Can BVD Cause Anxiety?

Anxiety can cause worry, panic, and fear that can cripple your life and prevent you from going about your everyday activities. Many people don't realize that this anxiety can stem from your surroundings or visual misalignment.
 

Vision misalignment can cause you to lose balance and feel dizzy, making you anxious and fearful. Many patients who see multiple doctors looking for relief land on the diagnosis of anxiety disorder or panic attacks.
 

However, many times, what their doctor prescribes gives minimal relief, and they end up seeking help again. If you identify with this, you should take our Free 5 Minute Self Test to find out if your symptoms are a result of binocular vision dysfunction.
 

Binocular Vision

For you to see clearly and have good balance, your eyes must work in coordination. For them to work in coordination, they need perfect alignment, which allows you to see a single, clear image even though you have two eyes. When you look at an object, each eye sends a message to the brain. The brain receives the two different messages and processes them.

 

The part of the brain that processes vision, the visual cortex, fuses the visual input into one clear image. When your eyes do not align, the brain struggles to reconcile the image, resulting in binocular vision dysfunction.

 

Binocular Vision Dysfunction

BVD occurs when there is a slight misalignment of your eyes. The misalignment forces the eye muscles to compensate; thus, they may overexert themselves, resulting in eye strain. 

 

The brain cannot reconcile the visual messages and sends panic signals. These signals cause symptoms of anxiety.

 

Anxiety And BVD
 

BVD causes eye strain and a variety of other uncomfortable symptoms like anxiety, dizziness, and panic attacks. When the brain cannot reconcile the visual input from the eyes, it causes these symptoms. You feel like you cannot breathe and are dizzy, and it can cause nausea.

 

Many people mistake this for anxiety when the cause is a slight misalignment of vision. In severe cases, anxiety may be so intense that walking outside, driving, or big stores may trigger panic attacks. It can be debilitating, impacting the quality of your life.

 

If you suffer from anxiety and treatments do not seem to be working, BVD could be the cause. If BVD is treated, the brain can reconcile the visual input it receives, dissipating the feelings of anxiety.

 

Treatment For BVD
 

There are special lenses for treating BVD. They help align the visual input so that the brain can reconcile it and come up with a single clear image. It eliminates eye strain, shortness of breath, dizziness, and nausea. You will gain clarity and can go about your daily activities again.

 

Other Treatments

In some cases, you may be recommended for neuro-optometric rehabilitation. This will combine the treatment program with prism lenses. The program will strengthen your eye muscles and improve communication between your eyes and brain.

 

For more on binocular vision dysfunction or believe you are suffering from any of these symptoms, get relief now and take our Free 5 Minute Self Test to find out if you have BVD Here.

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