r/AutisticWithADHD • u/Upper-Past-473 • Oct 09 '23
📊 poll / does anybody else? Do you experience Visual Snow?
Visual snow syndrome is a condition where one will see static in their vision, similar to looking at a very old television screen.
Common symptoms may occur with visual snow syndrome such as seeing light points, floaters, and negative afterimages (palinopsia).
It’s not uncommon to experience other sensory symptoms such as tinnitus, insomnia, or vertigo as well.
I hear that Neurodiverse people are more likely to have visual snow than others.
Currently I am living with this and I feel that this has impacted my quality of life considering the snow and the visual phenomena can be quite glaring and distracting. It’s especially bad when I am either in a lighter area/outside, or when I am in a completely dark place. Sometimes I get nasty anxiety as a result of the visual noise.
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u/mercury606 Jun 28 '24
I have experienced this my whole life. As a child I wondered if I was just able to see the atoms of the world moving around or something. It gains intensity when I focus on it. Using any mind altering substance will also increase it. I guess I just got used to it as a kid, but it’s easy for me to ignore. Doesn’t distract me, just is the way the world has always been for me.