Meet our #WarriorOfTheWeek, Connor! ?
Spotlight on: Connor Mainland ?
“In February I noticed some floaters in my vision, I freaked out as they didn’t appear to disappear and after reading about floaters they tend to come after blinking/moving your eyes around. Soon after this I noticed static like spots in my vision and migraines. I saw an optician who sent me to the hospital for further eye exams, I was diagnosed as having benign floaters. Shortly after new things started happening, after images, static like spots in my vision, migraines. I collapsed at work due to severe migraine. I saw a neurologist and was diagnosed with Visual Snow Syndrome after a CT scan and numerous eye tests. Only after stopping freaking out, reducing anxiety and starting to improve my sleep, I’ve noticed vast improvements in my snow. I believe anxiety caused mine, and that it is now getting better! It’s great there are pages like this to make you feel normal and like you are not the only one, and I’m happy there are organisations like this to help people like me understand what’s happening, and it’s not the end of the world! I hope there is a cure for this disease one day, but I truly believe anxiety caused mine, and keeping on top of that will help me live with this lifelong condition without any adverse effects to my normal life. Anyone reading this who suffers with Visual Snow, happy to share the things I’ve changed in my life. (Diet, sleep, vitamins, exercise, meditation, anti glare glasses, sunglasses). All of which have helped me adapt to the snow. I still suffer with a vast amount of floaters, photopsia, phosphenes, static and after images, but I am learning to live with the new normal, thanks to pages like this and the tips provided.”
