Quote Originally Posted by Dream of the iris
Static over the eyes?
This could be what you're referring to Visual snow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not HPPD

I have that visual snow thing and I've had it for as long as I can remember. I remember seeing it when I was little and I thought I was seeing particles of air.

The difference between visual snow and hppd is that visual snow is just static and HPPD comes with other symptoms.