ssri's causing wierd "visuals"

[Stickler]

When I started taking Prozac, I started seeing things, like ceilings, "breathe", that is, I saw/see things look like they move a little, sort of, as if they were breathing rhythmically. The effect was certainly less crippling than severe depression, so I didn't really say anything to my psychiatrist back then. It kind of livened up high school, really.

This effect doesn't really affect me much, as a practical matter. I can see quite well, although it did make my last eye exam a bit more challenging-the letters kept moving just a little. The only time I find it particularly annoying, even, is if I walk on a tiled floor with a high level of contrast between tiles, which I find really obnoxious. Floors like that sort of jump at me and pulse, leaving afterimages, and I have to force myself to look away.

I can't really say whether it's gotten worse lately or not, but I am noticing it more these days.

Just one of those things, I suppose.

[withing]

I get some weird visual happenings too - and I'm not on Prozac. I'm on Seroquel, Topamax, and Welbutrin. I think my weirdness started right after the Topamax, but it's been a while so I don't remember. It could have been the Seroquel. Anyway, I have trouble walking on patterned walkways too, not because things "breath" but because patterns tend to jump around. I have to look straight ahead and make an effort to not look down.

When I get tired, I get vision trails behind everything that moves - not just bright things, everything. It's kinda trippy but when I'm *really* tired I think it's pretty neat. It does make driving interesting though, so I try not to drive tired especially at night.

I had my eyes checked when the weirdness began, and again about a year later, and the optometrists said that my eyes were okay. I can only surmise that the weirdness is an affect of the meds. As long as it's not affecting me too badly, I'm not gonna worry about it.

[The Emperor]

I've been on Paxil and Zoloft and they both made me see things. . . differently. Like Lights were brighter, things looked sharper, it was odd. Probably the only mild thing the SSRI's did to me, I don't take them anymore. Effexor has too, but to a lesser degree, and I swear my pupils are always dialated.

What you are describing sounds a little more severe. I think it's definitely something to bring up with your p-doc.