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Why i have major photophobia and severe BFEP ?

Hello I have a major problem which disabling me from normal life. Since 3 moths I have huge photophobia. When I looking on something slightly brighter  I see an imprint of light which looks like small red dots. This appearing in the total darkness too. Next thing, when I opening my eyes wide I have pressure phosphenes around my vision. Earlier this was happening only when I pressed my eye or when I was forcing to see left or right. Another thing – when I I look at phone or computer (now I don’t look at it at all) even with blue light filter on smallest amount of brightness I have severe eye socket pain and headache like somebody stabbing my brain and eye socket with needle. I only going out with double sunglasses and even then when I’m too long outside my vision becoming blur on next week. My BFEP went crazy . Before that I was only seeing sparks on good light conditions and they was small now it’s everywhere and it’s not transparent. I also have stiff neck and sometimes feeling of swelling neck. Sometimes I feel that I sweat too much. In the evening I see a central transparent scotoma. That all started with lockdown. I have been on pc/phone all day and suddenly I saw a big BFEP spark in the dark. In that time I have started to take pramolan on my mild anxieties - it happened on the 16 day since I have taking this drug, after that I stopped to take this. I have been to 5 ophthalmologists - Slit lamp/OCT/Visual field test was fine. I only had not treated astigmatism -0.5 and – 0,75. I have been to 2 neurologist too and had MR which showed that everything was good. Other test was carotid Doppler morphology and Lyme test for igg and igm. Im helpless please. Even guess will mean much to me I will check it. Sorry for my English.
David
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Jheez. Too many people with too many problems that don't show up in tests.
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My last guess is sinusitis i will do CT
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177275 tn?1511755244
First please write out your acronym  BFEP. It is not a standard.

Second: Given all the tests you have had and the number of physicians you have seen it is safe to say that your problem is not sight or life threatening.  Watchful waiting and observational therapy is appropriate.  That is see the ophthalmologist and neurologist regularly you feel the most comfortable with and report any new symptoms or marked worsening of present symptoms. There are many posts here where people seen may physicians, had many tests, and no definitive diagnosis but gone decades without anything dire developing. In some instances the symptoms stop without a cause. If you are having trouble with anxiety/depression about this consider seeing a psychiatrist or psychologist to help your mental state. Your constellations of symptoms does not suggest any one particular disease.
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First of all thank You for reply Doctor. Sorry for acronim BFEP - Blue field enoptic phenomena. I know that I should wait but I cant take a job or do anything becouse of my problem thanks for reply
Okay.  I do think you would benefit from treatment of your anxiety. Please consider.
Ok thanks
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