Posts by frozencobra37

So, my head's basically exploding, seeing sparks everywhere, and everything gets blurry just a couple of feet in front of me. I get these halos around bright lights and my eyes ache whenever there's pressure...

That’s been my life for the last few days. There were moments so bad I wouldn't even recognize people until I was practically on top of them. Trying to read was impossible because half my field of vision was just covered in spots.

The weird thing is, everything feels totally fine right when I wake up and late at night before bed.

I finally dragged myself to my doctor yesterday, and she immediately referred me to the Missionaries of Charity. They told me they were full and I’d have to wait until next month. No way am I waiting three times longer than I've already been suffering. So, I headed over to the ER at the hospital instead, and honestly, hats off to those doctors. They were incredibly kind.

Diagnosis: high intraocular pressure. They used some old-school manual tools with needles—if anyone actually knows how those work, I'd love an explanation; I'm genuinely curious. They couldn't get a perfect reading, so they sent me for a more advanced scan. My left eye clocked in at 31mmHg, and the right was 44mmHg. How bad is that? I read somewhere that normal is 12-22mmHg, but what does this actually mean? I mean, I know some things in the body have high tolerances—like, you can take way more Vitamin C than recommended and it's usually fine, right?

They said the culprit is likely the drops I’ve been using for conjunctivitis, and I need to stop immediately. I have, so we'll see. Follow-up is this Monday.

Nice of you to check in. Yeah, I’m still using those drops. It’s just some mild antibiotic, though I’ve only been doing one drop instead of the usual two. The conjunctivitis is pretty much gone anyway. Honestly, I don't really see how it would affect my vision—the drops stay on the surface of the cornea, not the retina—let alone my overall health...

I’ve been dealing with constant dizziness the last few days, a dull headache, feeling pretty wiped out, and some nausea. So yeah, life is just great right now.

At first glance, maybe it's the flu? Or so it feels. But there's no fever, and the fatigue isn't really hitting that specific way it does when I actually have the flu... And then there's the vision thing, which isn't something I usually deal with—my focus on distant objects is totally off (I don't even wear glasses... or my prescription is basically zero, whatever). It also feels like everything on my left side is washed out, and I'm seeing these little sparks right in the center of my field of vision.

What am I looking at here? Vitamin deficiency? I eat plenty of fruit, mostly oranges.

Went to the doctor for conjunctivitis. Got some drops, an ointment, and instructions to rinse with chamomile tea 🙂

Thanks. I was honestly a little freaked out.

So, my eye started acting up last night—mostly the eyelid area—and it’s still bothering me today. The lid is slightly swollen (it was way worse last night), and there's this yellowish discharge building up in the corner. When I woke up this morning, my eye was basically glued shut by it. I had to rinse it out just to get it open. Something really weird happened last night, though; I pulled a bit of that gunk from the corner of my eye, and it stretched into this thick, solid string of the same stuff that was stuck under my lower lid.

Any idea what's going on?

A friend thinks it's conjunctivitis, which, as far as I know, isn't exactly a huge deal.

So, what about just letting nature take its course? Is that the move? Just accept it and take better showers?

It feels like my hair started thinning out like crazy this summer. Especially around the temples.
I mean, my dad is bald, one of my grandfathers was too, and a ton of guys in my family are balding, so I’m not delusional—I know I’m probably headed down the same path. But I’m only 22. Isn't there some way to at least stall it for a few years? 😕