienced distortion in vision? like objects expanding, growing or "breathing".
(i also get wavy, vibrating,shaky visions)
im really scared
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Re: distortion in vision/fear of schizophrenia

Postby charley123 » Sat Dec 09, 2017 3:46 am

Hey Denver!

I know the thread is old but this is a lot like me and another person I met on this forum a while ago. I'd get scared of having schizophrenia, and I also noticed my visual snow.

I had many self-monitoring anxieties:

Sometimes I'll think I saw something in the corner of my eye, I look and there's nothing. Then I'd wonder if I was hallucinating.

Other times I'd hear something, and try to verify if did not hallucinate that sound.

I was scared of becoming schizophrenic without noticing, as if I would prevent it or something

I think the reason I had that anxiety is because I thought that if I was schizophrenic I wouldn't be able to accomplish much in life and I'd disappoint my family.

Now that fear is gone, I still get a couple "oh did I hallucinate" but I simply laugh it off and it doesn't bother me anymore. Hope you're doing better.
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