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I QUIT SMOKING , YOU CAN TOO. I QUIT SEPT 27, 2012, SUPPORT EACH OTHER HERE
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Hey, guys! I really need your help.
Can nicotine withdrawal cause a sudden major vision disturbance?
I recently cut back from 4-5 packs a day to one pack a day, a major reduction while I wait for my current cache of cigarettes to run out. I decided I would better acclimate myself to completely quitting by seriously reducing the amount I smoke. I now wait until I'm ready to kill someone for a cigarette before I will smoke one. Though I have not technically quit (I will do that once I have no more cigarettes left), I have cut down so much that I'm in a near constant state of withdrawal.
Shortly after I started doing this, something odd happened with my vision.
I was outside walking and everything was fine, then all of a sudden out of nowhere, the sun seemed blinding. I was not even looking at the sun, just the sidewalk, when this occurred. I blinked a few times, seeing nothing but an explosion of bright red light under my eyelids. Afterwards, there was a dramatic shift in my vision.
My eyesight has become blurrier, hazier, and dimmer. It really did come out of nowhere, and coincided exactly with the major nicotine reduction program I had undergone.
Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Is this normal, or do I need to see an Hey, guys! I really need your help.
Can nicotine withdrawal cause a sudden major vision disturbance?
I recently cut back from 4-5 packs a day to one pack a day, a major reduction while I wait for my current cache of cigarettes to run out. I decided I would better acclimate myself to completely quitting by seriously reducing the amount I smoke. I now wait until I'm ready to kill someone for a cigarette before I will smoke one. Though I have not technically quit (I will do that once I have no more cigarettes left), I have cut down so much that I'm in a near constant state of withdrawal.
Shortly after I started doing this, something odd happened with my vision.
I was outside walking and everything was fine, then all of a sudden out of nowhere, the sun seemed blinding. I was not even looking at the sun, just the sidewalk, when this occurred. I blinked a few times, seeing nothing but an explosion of bright red light under my eyelids. Afterwards, there was a dramatic shift in my vision.
My eyesight has become blurrier, hazier, and dimmer. It really did come out of nowhere, and coincided exactly with the major nicotine reduction program I had undergone.
Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Is this normal, or do I need to see an ophthalmologist??
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 31080193 I never knew anyone that smoked 4 or 5 packs a day, so I don't know the effects of coming down off that. My advice would be if your eye sight stays this way more that 2 or 3 days, see a doctor for sure. Quoting: Desert Fox Thanks. I'm really not getting any younger. I've googled it, and it could be any number of things unrelated to smoking or quitting smoking. I guess I was just hoping that it was. It looks like I'm going to have to see an ophthalmologist for this one. Please pray for me. This is scary.
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