In MC 1.7.2, I tried using night vision potions to see things clearly (I mean, that's what they're supposed to do, right?). When I gave myself a splash potion of night vision (both times) and the regular potion (also both times) it would eventually make my screen go black, but Minecraft would still be working. You could still give yourself milk to make it go away, but still...
Duplicate of MC-107 - If you have not , please use the search function in the future, to see if your bug has already been submitted. If you could not find the original report, please comment with the keywords you searched for.