Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello,
I'm Em. I'm on the spectrum but I'm really struggling with life. I'm anxious all the time and it's causing a lot of unwanted things like nausea, digestive issues, trembling and pain I also have fibromyalgia which intensifies this. I've found recently that I'm sensitive to light and this is becoming difficult to deal with but regarding my eyes my vision is blurry and get lines all the time but I went to the opticians which resulted in a bad meltdown but there's nothing wrong with my eyes. Did anyone else have eye issues? I don't know what it is.
I've no appetite either and I've taken to eating very little and sometimes I throw food away. I just don't feel hungry and where I feel sick a lot that doesn't help.
I like to write, creative writing is my life. I write every day and love creating new characters and fascinating worlds.
I enjoy reading but I do struggle a little with that, I miss things all the time and have to re read the same page over again.
But I guess that's just life with autism.
It would be a shame if you start staying inside while sunny. You do need to protect your eyes from sun damage though. If you can't tolerate sunglasses you could wear a peaked baseball style cap. Maybe you would be better with some photochromic reactive sunglasses, that automatically adapt to the light.
There is a helpful article on here about sensory differences, which includes some examples of being under or over sensitive to light.
https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/sensory-differences/sensory-differences/all-audiences
Some of the symptoms you are describing sound quite similar to the examples listed under under sensitive:
objects appear quite dark, or lose some of their features
central vision is blurred but peripheral vision quite sharp
a central object is magnified but things on the periphery are blurred