Okay.

I'm 17 almost 18 and a student pilot soon to be a private pilot within the next month or two. I've been suffering form headaches for about a year. I think it has to do with stress because I'm a worry wort. When I have something wrong with me, I freak out. Anyway, I've had MRI/MRAs done and CT scans and nothing seems to be coming up. My mom was diagnosed with cancer in September last year. That could be it, but I don't know. I think I'm too young to identify what stress could do to you. I've been to a neurologist and she said that it could very well be stress. Also, I went to my orthodonist because I recently got my braces off and havent been to him since I got my retainer. He said it could be because I'm grinding my teeth at night. He pushed lightly around my jawline and a slight soreness could represent that possibility. Also, my wisdom teeth are coming in and I have to get them out.

I have glasses and contacts. Lately, I've been noticing what I think are halos around lights. Not rainbow-colored, just an extension of the same light. I got new contacts with a newer prescription this past Monday and I told the optometrist and he said that nearsighted people often receive "halos" or something like it because of the bad light getting in your eye. Last night, I went driving and seems it's getting better. Though, I did notice on the whiter street lights, a purple/blur "halo" affect...like a circle around the light that is dotted. I don't know if it could be my eyes getting used to my contacts and this new prescription.

Should I be worried? Even as i just had a recent full eye exam? Good vision is vital with being a pilot. I'm corrected to 20/20 and see 20/20 but I'm concerned about this halo affect. IN which, i think it's a halo and not just a glowing affect?

My old prescription (which is in the glasses I'm wearing right now) and what it said on my contacts box was 1.25 for my left and 1.75 for my right. Now, my new contacts say (My order from bestcontacts.com hasn't come yet but did get a sample from my doctor) as like 2.00 for my right and forgot my left...but it wasn't worse than my right eye.

I'm worried about this because I'm a pilot. Well, a student pilot right now. I don't know if this will affect my vision when flying at night. I have a night flight to do next week with my instructor. Hopefully it won't affect anything.

Anyone? I need some input. Should I contact an Ophthalmologist?

I guess this isn't much of a help posting here as I thought it would be. :/

I see you found your way over here. Have some patience, people will post if they have something to say. You certainly made a worthwhile contribution on the other thread by posting the requirements for becoming a pilot.

Stick around.

Torre

Im sorry and wish I could help you because Im having the same problems. I even have the headaches for a year and the cts and mris that all come up neg. I have the same vision problems that you have except my vision is blurred on some days. I have the halos and the purple halo thing going on. But I also have starburst effect on lights. I have been to a neuroopthomoligst in which I was told that nothing was wrong with me. Im so sorry and this has been something that I have had to just learn to live with. Maybe one day it will finally go away. Wish I could be more help. Becca

Hey young pilot...

If you want more info, ask the military dudes...

You can find an aviation forum here,

http://www.dynamictruth.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?category=1

I used to have a commercial pilots license (expired since it is not FAA) and I had the same probem, my vision was not that bad when I was a student but glasses were a must during night flying. These halos happen to everyone who has refraction errors, and the size of the pupil, I see them same things, sometimes glasses help to get rid of halos (or lights at distance look like they are starbursts flowers etc)

You can also get headaches for having the wrong prescription and also straining your eyes. Get good nights sleep at all times, don't strain your eyes doing close work, take breaks. You don't want your prescription progress. Also there is a laser surgery option, in a few years you might get that too. I never wore glasses in my life and now I am 28 and would like to go Army Flight Training program however my refraction might be out of limits and I am looking into my laser surgery options.

During day time I can see 20/20 well w/out glasses with a little blurriness due to astigmatism. This week I might get prescribed first corrective glasses of my life time.

Well, Im going to try to go to the optometrist today and return my contacts and order sunglasses and regular glasses in my new prescription. My current glasses have my older prescription. Though, I'm thinking of getting another eye exam so I can be sure that the results he came up with a week ago are the same. I also may ask him to dialate my eyes to make sure my eyes are fine because I feel some tension around my eyes as if I still have contacts in them such as a light headache.

Go to this address,

http://usasam.amedd.army.mil/_AAMA/policyLetter.htm

and download;

New APLs & ATBS FEB 05
Complete indexed Package PDF Version

It is at this link: http://usasam.amedd.army.mil/_AAMA/apls/Army%20APL%206_02/3_Army%20APLs_Feb%2005.pdf

Well, open it and go to page "338 of 379" of that document, print that instruction out until page 340 of 379, take it to your doctor, that is how the military finds out your refractive state and what your true prescription is. You know eyes and vision are serious business, wrong prescription, less or more stronger, it will hurt you in the long run, if you got your myopia after doing much close work, like I got mine (I am bout to get my first ever issued glasses and I am 28, it is a horrible feeling) use those glasses only for looking in the distance, for close work, with minus lenses you strain them more and can easily get headaches.