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NotBombHuman
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12 Apr 2013, 9:08 pm

Lately, I have to blink a lot. I blink so much that it hurts the more I do it.
Sometimes, I also roll my eyes back into my head, sometimes when my eyes are closed, sometimes when they're open (most embarrassing)

I don't know what's happening to me. It isn't a stim because I would have been flapping my arms or walking on my toes or my echolalia acts up. I have to do it, but I have better control if I know someone is watching me. Immediately, when I'm alone, I blink at least three times as much. It makes me exhausted trying to hard not to do it.

This puts so much strain on my eyes and they ache more and more. Help!


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12 Apr 2013, 10:12 pm

NotBombHuman wrote:
Lately, I have to blink a lot. I blink so much that it hurts the more I do it.
Sometimes, I also roll my eyes back into my head, sometimes when my eyes are closed, sometimes when they're open (most embarrassing)

I don't know what's happening to me. It isn't a stim because I would have been flapping my arms or walking on my toes or my echolalia acts up. I have to do it, but I have better control if I know someone is watching me. Immediately, when I'm alone, I blink at least three times as much. It makes me exhausted trying to hard not to do it.

This puts so mcuh strain on my eyes and they ache more and more. Help!



Talk to your doctor, pronto. Better yet, go to an emergency room.


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12 Apr 2013, 10:48 pm

I have no clue to what's happening to you, but it sounds rather scary. I suggest that you go to see your doctor as soon as possible and explain it. It might possibly be an indication of something serious. I don't mean to scare you, but it just sounds really worrying.



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12 Apr 2013, 11:11 pm

My eyes are in constant pain. I began wearing tinted glasses because when even in not direct bright light (even having too sharp contrast on my computer monitor) my eyes began rolling back in my head and it freaked my mother out. I don't do that now unless my eyes get super stressed. Could it be that you are light sensitive? It took me years to realize that was the cause. Never dawned on me it was sensitivity to colors and lights.

Also we stepped my prescription on my glasses back because too sharp of contrast causes my eyes great pain.

I would definitely consider going to the doctor.. your eyes are not something to push the limits of endurance on.



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13 Apr 2013, 1:42 am

Tics?



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13 Apr 2013, 2:03 am

Noetic wrote:
Tics?


+ insomnia?


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13 Apr 2013, 7:53 am

Well, it is springtime allergy season. I blink a lot this time of year because my eyes get itchy and gummy. Hope it's something simple like that for you.



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13 Apr 2013, 2:49 pm

Noetic wrote:
Tics?


I actually Googled what this was just now, and the description that Wikipedia gave seemed to fit. I've done this for years and I just lived with it. I didn't know why, but this seems like a reliable solution.


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13 Apr 2013, 2:57 pm

NotBombHuman wrote:
Noetic wrote:
Tics?


I actually Googled what this was just now, and the description that Wikipedia gave seemed to fit. I've done this for years and I just lived with it. I didn't know why, but this seems like a reliable solution.


You say you've done this for years, but in your OP you said:

NotBombHuman wrote:
Lately, I have to blink a lot.


...which is why people assumed it was something needing medical attention.


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13 Apr 2013, 8:04 pm

whirlingmind wrote:
NotBombHuman wrote:
Noetic wrote:
Tics?


I actually Googled what this was just now, and the description that Wikipedia gave seemed to fit. I've done this for years and I just lived with it. I didn't know why, but this seems like a reliable solution.


You say you've done this for years, but in your OP you said:

NotBombHuman wrote:
Lately, I have to blink a lot.


...which is why people assumed it was something needing medical attention.


I didn't put too much thought into it; I just had to deal with it.


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