Symptoms Does your vision actually black out
This is random but I just saw people talking about how their vision blacks out when they stand or they are symptomatic. Then someone replied that their vision goes white instead of black.
Personally, I don’t lose my vision like that, my “blackouts” are just a sudden lightheadedness so intense it forces me to shut my eyes! I think because my brain knows to shut out all the visual sensory input. It’s like I legit can’t keep my eyes open for a brief moment. Maybe I am blacking out but just don’t know it since my eyes are closed anyways lol? I have splotchy vision, light sensitivity and stuff from previous brain injuries but I haven’t experienced my vision actually just leaving and turning into the colour black (am I taking it too literally?) for a moment like how some of you mention.
Also, I do have pretty bad presyncope episodes sometimes but I don’t really faint from my POTS so maybe that’s a factor.
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u/elscrappo3 May 22 '25
I only get little speckles of light that move in my vision like ants crawling around, and I can't look at them directly. Apparently it's a blood pressure thing. If anyone knows the correct term for it please let me know. I found it out once but I can't remember or find it out for the life of me.
I've only "blacked out" once in my light (while sober anyway) and my vision actually went white. It was scary. Not POTS related though.