Most of those could be symtoms of anxeity. Excuse the mispelling, and the eye thing, I have that too. Like when it's dark in my house, when I walk by something there's this white trailer after it. I've had it about a year last month, and i've been to the eye dr, everythings fine. I also get alot of floaters. Like when I look into the sky. What do you see?>

I have had very similar symptoms which started about five years ago. I remember the fact that I would get pins and needles in my feet/hands as I lay in bed, I think that it was made worse with alcohol.

I also have the trailers, afterimages etc. I also later got tinnitus (3 years ago).

The good news is that it wasn't a terrible neurological disease - so far anyway thank god! The bad news is that it hasn't gone away and I think that it is getting a little worse - although I am not sure and I can still function perfectly. I read quite a bit for work and, while it is annoying, it is not a problem. I think it could be made worse by stress, as I am stressed work-wise at the moment. The pins and needles passed...

I had all the tests by the way (mri, ver etc) nothing came back from those.

Best of luck, get yourself checked out but don't worry too much about it.

Well, 10 days on from my last post. My eyes are getting worse...

I have been to an eye doc. He says nothing wrong with my eyes, bugger. Wish there was a problem so he could sort it.
Ive been to about 5 doctors... One says I could have a nerve imbalance. Getting that checked soon hopefully....

But my eyes are the thing that are worrying me..... Im up and down like a yoyo at the moment. Worrried out of my mind one minute and then kinda ok the next. I know this doesnt help matter at all, but if my eyes got a bit better I could work on feeling good

im getting much more sensitivity to light now. Getting shadows in my vision. Like reading, then moving my eyes, I can see the lines on the page that I was looking at before.

At night im getting glare from lights and halos around them too. I tell you its doing it nasty. It feels like my body is eroding. So in a couple of days im going to a nerve doc. He better do something other than just point me another direction

my tingling fingers have gone. Still getting pins n needles, but I think less bad. Also my numb toe is getting sensitivity back....Very slowly.

Ok , how old are you paddy? Im only a whippersnapper of 23. Feel like all my years of abusing my body has finally caught up with me.

I am 40, my symptoms started when I was 34 or 35.

I can see all sorts... White swirly bits, thats white blood cells apparently. Lights, floaters. You name it, I got it.

Ive also got other symptoms too, ive just had a million vials of blood taken at the hospital, going for an mri tomorrow.

I think I may have toxic or nutritional autonomic nerve imbalance. Well theres definatly summit up with me nerves, slowly progressing and getting worse and worse.

Ill be blind by new years probably. I'll use this as my update thingy.

Sweet huh

keep your fingers crossed for me

Best of luck with that buddy

I would have my thyroid checked. Numbness is one of the symptoms of an underactive and overactive thyroid. Also, I would have an mri to rule out ms, these symptoms of yours can be the symptoms of many different illnesses. Keep digging. It is your body and I wouldn't rest until I get an answer. Good luck.

Thanks for the support guys...

Ive had an mri. Getting the results as well as about 7 blood tests on monday...I ll put em on here.

It just feels like eroding at the moment. Ive started a health regime and trying to remain positive.

Say a prayer or throw a coin in the wishing well for me yea?
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Hi! I've got it, too. I hope to hear from other folks out their...I'm on a desperate hunt to end this. There HAS to be an answer. I'm now at my wits end, and have started mailing every Dr. that has written a paper, or even mentions the word palinopsia or persistence of vision. If there are others out there...let's band together and become a force to be reckoned with. I'm on the search for a Dr. that's willing to take this on...If I find one, I'll let them know there might be more of us coming.

Persistent palinopsia started for me suddenly last November when I started seeing trails behind moving objects. To see what I see, set your mouse settings to "display pointer trails.: I see it always. Nothing seems to make it better or worse. It made me a bit queasy at first. Now it is my constant companion. I could learn to live with it, but....

By February, 2007, I suddenly developed severe photophobia with intense eye pain...which invariably leads to a killer ache above my brow. It has been with me daily, ever since. It's not brightness, but light change which hurts me. I find bright sunny days and fluorescent lighting only mildly painful, while a single low light...even a nightlight...will send me screaming. It feels as if I have sprained the muscles responsible for constricting my pupil. Immediately after being exposed to a change in light, I will feel a cramp in my eye. The cramp is most severe in the eye that is closest to the light source. The headache is always over the affected eye/eyes. One thing of interest I found by accident...the pain is relieved by having my eyes dilated. It seems that removing my eyes ability to adjust to light relieves the pain.

I've been checked by a neurologist....who sent me to a sleep specialist, and an ophthalmologist...who sent me to a neuro-ophthalmologist...who sent me to a different neurologist...who sent me to a retina specialist...who sent me back to the neurologist...who has just sent me to an immunologist and an endocrinologist. I wonder who they'll send me to?

I've had 3 eye exams, an MRI, EEG, and an overnight sleep study, all with normal findings. I've used LSD 3 times....in the 80's....If that's it, it sure took it's own sweet time making me pay for my fun.

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