Eye scare. Am I going blind in my left eye?

But I do believe my eyes are really sensitive to light, I remember in very bright sunlight, I'd have like dark almost like vignetting at the corners of my eyes. And my head would start to throb. After a couple of minutes it'll go away but it was extremely uncomfortable.

When I went to school on mornings, my vision would especially be blurry and my eyes would water a lot. Throughout the day though, it would get better. It still happens to this day.

Maybe I'll check with a doctor soon although I'm not in my home country and not with my parents. Thanks for your insight!

Second: No screen for the moment. Even your phone. (You'd e surprised what delights pop up when we look up instead of down!)

Tell your famly and friends you're unplugging for a few days. See what it's like.

Where are you in your travels?

Do you speak the language?

I am a much travelled lady (!) and I find it hard to believe a travelling teen can't connect with people...

Only reason I am so preoccupied with all these devices is for communication with my family back home and to generally find out about what's going on in the world at times.

I am currently in Montreal for a couple months. They speak both French and English (thankfully hahaa) so I don't have to worry about language boundaries but I can learn a lil something .

I think the problem with connecting with other teens from different countries is the cultural differences. In fact I more connect with older people than young....I guess I am an old spirited person!

I'm a Brit in India right now and THAT's cultural differences.

And Montreal is beautiful and full of froggie type cafes and friendly people. Those cultural differences really can't be very big.

Take a leap of faith! Either old or young – people are good always and far better to connect face to face than facebook to facebook... you know what I mean. Especially when your health is involved

Your eyes... by transition lenses I assume you mean the sort that respond to sunlight and go dark? You call them lenses... but you do mean actual sunglasses don't you? not contacts?

Anyway, I do!

You need actual sunglasses with good quality lenses with blinker-type corners so your peripheral vision is also taken care of. They don't need to block the side vison, you just need to be sure they are tinted in a wraparound way so they also protect you from the side.

That's what I mean.

Plus personally, in your extreme case, I wouldn't recommend the transition sort because they change from light to dark much more slowly than you need when it comes to stepping out from a dark interior out into a bright open sunlight.

If you feel you'd rather wear them all the time (as transition glasses imply) but you don't wear prescription glasses normally, why not get one of those sporty fit-on straps so you can drop them around your neck when not using them? Less likely to lose them that way, and the kind you get in the US at least, come in a mix of bright colours and are rather cool.

Actually, I happen to be wearing one right now and it's called Chums.

I bet they have them in Montreal!

And I agree with Jayceevee.... get your eye doctor appointment as soon as possible and tell your mum that eyes are not to be dallied over. Jayceevee's hubby's experience is a huge teaching tale!

I'm old enough to be your grandmother, so you can tell your mum that with a wag of your finger from me! (ha!)

(And interesting what Jaycee says about keeping her screens lit up 24/7... in your case, though, I'd wait till you get the go-ahead. Not worth the risk. Bindness is no joke.)

The people here are indeed very friendly and social. I just have more casual conversations; the kind that gets you no closer to forming any sort of relationship in the future. I understand what you're saying though, I don't very much like texting anyway, I'd rather talk in person. Face to face as you said :D

I'm sure if I were back home though, I'd already have visited a doctor especially with that scare but I'm having to watch how things go up here in Canada. Commuting is the hardest for me since there are so many different buses and stops and everything just looks so different at every corner. Nothing like back in the Caribbean

Thanks for the advice again, hopefully I can take it and put it to good use.

The climate affect your eyes? almost certainly not. I have severe dry eyes and have been a climate watcher in relation to them for years and my answer is: climate as such makes no more than an inkling of difference.

What does make a huge difference is being in extremely dry small airconditioned environments for long periods, such as airplanes.

My condition is not the same as yours though, so don't worry too much.

Unless it happens your symptoms appeared soon after an air flight.

Light was always exaggerated from my sight to be very bright even when it wasn't so for others. I did also experience headaches in bright sunlight. I've always tried to push my parents to take me to an ophthalmologist but it would be pushed aside often I guess because my vision was still good. But now there are random periods of blurred vision in my eye sight and that night I originally posted about really got me anxious about my eyesight in the long run. I would very much like to get to your age and be able to see as if I were still a teen.

Hopefully she (as well as I) can make it to your age with our vision intact. I remember the panick I felt that night if I were indeed blind and imagined all the things I took for granted and would surely miss if my vision went. I do not want to experience it in this lifetime.