Posted by Aylse on October 17, 1999, at 0:14:27
In reply to Re: SSRIs and vision -- retinas?, posted by dj on October 16, 1999, at 23:49:19
> Alyse, did your Doc. say what might have caused the retinal holes. Is it possible that the meds. could have...???
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> > > It is funny how sometimes we blame our meds on things we see and don't even worry. I began having flashing lights in my right eye, upper right fision field. Imagined it was just my Paxil. Eventually went to the Ophthalmologist, like 2 weeks later. I had holes in my retina! (NO PAIN!) He did laster surgery that day, says he "saved my vision." Man, the "other" population would have gone to a Doc immediately. We gotta learn to trust our instincts.Follow up...Aylse...
The Doc asked if I had suffered any "trauma" to my head. Had not. No explanation for the retinal holes.
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