Softballmom
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I have been hesitant on posting this because I didn't want anyone to think I was crazy. But I just wanted to see if I was not alone.
I see things sometimes that are not really there. Only at a glance. Mostly at night when I am driving or riding. But I have seen things during the day too like out of the corner of my eye. or objects can appear to be something that they are not at a glance. It startles me sometimes especially at night when I am driving.
Is this herxing or infection or am I just crazy.
Oh your probably wondering what I see. Not big scary monsters. Siloettes, shodows, of like animals or people, common things.
Most of the time they appear to be in motion but sometimes they are still but it is only for a momment. A glance.
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GEDEN13
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i see shadow's all the time,out of the corner of my eye.but when i shift my eye's to see,there's nothing there..
i do wear bifocal's..80% dark during the day and 60% dark at night.i thought maybe it could be a reflection on my glasses..but not at night.
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I have the same problem.I see grey/black nonexistent shadows out of the corner of my eyes.I also see colorful spots/floaters when it's sunny/bright.I'm practically blind in the dark and some days everything is blurry.I am supposed to wear contacts but I just don't feel like it so that may be part of the problem. My LLMD says that it's a symptom of Lyme but I am going to an eye doctor just to make sure. Don't worry.Your not crazy;just sick. I hope you get better soon .I'll tell you what the eye doctor tells me.Be careful driving!
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I don't think (not a doctor, though) that this is anything too worry too much about.
I did that even before I was sick.
There was this one spot I used to drive by when I was in high school that I would swear there was a person standing by the side of the road every night.
I finally drove by really slow one day and realized that there was a bush of somesort there in that looked kind of like a person and the way the sign post was angled next to it looked like the bill of a baseball cap.
Peripherally, it looked like someone standing on the side of the road in a baseball cap at night.
So, anyway, it can happen even when you're not sick . . .
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Softballmom
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Thanks everyone,
I try not to drive unless I absolutly have to. Especially at night. I can hardly see a thing at night anymore. Especially with all the head lights and street lights. They really mess my vision up. When I am on my abx's every 2 days I have to stop driving completely because I am impared so badly. but when I pull back to every three days and start to feel better I do drive a little more to the store down the road or around the house. We live in the country.
I try not to drive in town at all. It really turns my anxiety level way up and I know I am not well enouph for all that right now.
slcd, There is a garbage can beside the road by my road that used to mistake for a pedestrian. It used to freak me out all the time. now I have learned to prepare myself for that one.
Light reflections on windshield smears can appear to be moving objects at a glance. it is like my mind plays tricks on me and it has made me slam on breaks before. I have learned not to respond to then but then I wonder if I will be less likely to respond to something real because of it.
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treepatrol
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Use to all the time its lymefreeky stuff.
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Kara Tyson
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My first thought is not that you are crazy. But that your vision needs to be checked.
It's one of my least favorite things, but I was actually relieved to find out it was tied to Lyme - had my eyes checked by an opthoneurologist, had a visual evoked potential done...and nothing really out of the ordinary (although I am apparently less able to differentiate between colors than I used to be!)
Night driving is scary...I don't ever go much farther than I need to, and when in doubt, I aim for the middle of the 8 sets of brake lights I see in front of me!
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My vision is terrible and i see all kinds of shapes and stuff all the time.
But after i had a car accident in august of 03 (some guy used me as his breaks on the highway!), I started seeing all kinds of stuff - there was a dog that moved into my basement.
Funny cause only I could see him, and he didnt make any noise!! Once in a while I'd see other stuff - supposedly it was from the concussion/lyme together. Who knows - just glad that left.
Now i just see all kinds of shapes and spots or sometimes nothing at all.
Softballmom
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Thanks .
You all make me feel much better. I have seen an opthomolagist and a specialist from another county. although I didn't mention my seeing things, I was evaluated for my blured vision, poor perception, eye spasms, and the fact that my 20/20 vision had fallen to 20/25 in my left eye and 20/40 in my rt. It has gotten worse since then.
They said it had to be neurologic because they could fin no abnormalities. They also told me that glases would probably not correct it.
So that was what I was left with. Some days I wonder if I am going blind. But the neurologic thing makes since because it comes and goes. some days my eyes seem ok but some days they go completely haywire.
Thanks again for the info. I will have to reboot to read your link Kara. My computer is acting ugly today.
Cindy
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Linda LD
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Seeing shadows and critters in your perifial ( corner of your eye) is also associated with some types of ADD.
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