My 8 year old son has this, however, he says the tiny dots he sees are multi-colored...orange, yellow, purple, red, green, white. I showed him the simulator and he says his are closer together too. Does anyone see them as colors?
I've had visual snow since I was a kid, I used to look out the window into the trees and everything, and i'd ask if it was raining... cause that's what it seemed like. And I scared my mom by telling her that i could see air... hehe
But the other stuff came along with my adolescence... palinopsia, increased visual snow, floaters and scheerer's phenomenon just got worse and worse with depression and anxiety.
I believe your experience is yet more anecdotal evidence for the persistent migraine aura theory as many migraine variants are more common during adolescence.
I continue to get strange head pains from my scalp as well as having small swellings in the areas of the pain. I have been to an ER about this but they couldn't find anything.
Ha ha that's what I have. I have visual snow and palinopsia or trails. Ha ha I've been suffering with this for over two months. Ever since I took 200mg of Seroquel and 10mg of Abilify I started experiencing this. It's not fun and it's annoying sometimes lol.
I don't think so. Neuro researcher Ted DeYoe at the Wisconsin Medical College has detected visual snow on fMRIs so it is not just people looking for it more, or noticing it more, there is a genuine neural abnormality.
i have entopic phenomonon but i dont have visual snow thank god. but like everyone else i do see static at night and maybe light surfaces sometimes. its just you guys with visual snow notice that static that everybody sees more then everybody else.
It is true that many VS symptoms are normal phenomenon except intensified, but this does not mean we are simply noticing them more. It is more likely that we have experienced a genuine neurological dysfunction which amplifies this background noise.
Yeah you def have a point. i personally think i have always had this problem since i was born cause i do tend to notice static on stuff more then other people. so it does not effect me at all really. I have a question though lets say your mind is occupied with something do you notice the visual snow still? i know that when my mind is catered to something else i do not notice the floaters and blood cells and everything that come with entopic phenomenon. its all mental i think
If so, then I'd recommend you live a very health lifestyle. Many people who have stable VS for years, for as long as they can remember, suddenly have an acute worsening after a stressful event like infection, drug use, sleep deprivation, etc.
You might be able to say this if your snow is mild. But this tends to be a degenerative disease that gets worse over time. For some people it progresses gradually, but many people who think their snow is stable, will have it permanently and acutely worsen one day out of the blue. A lot of people who have visual snow syndrome have trouble reading and driving at night. I hope that yours stays mild and that it does not take the usual course.
I started developing Palinopsia after taking a new birth control med. but not sure if that's why it started... I only get visual snow at night, but the afterimages make it really hard to read signs as the light is reflecting off of everything and stays in my eyes. I thought it was just temporary, but so far it is continuous every day I wake up.
Do your friends and family have other symptoms like palinopsia and tinnitus? If so, then yes, they have VS syndrome.
With a lot of these symptoms pathology is defined by degree. With visual snow itself, many people see very faint snow when their eyes are closed or they're in complete darkness. The VS sufferer will see much more of it, even in lit up conditions. I recommend showing your friends and family the VS simulator and asking them to re-evaluate if they truly see VS.
@VisualSnowSyndrome afterimages are normal man! can't you not see it's all hyper awareness? we are tuned into our vision 24/7. how long do you stare at walls to see this?
@VisualSnowSyndrome and there is something wrong seeing afterimages for a long period of time? you don't have to see it if you don't want to. we look for it. that's why we have "palinopsia"... our vision sense is heightened and I suspect something is fueling this. for me it's anxiety and nothing else. what is it for you?
Maybe you should stop using the terms "we" and "our" and telling me what I have. If yours is just anxiety good for you. For me the visual disturbance is noticeable whether I look for it or not and I have no anxiety.
@VisualSnowSyndrome good point and great advice to abu333! Can you ask on your channel for posting to Dr oz? There are a lot of messages send already we still need more and need every help we can get. Help would be appreciated
Thanks Matt. I hope to see some more videos from you as well, maybe a video about how you have a twin without the condition. I'm sure any doctor who is seriously researching this would be interested in that.
thank you I can also make shapes out of it and somehow I'm getting better at it....
Oceanrust4 2 days ago
My 8 year old son has this, however, he says the tiny dots he sees are multi-colored...orange, yellow, purple, red, green, white. I showed him the simulator and he says his are closer together too. Does anyone see them as colors?
HalfPintDramaQueen 2 weeks ago
@HalfPintDramaQueen
Most of us do see them as colors. I see them as multicolored exactly as your son describes.
VisualSnowSyndrome 2 weeks ago
Vaccinaties.
Wazztheweasel 1 month ago
I have all of that...
I've had visual snow since I was a kid, I used to look out the window into the trees and everything, and i'd ask if it was raining... cause that's what it seemed like. And I scared my mom by telling her that i could see air... hehe
But the other stuff came along with my adolescence... palinopsia, increased visual snow, floaters and scheerer's phenomenon just got worse and worse with depression and anxiety.
youdontfoolme 1 month ago
@youdontfoolme
Sorry to hear that and I hope you get better.
I believe your experience is yet more anecdotal evidence for the persistent migraine aura theory as many migraine variants are more common during adolescence.
VisualSnowSyndrome 2 weeks ago
Anyone else getting headache pains daily?
