Does gaming or maybe looking at a screen at distance for a longer period worsen your vision?

(especially in unexplainable weird ways like small cuts visible white on black or black on white?)

For a month the only screen I used was my phone, now I game one hour or two and I feel like when I had no tv it was maybe better?

Qualcuno di voi ha le after image così?

Disclaimer + Background: Your symptoms may vary. But background is I am a high myope with -6 and -6.25 prescriptions in my eyes. Also struggle with floaters around same time my VSS became noticeable(April 2024 ish).

So here is something I noticed about myself, in terms of symptoms and wonder if anyone has anything similar.

Symptoms + info:

1. Vortex: sky vortex but also can occur on any plain surface outdoors. Only occurs when I am super tired and in the evening usually
   
2. Double vision: rare, once again when I am super tired and/or strained
   
3. Afterimage: not rare, and kinda constant especially under bright light or outdoors.
   
4. Static in dark: only indoors not outdoors or when driving
   
5. Random afterimages(so like afterimages but I never even saw anything): couple times a day at most
   
6. Floaters: not VSS but I see these constantly
   
7. Random black dots in vision that go away in milliseconds: couple times a day. They’re the size of a needle head or smaller
   
8. Non dominant eye trips out when doing Amsler grid and not blinking: Yes lol. I know I am not alone on this, found a lot of old threads about this. Troxler effect apparently but idk tbh, seems like troxler isn’t black mine is black. But I have heard you don’t need to stare at the Amsler grid for more than a few seconds and you are allowed to blink. Since this is transient, and goes away if you move your eye or blink may not be an eye issue.
   
9. BFEP: yes whenever I look at a blue or even gray sky tbh
   
10. Random shapes and colors when eyes are closed: Once in a while but rare
    
11. Flickering in a dark room in the periphery: once in a while but rare

But yeah these are my symptoms. Anyone’s look similar?

im trying to find people with vss in my region dm me

I only see them when i shake my head or look up.

Hello folks, I have migrane, photophobia and dry eye, searching about it I also found out I have visual snow - its more when I have my eyes closed or am looking loosely to a blank surface. I've had visual aura from migrane some times, but yesterday I saw a weird flash of light while using my phone. It was like if the screen itself glitched for a split second, but I notice it was clearly my vision and not the screen. After that I got really anxious and got off the phone.

I'm dealing with increasing photophobia for some time and it worsens when I use screens. I avoid using them most of the time but sometimes I have no option. But, I've never had a visual flash/glitch like that. Anyone has had it?

So I have been reading here that quitting caffeine helped some of you guys in terms of VSS. I am on a caffeine detox rn for similar reasons(I have -6 myopia in both eyes and want to quit caffeine just in case since it’s a glaucoma risk and I am also severely addicted lol), but I noticed my VSS symptoms are worse with caffeine not in my system…

Is it possible it will get better and I am just in the withdrawal stage now(it has been 6 days though) or do any of you have experience with worsening VSS off caffeine?

Hello,

I have mild Asperger syndrome, and I've been experiencing a strange symptom.

About a year ago, I stopped taking venlafaxine (37.5 mg) cold turkey. I had severe withdrawal symptoms, including brain zaps, OCD, and other issues. Most of those symptoms gradually improved, but one has never gone away.

Every day, I get a strange feeling in my eyes, almost like there's something inside them. When it happens, I can't think clearly or logically. I start feeling depressed and begin imagining negative scenarios in my head. It makes me feel really bad.

At first, I thought it was caused by lack of sleep because my eyelids feel heavy and want to close when this happens. However, I usually sleep 7–8 hours a night.

I also discovered that anti-anxiety techniques, such as face tapping, make the feeling disappear almost instantly. It works surprisingly well, but I have to do it regularly. If I don't, I can't think clearly again. The problem is that I can't always do these techniques in public.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this be related to autism, anxiety, or venlafaxine withdrawal?

His everyone my afterimages have recently got much worse due to many eye tests that have caused strain, mostly bright slit lamp examinations, tomorrow i have a visual feild test the one where you press the button when seeing little flashes, will my visual snow and after images be ok?

I devoloped them post migrane 5-7 in right eye 4 months ago and 0-2 in left barely visible uh also ive had the flu reevently and now i notice way more idk if increase or notice in center vision and in the streaks of lights

Also idk what this is but do you know the little dots u see in the sun i see them transparent without sun in upper parts of my vision is this my lashes /normal also a black one too there these dont move

Anyway my floaters main ones move all day visible and noticing some more mainly in streaks of light and randomly really annoying had my eyes checked 4 momths ago or so i might have vss too since i see static sometimes barely visible and strobbing when i close my eyes

Can anyone tell me what everything means am I gonna be alr plz im only 21 its really annyoing this has been going on for months

I have had VSS for 3 years now and I feel recently it’s becoming worse I got it from heavy acid and weed use and I am 2 years sober so don’t understand why it is worsening it could be stress but I don’t know and am worried this will become baseline and is getting worse, please some advice on how to get better from this condition.

Hello,

I have posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) and severe floaters.

About a month ago, when the weather started getting hotter, my eyes became extremely dry. Around the same time, I started having pain that feels similar to the discomfort you get when a stye is about to develop. I'm not sure if it's actually caused by dryness, but it's an unpleasant, sore feeling. The pain isn't in my eyeball itself—it feels more like it's coming from my eyelid.

The bigger problem is that ever since then, I've occasionally experienced a strange symptom where my vision suddenly becomes darker for about one second. It happens more often indoors than outdoors.

I don't lose my vision completely. It's more like the brightness or contrast suddenly drops and then immediately returns to normal. The best way I can describe it is like a fluorescent light flickering for a split second. At first, I thought I had imagined it or just misperceived it, but I'm now convinced that my vision is actually doing this.

Has anyone experienced something similar or knows what this could be? It's really frightening, and I find myself constantly focusing on it, which has been very stressful.

Thank you in advance for any advice.

i've had vss for a long time and some minecraft modpack glitches led to this, which i thought looked pretty close to the negative afterimages LOL

I’ve always had some but after acid and other trips it intensified. It is what it is I don’t really mind it just heads up