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Post by anopheles on Oct 18, 2016 23:46:09 GMT
If i've been very stimulated (film or pc games usually) when I go to bed I get rapid flashing images of what's interested me. Going very fast. Not hallucinations because i know they're just images and not dreams because they keep me from going to sleep. Anyone else have these? I found the only way to ignore them was to imagine going straight up into the sky until I fell asleep.
I do have wierd sleep though because I appear to dream from the moment I close my eyes (I've dreamt on the way down after fainting and I've dreamed during catnaps while waiting for trains or if woke shortly after going to sleep) to the moment I wake up. Probably dopamine related. I don't have narcolepsy and my depression is managed.
Anyone have that too? I think a sleep survey of ADHD people would be very interesting.
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Post by smogz101 on Oct 18, 2016 23:58:14 GMT
I dont have images as such but definitely bright flashes, like my eyes aren't relaxed - I've always had this but I've got an eye mask which helps loads. If I have a bit of pressure on my eyes then it stops it completely!
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Post by marionk on Oct 19, 2016 8:31:18 GMT
Not recently, but then again, I haven't been doing anything that would cause it lately, either.
Most common thing is printed words on pages, but also some kinds of computer games, like tetris.
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Post by marionk on Oct 19, 2016 8:37:25 GMT
I dont have images as such but definitely bright flashes, like my eyes aren't relaxed - I've always had this but I've got an eye mask which helps loads. If I have a bit of pressure on my eyes then it stops it completely! I get coloured ziggy zaggy flashing lines sometimes. I mentioned it to someone a year or so ago, and they suggested it was from dehydration, and the few times it has happened since, I have either not had as many cups of tea as usual, or was definitely dehydrated. ~ Check you're properly hydrated.
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Post by smogz101 on Oct 19, 2016 12:48:25 GMT
Thanks! Yeah I do get quite thirsty a lot on the meds. I drink loads of water though!
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Post by shincup on Apr 22, 2018 20:32:55 GMT
When I’m going to sleep after an evening of gaming I find that I’m pretty much playing Overwatch behind my closed eyes at night. I even mess up sometimes while my brain is simulating overwatch to me and find myself chastising myself for not getting out the way of the Junkrat ult in time... I’m not even asleep at this point, it’s still super easy for me to open my eyes during.
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Post by shincup on Apr 22, 2018 20:33:16 GMT
Oops I didn’t realise how old this thread was...
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Post by Les ADHD on Apr 23, 2018 10:01:59 GMT
Hi I'd like to say cheers for your response to this site 12 hours ago. As i have been working on research based upon updated NICE guidelines and review to all A.S.D O.D.D . Without your interest this item would not it have popped up during my search. I've been working on this research for ( originally 2007) My son who is now Adult father of two. Continued struggle with his conditions Now after nearly 8 years of No medications.. his own recognitions and acceptance of his own. He has requested referral back to psychologist Specialist in adults adhd and other spectrum of conditions.
I also have came to realise that, I have this condition, I have these EYE FLASH experience when I close eyes to try sleeping. Now I'm curious to know if he has this flashing behind eyes too.....
Right now I'm compiling information on his conditions Now. I found with experience trying to get the results to help my son.... ::The GP had forgotten how much permission from my son is given to myself . My advocate for him and the voice to his own. I then went to the local disability and health benefits place to HELP my son ,,, after his conditions basically lost him ANOTHER job. He has no problems gaining employment and how he actually swings it and actually gets through interview is baffling to myself and to him. (I suppose you gain a certain mode of false persona to mentally cope. To be accepted by certain situations. ) To my disbelief I have found that the info requested by disability place has actually kicked our GPs ass into gear.... Downside to this though is now getting him to bloody reviews for his E.S.A medical..
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 14:22:30 GMT
I think I've experienced something like this. I usually get it in environments where I'm not in full control of the lighting/heating/etc. I think what happens to me is I'll be involved in something quite taxing so I'll take a break, elsewhere. I then become aware that if I close my eyes briefly, it's like my pupils are still striving to adapt to the mismatched office lighting, like if you constantly flashed a torch on/off in someone's eyes. It feels like a weird white flash/strobe effect that I would guess coincides roughly with a 50 - 60Hz refresh rate. It's not a pleasant feeling and kinda makes you feel exhausted. I had it a few times in my last job (looking for next opportunity, hello!) so I would go for frequent walks to try and head it off at the pass. I never experience this phenomenon at home, despite being an avid gamer/occasional tv series binge watcher. I have to assume it's because I learnt a long time ago how ambient light vs light emitted from a tv/monitor can affect me. I never allow a tv/monitor/mobile/tablet to 'glare' the room. I also use a high refresh rate (144Hz) on my gaming PC. I never watch or play in the dark, etc. I always try to maintain perfect lighting above or behind me but not within my natural eyeline. I don't wear glasses and I've had several eye tests to try and ascertain the root. 'No corrections to be made. You may just have sensitive eyes...' Hyper-sensitive more like? I've found sunglasses with a yellowish/amber tint very helpful. I can feel my eyes relaxing as soon as I put them on.
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Post by vagueandrandom on Apr 23, 2018 22:39:33 GMT
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Post by shincup on Apr 24, 2018 0:44:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 1:18:17 GMT
Never heard of it. Looks like another idiopathic label, though? The last optician I saw came recommended by someone with dyslexia who used to wear coloured lenses in the office. No joy, etc. Like that article says, it's probably a brain thing, not an eye thing? Who knows!
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Post by vagueandrandom on Apr 24, 2018 9:58:57 GMT
I’ve been interested in visual processing recently because I work in a gallery
and there’s a slowly moving white projection projected by a colour projector
onto a black woven screen in a dark room. My eyes split the light into
Red/Green/Blue flashes every time I blink or move my head.
I’m the only staff member this happens to.
I sometimes get the same at the cinema and often see things out of the corner
of my eye that aren’t there. I also experience wobble/interference when certain
colours are next to each other. My eyes have always been very sensitive to light
and I wear dark glasses pretty much any time it’s light outside.
I don’t know how this is related to the OP and sleep, but I also have vivid dreams
and have experienced the vivid ‘dreams’ when fainting.
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Post by ADDZ on Apr 24, 2018 10:17:47 GMT
“White projection projected by a colour projector”
Yes V&R, I’ve came across a few of those!!!
Thought you was a bus conductor anyway?
“Seeing imaginary folk in the cinema” 🤪
Time for the straight jacket 😉
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Post by vagueandrandom on Apr 24, 2018 10:27:46 GMT
Ha ha I haven’t worked on the buses for a couple of years, due to me impulsively moving to the other end end of the country. . . .
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