MrFaulconbridge 1 month ago
@MrFaulconbridge
I continue to get strange head pains from my scalp as well as having small swellings in the areas of the pain. I have been to an ER about this but they couldn't find anything.
VisualSnowSyndrome 2 weeks ago
Ha ha that's what I have. I have visual snow and palinopsia or trails. Ha ha I've been suffering with this for over two months. Ever since I took 200mg of Seroquel and 10mg of Abilify I started experiencing this. It's not fun and it's annoying sometimes lol.
mtndewman3000 1 month ago
@mtndewman3000 ive had visual snow since as long as i can remember
TheBloggme 6 days ago
You could see air if you looked hard enough lolol
93joeanthony 1 month ago
@93joeanthony
I don't think so. Neuro researcher Ted DeYoe at the Wisconsin Medical College has detected visual snow on fMRIs so it is not just people looking for it more, or noticing it more, there is a genuine neural abnormality.
VisualSnowSyndrome 1 month ago
@VisualSnowSyndrome
oh wow. is it genetic or what? how does it just happen?
93joeanthony 1 month ago
i have entopic phenomonon but i dont have visual snow thank god. but like everyone else i do see static at night and maybe light surfaces sometimes. its just you guys with visual snow notice that static that everybody sees more then everybody else.
93joeanthony 1 month ago
@93joeanthony
It is true that many VS symptoms are normal phenomenon except intensified, but this does not mean we are simply noticing them more. It is more likely that we have experienced a genuine neurological dysfunction which amplifies this background noise.
VisualSnowSyndrome 1 month ago
@VisualSnowSyndrome
Yeah you def have a point. i personally think i have always had this problem since i was born cause i do tend to notice static on stuff more then other people. so it does not effect me at all really. I have a question though lets say your mind is occupied with something do you notice the visual snow still? i know that when my mind is catered to something else i do not notice the floaters and blood cells and everything that come with entopic phenomenon. its all mental i think
93joeanthony 1 month ago
umm the simulator looked no different than what i always see...uh oh
bigtac11 2 months ago
@bigtac11
If so, then I'd recommend you live a very health lifestyle. Many people who have stable VS for years, for as long as they can remember, suddenly have an acute worsening after a stressful event like infection, drug use, sleep deprivation, etc.
VisualSnowSyndrome 2 months ago
i hate he calls it suffering. i love having visual snow
icesam14 3 months ago
@icesam14
You might be able to say this if your snow is mild. But this tends to be a degenerative disease that gets worse over time. For some people it progresses gradually, but many people who think their snow is stable, will have it permanently and acutely worsen one day out of the blue. A lot of people who have visual snow syndrome have trouble reading and driving at night. I hope that yours stays mild and that it does not take the usual course.
VisualSnowSyndrome 3 months ago
I started developing Palinopsia after taking a new birth control med. but not sure if that's why it started... I only get visual snow at night, but the afterimages make it really hard to read signs as the light is reflecting off of everything and stays in my eyes. I thought it was just temporary, but so far it is continuous every day I wake up.
videogamekitty 3 months ago
syndrome? wtf? does that mean everyone in my family and my friends have a syndrome?cause they all see the static like I see.....
abu3333 5 months ago
@abu3333
Do your friends and family have other symptoms like palinopsia and tinnitus? If so, then yes, they have VS syndrome.
With a lot of these symptoms pathology is defined by degree. With visual snow itself, many people see very faint snow when their eyes are closed or they're in complete darkness. The VS sufferer will see much more of it, even in lit up conditions. I recommend showing your friends and family the VS simulator and asking them to re-evaluate if they truly see VS.
VisualSnowSyndrome 5 months ago
@VisualSnowSyndrome afterimages are normal man! can't you not see it's all hyper awareness? we are tuned into our vision 24/7. how long do you stare at walls to see this?
abu3333 5 months ago
@abu3333
Palinopsia means "abnormally long" afterimages.
VisualSnowSyndrome 5 months ago
@VisualSnowSyndrome and there is something wrong seeing afterimages for a long period of time? you don't have to see it if you don't want to. we look for it. that's why we have "palinopsia"... our vision sense is heightened and I suspect something is fueling this. for me it's anxiety and nothing else. what is it for you?
abu3333 5 months ago
@abu3333
Maybe you should stop using the terms "we" and "our" and telling me what I have. If yours is just anxiety good for you. For me the visual disturbance is noticeable whether I look for it or not and I have no anxiety.
VisualSnowSyndrome 5 months ago
@abu3333 I've had hallucinations from visual snow, ever heard of that occurring before?
ProdigalSon222 5 months ago
@VisualSnowSyndrome good point and great advice to abu333! Can you ask on your channel for posting to Dr oz? There are a lot of messages send already we still need more and need every help we can get. Help would be appreciated
VisualSnow1 5 months ago
Great video, well spoken
UKMatt85 6 months ago
@UKMatt85
Thanks Matt. I hope to see some more videos from you as well, maybe a video about how you have a twin without the condition. I'm sure any doctor who is seriously researching this would be interested in that.
VisualSnowSyndrome 6 months ago
Good video my man! Are you also member of visual snow facebook?
VisualSnow1 6 months ago
@VisualSnow1
Thanks. I'm not a member of the facebook community, never started a facebook account. I just use the forum at Yuku.
VisualSnowSyndrome 6 months ago