This has happened to me twice. Both times immediately after standing up. The first time was at night. I had been reclining almost fully supine for a long time reading in light that was not especially bright, maybe even on the dim side. I got up and went into the kitchen and noticed the range hood light shining a greenish hue. I then looked back to my reading lamp and it was the same. The house was otherwise unlit.
2nd time was a half hour ago. I had gone outside to lie in the sun for a few minutes. Sun was bright, though I of course had my eyes closed. Maybe two to three minutes. I got up, perhaps too quickly, and went inside to find all my white walls had turned that same greenish hue. I immediately recognized it as the same phenomenon that happened to me above, which was about five years ago.
Unlike many others, I do not associate it with having napped or awakened, but with standing up after being fully supine.
The only answer I found years ago the first time I looked it up came indirectly from an ophthalmologist, who had told a forum-poster that it had to do with a rod/cone imbalance from a sudden blood pressure shift.
I also learned during that first search that it's not uncommon for doctors to have never come across this, even ones with long careers.
I've always had "borderline" high blood pressure, and have had elevated, though not diabetic, glucose levels for about a decade. Not sure if these are much of a factor, but I offer it for what it's worth.
Hope that helps someone here.
This morning when I first woke up, I saw a green hue over everything. It lasted for 2 minutes.
Maybe be 3 reason, I sept near the window where the sunlight falls to my eyes or I am drinking too much carbonated beverages for last 1 week or I use Blue screen filter for my Tv before sleep. Except for carbonated beverage, I had no issues before.
Also happens to me on occasion, especially when I fall asleep in my recliner watching TV. I waken to see the most incredible green faces on television, lasts for just seconds. My partner awoke me in my recliner and said “you weren’t breathing” I looked up and his skin was as green as shriek. Again it only lasted seconds. I bought a oxygen monitor and started wearing it at nights and sometimes in the recliner. So far haven’t caught a green occurrence with hypoxia. I did find occasion O2 drops when sleeping down to 82% for a minute or two, but wasn’t awake to see green. Other than that myO2 is 93 to 99% hopefully I will catch the green - and find it’s not apnea.
I have just started getting this phenomena too. Am on thyroid meds, have recently put diebetes T2 into remission so my glucose levels are good, but I dont know what my insulin levels are, I have B12 injections. My doc hasnt got a clue but has ordered all my baseline tests to see if I'm low on some vitamin or mineral and to see if my HbA1C is ok. My eyesight has actually got better on my Keto diet and I can see to drive at night again when has been a bit of a prob for the last decade. I cycle for at least 20 miles a day and have got super fit in the lockdown. This has me worried, but it is beautiful, and only happens after a nap during the day, not in a darkened room. I do have sleep apnoea but the type where I hold a big lungful of breath in rather than stop breathing..
I might have figured it out. chloropsia says it can occur with digitalis intoxication - digitalis can be equated to purple foxglove, a really pretty purple bell shaped lilac like flower, I picjed a bunch of them two days ago,. turns out they are poisonous
chloropsia is the term im trying to figure out what causes it still though
It is dying an expanse of perspective. Your eyes are independent organisms you are just aware of from existing as an entity. Sorry, this is hard to swallow for anyone over 25 because your life is about over and you will more or less run on autopilot and lose critical, thinking abilities. You know that feeling like you might not know everything but you know when something is ********, that's the thing that has taken your life from you. Anyway, The medium we live in has many processes and operations we are unaware.l The light, or the medium, makes us up and does existence. Your seeing a world under this one. You cannot get much further and you'll never understand it. Just think of it as seeing a divine helm and feel privileged... you are.
The real answer is simply not too worrying it happens not only when you wake up but when you close your eyes to a near UV light source for a few second e.g sun like a light of a glow in the dark due to solar energy the green hue of what your seeing is simply solar energy that was stored in your eyes! Nothing to worry about.
I am a 67 year old chronic intractable migraine sufferer and woke up this morning with a bright yellow hue like a film over everything then it changed to bright green. It lasted about a minute then returned to normal. After the yellow I thought I hate yellow and that's when it changed to green. Did anybody get a diagnosis? Thanks.
For me, everything light colored, mainly white, appears light green for a few seconds after awakening. This seems to occur mainly upon awakening from a nap. At the age of around 63, I began to take naps every day; and have noticed this color shift. Occasional naps before this age did not produce this effect. Vision tends to grow dimmer with age. Maybe the red pigment depletion effect developed during day time sleep becomes stronger with my age.
Let's go with it them. Happy dozing
It may be that the awareness is sudden but its been there before. It could be that the lighting circumstances have changed. Or it could be co-incident as the two most commonly asked question in Medicine are 1. Why me? 2. Why now?
Why would this just start happening. Never had this before
I have this too. I have been thinking could it be the blue screens on tv. I go to sleep with tv on just about every night . I also see purple, yellow and green. Weird
A common posting and as described likely due to rebalancing of the different color perceiving retina cells (cones). JCH MD
Hello I am a fifty year old female. I have experienced this phenomenon four or five times in the last month. I have woken up to the most stunningly beautiful shade of green after dozing in the afternoon, green is my least favourite colour but in this case it was beautiful The room faced East in Autumn in NW England, during different weather conditions i.e.. Bright sunshine and rain.I have no explanation. I have trouble sleeping of a night. In the past couple of years I have experienced pain free migraines.
The above post makes a great deal of sense. Momentary "weird" vision on awakening that clears completely within a minute and unaccompanied by other symptoms is rarely a sign of anything serious.
JCH MD
From another med site:
Your eyes have different color pigment which give you color vision. When light hits the retina, the pigment absorbs the light which produces the sensation of color, but the pigment is used up. (Goethe was among the first to discover this phenomenon)
If you wake to sunlight or bright light to your eyes when they are shut, your eyes will see red light through your eyelids. The green and blue pigments are not used up.
When you open your eyes, you will see a greenish-blue hue to everything for a time, until your retinal cells recycle the red pigment - that takes a few seconds.
This has been bugging me for months now. I was afraid it might be a brain tumor or something equally hideous. How can so many people be having this happen without any eye care professionals knowing what it is?
Glad to here I'm not alone mine started 2012 yellow and blue I could not make Dr understand what I was seeing I'm 61
i have been having green tinted vision alot here n their no matter what time of day last for a good while im 22 healthy beside leg n memory problems but im very curious on whats going on i have hazel eye's but i have what everyone calls mood eye's they change color depending on my mood the lighting and what i wear i dont know if its cuase my eyes turn green or what a friend said its bc i need a break n have to rest my eyes is that correct or whats going on please help
I've just recently started having this same strange symptom - seeing everything bright green for 2-3 seconds after waking up from daytime snoozes. I'm a healthy 55 year old woman, on thyroxine but otherwise no health problems. I have a suggestion and wonder if others could comment.
For the past 3 years I've had to work a lot in sub-Saharan Africa, and find it difficult to re-acclimatize when returning to Scotland. As a result I've been drinking more tea (for warmth!) in Scotland and not much plain water - creating a problem of dehydration. The dentist also mentioned that my mouth is very dry. Could the problem be related to dehydration? I never have the vision problem when in Africa, where I drink plenty of water.
For the past year whenever I wake from a daytime nap everything is yellow and green but quickly changes back to normal. My EEG was normal. My eye doctor does not know either. About 5 years ago everything was turquoise then changed to other colors. I wound up in a psych ward and was put on different meds....but after I came home the yellow and green thing started and slowly built up to everytime I nap. Needless to say I did not complain
....smile. It is nice to know I am not alone.