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[jaked122]

for several months now, my vision has been somewhat obscured, it is like there are fluctuating pixels overlaying my vision... Am I hallucinating? and should I be concerned.

[userpay]

Oh god I think dwarf fortress is finally breaching the computer screen and directly invading our minds.

[jaked122]

Oh god I think dwarf fortress is finally breaching the computer screen and directly invading our minds.

yeah, that would be good, but saddly I think my ADHD medication is causing it... at least what I see at night *Shudder*.

[Sappho]

That's what you get for eating spoiled kitten meat.

But seriously, if you're seeing any kind of spots or patterns in your vision, I'd see an eye doctor and have it sorted out.  Whether you should be worried really depends on what the doctor says; it could easily be nothing, or it could be something problematic.  Only one way to find out.

[Armok]

Yea, this sounds like a problem with your eyes, not your brain.

[Nilocy]

Question, is it like this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater

If so, no. We all get them, just some people see them more than others. I get them often.

[Jreengus]

Wow I haven't got floater for ages! Back when I was young and my parents made me go to church I used to get them a lot and I would literally spend all of Sunday morning trying to focus on them.

[Nilocy]

Yeah, you can have good fun chasing them.

[jaked122]

Question, is it like this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater

If so, no. We all get them, just some people see them more than others. I get them often.

Nope, but I think I've figured it out anyways.
and just for the record, I've known what those things were ever since they were mentioned in an episode of family guy

[ChairmanPoo]

A hallucination is an internal perception, without an external stimulus, and without being able to make a critical assessment of it. Hearing hallucinations are the most frequent (IE: hearing "voices")

What you describe is most likely  due to tired sight, specially if you notice them on both eyes (too many hours in front of the computer?). However, flying specs can be a symptom of retinal tears (albeit you'd have noticed a loss of field of vision, and/or as if a "curtain" had fallen over part of your sight). So consult an ophtalmologist just in case

[Zironic]

When it's really late on weekdays, and I am working on an english project - typing. Occassionally I'll fall half asleep and dream/hallucinate - writing what I see and hear. Then when it gets later, even walking around I'll find myself arguing with voices coming from nowhere, and suddenly feeling like Im in different places.

[Ampersand]

I had a kind of problem where I would see little flashes of light in my field of vision. The thing is, they're always there, for everyone. The problem is paying attention to them; ordinarily you filer them out like your ears filter out background noise when you're talking to someone, but if you pay too much attention, you notice them to the point where they can be distracting.

The way I got rid of them? Forgetting about it and focusing on other things. Music, work, studying, TV, whatever. Then you stop noticing them.

[jaked122]

I had a kind of problem where I would see little flashes of light in my field of vision. The thing is, they're always there, for everyone. The problem is paying attention to them; ordinarily you filer them out like your ears filter out background noise when you're talking to someone, but if you pay too much attention, you notice them to the point where they can be distracting.

The way I got rid of them? Forgetting about it and focusing on other things. Music, work, studying, TV, whatever. Then you stop noticing them.

thanks, those are exactly what I see, other than the dark scary shapes at night.

[Cthulhu]

I've never seen flashes of light in my vision.

However, I do hear voices.  When I'm trying to sleep, about ten minutes before I actually fall asleep I'll hear a voice, usually the voice of someone I talked to that day.  They just talk and talk and talk without saying really anything.  If I focus on it it stops but if I'm really careful I can understand what they're saying.  It's usually words randomly stuck together without any real structure, and I almost immediately forget what they say.  It's fun.

[Nivim]

 Yeah, one experiences all kinds of weird things when one's brain isn't working at optimal efficiency. Just remember that your perceptional errors wont always be fun.