Plaquenil side effect? eye twitch & tinnitis . Or pred, Sulfa?

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Hi everyone,

More annoying than anything else, but for the last month or so my left eye

muscles have been really spastic. Mostly only mildly so you can't really notice

it (when looking) but quite often the top eyelid will quite dramatically spasm

(I'm talking 10-20 times an hour). area around eye feels kinda tense/numb (hard

to describe). Only my left eye, right eye is hanky dory.

having some vision probs (left eye only agin), bit blurry & kind of a

" ghosting " affect I spose, but had this to a lesser extent for about a year or

so. Also hearing in left ear has changed, with aids it gone a bit

" underwater " (i'm severely hearing impaired) & my tinnitis now includes a lovely

high pitched " zingggggggggggg " .

Been on Plaquenil since December 08, Started sulfa & pred a year ago. weaning

off pred (down to 3mg a day, Yippee!!!) because of side effects at low dose.

Not sure if this is a doc or optomatrist (spelling) thing, bit of a waiting list

for optom appointments.

Had a look @ askapatient.com but couldn't really see much that matches my lot.

http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=9768 & name=PLAQUENIL & sort=age & page\

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Love your thoughts & experiences,

cheers, Sharon of oz