Visual disturbances

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Since coming down on my Risperdal Consta depot, and getting on a bit of oral risperidone, I’ve been experiencing visual disturbances that are difficult to describe. It seems like its difficult for me to look at the world, at times, both indoors and outdoors. It’s more than I can take. The stimuli is too much. Sometimes I feel as if my eyes are crossing. My only escape is to either look down, or better yet, close my eyes.

I honestly don’t know if what I’m experiencing is a psychiatric, neurologic or opthalmologic problem. My pdoc, pharmacist and peer worker all think it’s psychiatric. I suspect it might be a problem with my eyes. But really, idk. I have an ophthalmology appointment this Friday.

FYI I used to have strabismus (crossed eye) when I was a baby. I had corrective surgery then. It can return.

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sounds horrible…sorry .

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I think my visual disturbances are just due to withdrawals from quitting sertraline and eye sight. I’ve never worn glasses, but I think that a visit to the ophthalmologist is long overdue.

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I get visual disturbances up to a week after my depot of aripriprazole, which I read can cause visual stuff. Got told to just live with it

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Hope you find a way to treat this @SkinnyMe. Best wishes.

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I think I had a little vision problem when I was on quetiapine and sertraline

Then I was switched to Aripiprazole which made my vision blurry but I think that went away after 1 month of use

sorry to hear that, i’m rooting for your recovery

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Thanks @jukebox @anon65600981 @Andres_Britas

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I saw an ophthalmologist. He said there is nothing wrong with my eyes. He said the strabismus is well corrected and that my eyesight is 20/20 with my glasses. And he didn’t see any evidence of a brain tumor. So, it must be psychological. Ie., it’s in my head.

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I see stuff out of the corner of my eyes sometimes. I guess it just seeing things that are not there. The shadows drive me nuts. I hope they go away for you.

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This is what migraines are like for me. I feel like I’m going blind and my whole head wants to split at every sound.

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I know what migraines are and what they are like. I’ve been getting them for the past 37 years, and almost every day for the past 14 years. This is different. @annadonna94

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When I got sick I started experiencing what I could only describe as choppy vision. I don’t seen one clear field of vision. It’s almost like playing a game with glitches and low fps. I found this on the web Oscillopsia: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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You should probably have it looked at by a physician to rule out a physical condition to be safe.

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@annadonna94 , now that I’ve been on this 0.5 mg of risperidone every night for the last month and a half, I’ve been experiencing a lot, lot less of these distorted visual perceptions and the voices also are much quieter and less frequent. But, thank you. Your advice is sound.

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