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Pretty nearsighted here too, think there might be a correlation. Seems like I read something like that. As I read about other symptoms that go along with VSS I remember it like checking off a list :)

Actually I have a weird, possibly related, question. If you lay in the dark with your eyes closed for awhile but definitely not sleeping, do you see subtle weird flowing colors? It's a thing my brain/eyes do that I've always thought was related to the VSS but rarely had a chance to ask anyone who might share it.

andyman4041 year ago(+1)

That particular phenomenon with the eyes closed in the dark could be something called "phosphenes" https://scienceline.org/2014/12/why-do-we-see-colors-with-our-eyes-closed/

I think I get that too, but it's hard to tell if it's that or just the colors/static from the visual snow.

As for the nearsightedness / VSS correlation - I had the visual snow way before I was nearsighted. The interesting thing is that visual snow remains sharp with or without glasses, and the static is there whether the eyes are open or closed. Latest research points to the static/noise part of it happening in the brain, rather than in the eyes.

RobBoberty1 year ago

Could be phosphenes. Think I saw that before but was never sure if it was quite right. it has a very specific look that is hard to describe. it's always red and green... sorta and flows like a lava lamp... kinda :). If I was artistic enough I'd try to draw it or something.

I also see the static regardless of eyes open or not which is one of the reasons my layman's research leads me to be pretty sure it is VSS.

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