Posted by Shamim on September 4, 2003, at 7:41:22
hi, a friend of mine has come to me with these symptoms:
visual perceptual analysis
spatial perception problems
Fluorescent and neon colors, stripes, patterns and polka dots can create misperceptions, discomfort, and agitation
Visual perceptual problems The brain is unable to translate the graphical patterns the eyes are seeing into meaning.
eyestrain
discomfort with light
malfunctions in the eye/brain communication chain.
reading or writing problems through to major perceptual difficulties.
he does not want to go to a doctor in case anything negative ends up in his medical record that might have long-term consequences. neither does he have time to do any investigation himself as he is in a very stressful and demanding job and works all the time (temptingly for lots of money).
what i sent back to him after an internet search was:
"get your eyesight checked. vision loss is the most common cause. in which case the hallucinations will go away of their own accord and you don't need to do anything about them.
autistics, psychotics, people who commonly have hallucinations, tend to have problems with all their senses, e.g. seeing sounds, sensitivity to bright lights, aural hallucinations. they also have disorders of thought, which i think you would have noticed first. you're not paranoid are you? temporary psychosis can be brought on by stress, lack of sleep, trauma, drugs... if you are getting any disorders of cognition at all, my advice to you is stop whatever you're doing that's stressing you, plead illness or family circumstances before you go over the edge, relax NOW. you really have to sleep well. can't you cut down on your workload in any way?
i'll check out symptoms of other potential causes, e.g. blood clots. reassurance is key to recovery if the cause is the reasons above, so please don't panic about the danger of brain damage before ruling out the others."
what advice would you have given? is there any part of my advice that i should retract?
poster:Shamim
thread:256839
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