These are descriptions of how individuals experienced various symptoms during withdrawal. While everyone's withdrawal is unique and symptoms will be different for everyone, it may be useful to know what others went through. All withdrawal symptoms can be caused by things in addition to withdrawal. If a symptom is persistent or you are worried by it, it is always a good idea to get it checked out by your doctor to ensure nothing else is going on. ______________________________________________________________________ Definition: Difficulties with blurry or occluded vision, dry or red eyes, or otherwise. ______________________________________________________________________ What I've Felt: "You feel like your eyes are overly sensitive to light, especially bright sunlight and fluorescent wavelengths. You may be unable to focus on distant objects, especially when shifting your gaze from points closer in. Objects not close at hand may appear blurry and indistinct, or they may appear to shift shapes as part of a hallucination syndrome." "I've felt a persistent dry, burning sensation across the surface of my eyeballs. I have to squint under any source of indoor light stronger than 60 watts, and am easily overwhelmed by sunny days or overpowering fluorescent light, as you'd find in a hospital, cafeteria, doctor's office, or grocery store (all places best avoided during withdrawal, anyway). You know that feeling you get when you emerge from a dark movie theatre into full daylight, that sort of lancing, pricking feeling that spikes through your eyeballs and into your temples? That's how I felt much of the time. I don't, however, wear sunglasses. For some reason, the warmth of sunlight has a calming effect, and I want to soak as much of it up as possible, even if I have to squint." "My eyes also tire easily, especially when reading or looking at computer screens. But no part of me doesn't wear out more quickly these days." - Matt ______________________________________________________________________ What I've Felt: “It used to feel like I was looking out of a gold fish bowl and I had lots of things floating past my field of vision. My eyes were often sore and the area around them was often sore when it was touched” - Anthea ______________________________________________________________________ What I've Felt: "My eyes have always been sensitive to light and have had focusing problems. Benzo Withdrawal made it 10 times worse. I would definitely wear UV treated sun glasses for the brightness and also to protect your eyes against UV as that's one of the causes of cataracts." - Carter ______________________________________________________________________ My Coping Strategies:
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