RE: double vision--Re: Curious - optic neuritis

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Sharon,

I was cross-eyed

as a child. I also had lazy eye and wore an eye patch for a couple of years. Now

every once in a while, I will see double. It is usually when I am very tired.

Now I am wondering if it is MS not childhood eye issues.

Connie

From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Sharon

Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010

12:30 PM

To: MSersLife

Subject: double vision--Re:

Curious - optic neuritis

I also have double vision, especially when I am having

the most trouble with ms-fatigue. With mine, my eyes feel like they are

crossing. I never knew it was double vision because I didn't see double

either. But the opthamologist asked me questions and when he found out my

eyes were crossing he told me that was double vision. I told him when

that happened I would shake my head to try to straighten out my eyes and he

laughed. He said that's not going to work. rofl

Sharon

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From: |)onna

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To: MSersLife

Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010

9:56:00 AM

Subject: Re: Curious -

optic neuritis

,

I can't tell you how to tell the difference... Turns out what I always

thought was eyestrain.. was actually optic neuritis in my case.. I guess

I've had the double vision, only didn't realize it was double vision (I

don't actually see two of things, which is what I always thought double

vision would be like).. I do suffer from.. I guess it would be blurred

vision.. but for the longest time thought that I just needed to have a

prescription change in my glasses.. until I realized that today it would

be my left eye, and tomorrow maybe my right eye.. and sometimes it

happens within hours.. I rarely don't have to turn my head to one side

or the other to read stuff on the internet, or email and such...

But the pain I was having.. is what I've always thought of as

eyestrain.. moving my eye right or left or up or down would cause what I

would think of as the eye muscles hurting.. and it turned out to be

optic neuritis.. (I've had that type of thing happen nearly all my

life.. but when I was a child.. I was told to take my nose out of the

books.. because that's what was causing the " eye strain " .. hmmm.. got

to

wonder now though)..

Hope this helps

HUGS

|)onna

Thallas wrote:

> How can you tell the difference between optic neuritis and just plain

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> everyday eyestrain? My eyesight is very bad, and I do a lot of small

> handwork and computer work that tires out my poor little eyeballs...

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I had astigmatism and wore glasses as a child, then "grew out of it" and did not need them for a LOOOOOOOOONG time, except for when I was Dx'd with "lazy eye", when I did the prescribed exercises that also went away. Most people come into presbyopia by their late 30's-40's, I did not till I was about 50. HOWEVER, that said, when I was a young schoolkidlet, one day on the way (walking) home (uphill both ways, bare feet, in the snow, carrying 96 lbs of schoolbooks)(ok, not, but I was walking) I went totally blind for about 20 mins. Fortunately I was walking with other kids and they helped me and got me home. LAter in life, when I was living in Spain, I would occasionally have these (oh G-d, how do I 'splain them?) episodes (?) where it was like I was "seeing" a thousand pictures flash before my eyes, each one for a nano-second, never long enough to identify except they were places and faces. The Dr's said it was low BP and told me that when they happened to have some espresso and a snifter of brandy...GOTTA LOVE those Spanish Dr's!!!!! ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ -- Re: Curious - optic neuritis,I can't tell you how to tell the difference... Turns out what I always thought was eyestrain.. was actually optic neuritis in my case.. I guess I've had the double vision, only didn't realize it was double vision (I don't actually see two of things, which is what I always thought double vision would be like).. I do suffer from.. I guess it would be blurred vision.. but for the longest time thought that I just needed to have a prescription change in my glasses.. until I realized that today it would be my left eye, and tomorrow maybe my right eye.. and sometimes it happens within hours.. I rarely don't have to turn my head to one side or the other to read stuff on the internet, or email and such...But the pain I was having.. is what I've always thought of as eyestrain.. moving my eye right or left or up or down would cause what I would think of as the eye muscles hurting.. and it turned out to be optic neuritis.. (I've had that type of thing happen nearly all my life.. but when I was a child.. I was told to take my nose out of the books.. because that's what was causing the "eye strain".. hmmm.. got to wonder now though)..Hope this helpsHUGS|)onna Thallas wrote:> How can you tell the difference between optic neuritis and just plain old> everyday eyestrain? My eyesight is very bad, and I do a lot of small> handwork and computer work that tires out my poor little eyeballs...>> >> in WY > "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..."> http://www.flickr.com/photos/liadains_fancies> http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com > http://practicalblackwork.com>>>>>>> ------------------------------------>>

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I had astigmatism and wore glasses as a child, then "grew out of it" and did not need them for a LOOOOOOOOONG time, except for when I was Dx'd with "lazy eye", when I did the prescribed exercises that also went away. Most people come into presbyopia by their late 30's-40's, I did not till I was about 50. HOWEVER, that said, when I was a young schoolkidlet, one day on the way (walking) home (uphill both ways, bare feet, in the snow, carrying 96 lbs of schoolbooks)(ok, not, but I was walking) I went totally blind for about 20 mins. Fortunately I was walking with other kids and they helped me and got me home. LAter in life, when I was living in Spain, I would occasionally have these (oh G-d, how do I 'splain them?) episodes (?) where it was like I was "seeing" a thousand pictures flash before my eyes, each one for a nano-second, never long enough to identify except they were places and faces. The Dr's said it was low BP and told me that when they happened to have some espresso and a snifter of brandy...GOTTA LOVE those Spanish Dr's!!!!! ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ -- Re: Curious - optic neuritis,I can't tell you how to tell the difference... Turns out what I always thought was eyestrain.. was actually optic neuritis in my case.. I guess I've had the double vision, only didn't realize it was double vision (I don't actually see two of things, which is what I always thought double vision would be like).. I do suffer from.. I guess it would be blurred vision.. but for the longest time thought that I just needed to have a prescription change in my glasses.. until I realized that today it would be my left eye, and tomorrow maybe my right eye.. and sometimes it happens within hours.. I rarely don't have to turn my head to one side or the other to read stuff on the internet, or email and such...But the pain I was having.. is what I've always thought of as eyestrain.. moving my eye right or left or up or down would cause what I would think of as the eye muscles hurting.. and it turned out to be optic neuritis.. (I've had that type of thing happen nearly all my life.. but when I was a child.. I was told to take my nose out of the books.. because that's what was causing the "eye strain".. hmmm.. got to wonder now though)..Hope this helpsHUGS|)onna Thallas wrote:> How can you tell the difference between optic neuritis and just plain old> everyday eyestrain? My eyesight is very bad, and I do a lot of small> handwork and computer work that tires out my poor little eyeballs...>> >> in WY > "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..."> http://www.flickr.com/photos/liadains_fancies> http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com > http://practicalblackwork.com>>>>>>> ------------------------------------>>