Seeing green tint (chartruese color) in morning upon awakening

[camille9917]

This tint of green-overall not blotches, has happened before in the past a few times.  My vision is not deteriorating, but I'm trying to link it up to something in my diet (or lack of).  It occurs immediately upon awakening, but only lasts a few seconds, then everything is normal. I'm 50 y/o woman with no health problems (thyroid exception). My BP is usually normal between 120 -130 but can spike shortly a bit higher.  I take no BP meds.  Could it be a spike in BP? I had some unusually salty food last night.  Or could it be something else?

[squidacappella]

chloropsia is the term im trying to figure out what causes it still though

[quanta714]

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.

[JohnHaganMD]

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[hmitauer]

indeed

[JohnHaganMD]

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[Everyday_Facts]

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.

[JohnHaganMD]

Not really a "everyday fact"  vision is a photochemical process and solar energy is thankfully not stored in the eye.  I can agree with "not too worrying"

[Colorful805]

Ive seen you write many times its normal but not knowing the cause of it. Im experiencing it now, in my 50s have worked with optics and measurement and its never happened to me till now. Its only at this job where Im unable to stay awake, I think there is a low Oxygen % in the air. Im hoping to find what the cause is. I regain consciousness and the paper in front of me is yellow, room is mostly green and in 45 seconds is normal? Not normal. I would also see red dots on the carpet in the hallway as I awoke, like LEDs they would be bright dots that faded away. Im very worried.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

You are welcome to your opinion.  You should be checked for sleep apnea.

[Waterlawyer]

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.

[JohnHaganMD]

Anything that is present on awakening but gone in a minute is rarely serious.  As this and other discussions point out usually due to eye changing from dark adaption mode to light adaptation mode.

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[Adigirl369]

I just woke up and everything was a bright chartreuse color. I was facing away from the lamp and it was 4am. My body felt numb all over and I felt incredibly weak. I needed to take my medication but just couldn't move. My arms especially felt tingly as if the were asleep. I felt worried and closed my eyes and a minute later this shock went through my body. It was horrifying. It made me scream. I am a 48 year old female. I take thyroid medication along with numerous other meds. I ate before bed but haven't drank anything most of the day except for coffee. I am really freaked out. My arms still feel a little numb. It's now 5:15am. When I opened my eyes the green was there. Everywhere. There was no light shining in them. What's happening to me?

[JohnHaganMD]

Call your personal office immediate and demand to be seen today, it he/she cannot consider going to an ER. If your arms are still numb or you have another other stroke like symptoms you may need to have someone take you to ER or call 911. It's not the eye symptoms that are as worrisome as numbness in arms.

[paul_r_c]

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.