Jeordie
11-05-2007, 05:17 AM
Hello everybody,
since I started having panic attacks and anxiety, turning the lights off has been a problem to me.
Sometimes more, sometimes less.
I figured that if I use a screen in the dark at night before going to sleep, symptoms are more severe.
Basically, as soon as I go to bed and turn the lights off, being not in complete darkness but just natural night light, I get strange feeling mainly in my head (phisically in my head). My jaw feels tense, sometimes my teeth ache. When I close my eyes, sometimes I don't feel at ease with not having anything to look at but darkness. I feel I would faint, and panic.
This morning I tried to lightly push my eyes with my fingers to see how I would cope with complete darkness. I just can't do it for more than two seconds. I feel a great discomfort, again like I would faint or even die because of that.
It seems these symtoms at night, wich cause me a certain distress, get worse if I've used a computer screen in the dark for some time before going to sleep.
It feels to me like some sort of photo/light-sensitivity.
I have doubts I could have epilepsy or something, although it's just a fantasy - I don't know much about it and I never had an attack. But when I close my eyes and look at the darkness it phisically feels like something severe could happent to my nervous system. I therefore have to open my eyes, look at something, and see if some sleep comes.
I'm also thinking of some balance/ear matter, since I've had strange sensations at my left ear recently and I feel funny when I lie on my right side. I don't really know how to describe how it feels. Lately I get nauseous when I lie on my right side. Straight or left side are better. But when I lie on my right side, I get nauseous.
Does anybody relate, or think some or all of this can be anxiety-related? I think it is, but it feels SO real.
since I started having panic attacks and anxiety, turning the lights off has been a problem to me.
Sometimes more, sometimes less.
I figured that if I use a screen in the dark at night before going to sleep, symptoms are more severe.
Basically, as soon as I go to bed and turn the lights off, being not in complete darkness but just natural night light, I get strange feeling mainly in my head (phisically in my head). My jaw feels tense, sometimes my teeth ache. When I close my eyes, sometimes I don't feel at ease with not having anything to look at but darkness. I feel I would faint, and panic.
This morning I tried to lightly push my eyes with my fingers to see how I would cope with complete darkness. I just can't do it for more than two seconds. I feel a great discomfort, again like I would faint or even die because of that.
It seems these symtoms at night, wich cause me a certain distress, get worse if I've used a computer screen in the dark for some time before going to sleep.
It feels to me like some sort of photo/light-sensitivity.
I have doubts I could have epilepsy or something, although it's just a fantasy - I don't know much about it and I never had an attack. But when I close my eyes and look at the darkness it phisically feels like something severe could happent to my nervous system. I therefore have to open my eyes, look at something, and see if some sleep comes.
I'm also thinking of some balance/ear matter, since I've had strange sensations at my left ear recently and I feel funny when I lie on my right side. I don't really know how to describe how it feels. Lately I get nauseous when I lie on my right side. Straight or left side are better. But when I lie on my right side, I get nauseous.
Does anybody relate, or think some or all of this can be anxiety-related? I think it is, but it feels SO real.