Vision changes when I'm depressed.
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Vision changes when I'm depressed.
| Sat, 05-15-2004 - 6:26pm |
Does anyone else experience vision change when depressed? There seems to be a gray film in front of me where ever I look. Therapists I've spoken to hadn't heard of that.
I call them "my gray days" because everything, no matter how bright and sunny it is out, or how much light I put on in the house, has a gray wash over it. Anyone experience that?
I call them "my gray days" because everything, no matter how bright and sunny it is out, or how much light I put on in the house, has a gray wash over it. Anyone experience that?

I really hope that you can find a solution to it. Maybe it is a perception that you have...but it seems like you really physically see grey. Hmm I really dont know what to say. I wish you all the best of luck though @-}---- take care
Thank you for your response.
I have depression, for which I am taking Celexa.
I also get the "gray film" and have been diagnosed with a type of migraine. It is completely pain-free, the only thing I really experience is the vision disturbance. It starts with a shadowy effect over my visual field, usually one eye first, then the other, sometimes both at the same time. The gray area really isn't a gray area, it is full of shooting specks of light, mostly in a zigzag pattern of sorts. Every once in awhile I feel pressure in my head, but it really doesn't hurt. I could go on with a full blown description, but it would be easier for you to refer to it here at this website:
http://www.bgsm.edu/neurology/migraine/migb.html
What I experience is the "migraine with aura". My doctor referred me to this site.
It is associated (for me) with stress. It is getting progressively more frequent, and as a matter of fact I am going for an MRI of my head in about an hour.
I hope this makes you feel better. You are not the only one!!
Christy
egansmom@hotmail.com