Re: Fibromyalgia/ visual disturbances

[Guest guest]

I too have visual disturbances and to go along with that, derealization/depersonalization. I have noticed that since I began HC and T3, my symptoms have gotten better, although they haven't completely disappeared (I'm still in the nascent period of my treatment).  Out of curiosity, what exact visual problems are you having?  Mine include (but are not limited to):  grainy/snowy vision, visual processing, the world seems to be in 2D and not 3D, reading, bright lights bother me, starbursting of lights, letters have shadows and my eyelids feel heavy. I would be curious to find out if yours are similar. 

Thanks,Mike

 

I really dont know if this is the right group to post this, but Im trying anyway. I have read alot about dr. Lowes teories about fibromyalgia, and are wondering if anyhere has had sucsess with treatment with T3...I find that my symptomes vanished after six months on combo treatment T4/T3, I also got rid of disturbing and dehabilitating visual disturbances after only one month with treatment. In the year prior to starting treatment, I had more than 26 incidents of visual disturbances that my main doc told me was some kind of silent migraine, without headache, I find it very interessting that my treatment seems to have cured this very disturbing phenomena as I was on the urge of giving up being able to lead a normal life as I would never know when my vision would play tricks on me..... Anyone else with visual disturbances that has been cured after going on treatment???

-- Mike

[Guest guest]

I have had all kinds of visual disturbances, mainly blurry vision and problems

with focusing, without having impaired eyesight. maybe what you describe as

snowy vision? I cannot tolerate bright light at all, I still live in darkness

altough the visual disturbances are gone now. I also suffered from total loss of

eyesight or partially loss of sight....wich means like in migraine aura I could

only see half my hand, half the televison, one eye if I take a look at someones

face etc. I also had one episode just before I startet treatment where I ended

up in the emergency room because my eyelid was hanging, droopy like I had a

stroke or something...I would se stars and moons and the disturbance would like

begin in one corner of my eye to continue to take over my whole field of

vision....

[Guest guest]

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CLASSIC MIGRAINE SYMPTOMS!!!

GRADUAL visual disturbance over 2/3rds of vision

field for 20 minutes or so, then suddenly ending and

painful headache starting.

some folks get them the next day from eating corn and

other grains, legumes, citrus chocolate etc the day

before.

some can be aborted by huge amounts of : L-lysine

eaten at the same time as offending food.

2. night blindness

treated by DAILY intake of SUPER high potency

fish-oil..... derived from only fish oil....vitamin A

(not beta carotine)

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lindabeate@...

Sent : 5/23/2010 2:46:08 PM

To : RT3_T3

Cc :

Subject : RE: Re: Fibromyalgia/ visual

disturbances

I have had all kinds of visual disturbances,

mainly blurry vision and problems with focusing,

without having impaired eyesight. maybe what you

describe as snowy vision? I cannot tolerate bright

light at all, I still live in darkness altough the

visual disturbances are gone now. I also suffered

from total loss of eyesight or partially loss of

sight....wich means like in migraine aura I could

only see half my hand, half the televison, one eye if

I take a look at someones face etc. I also had one

episode just before I startet treatment where I ended

up in the emergency room because my eyelid was

hanging, droopy like I had a stroke or something...I

would se stars and moons and the disturbance would

like begin in one corner of my eye to continue to

take over my whole field of vision....

[Guest guest]

well, I didnt have any painful headache following any of my visual disturbances,

and nightblindness I have never suffered from, anyway, all the symptoms are gone

after combo treatment for hypothyreosis and I couldnt be happier, my main

therory here is that my medication somehow must have healed whatever caused

them.....

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> CLASSIC MIGRAINE SYMPTOMS!!!

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> GRADUAL visual disturbance over 2/3rds of vision

> field for 20 minutes or so, then suddenly ending and

> painful headache starting.

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> some folks get them the next day from eating corn and

> other grains, legumes, citrus chocolate etc the day

> before.

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> some can be aborted by huge amounts of : L-lysine

> eaten at the same time as offending food.

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> 2. night blindness

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> treated by DAILY intake of SUPER high potency

> fish-oil..... derived from only fish oil....vitamin A

> (not beta carotine)

>

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> ------- Original Message -------

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> To : RT3_T3

> Cc :

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> I have had all kinds of visual disturbances,

> mainly blurry vision and problems with focusing,

> without having impaired eyesight. maybe what you

> describe as snowy vision? I cannot tolerate bright

> light at all, I still live in darkness altough the

> visual disturbances are gone now. I also suffered

> from total loss of eyesight or partially loss of

> sight....wich means like in migraine aura I could

> only see half my hand, half the televison, one eye if

> I take a look at someones face etc. I also had one

> episode just before I startet treatment where I ended

> up in the emergency room because my eyelid was

> hanging, droopy like I had a stroke or something...I

> would se stars and moons and the disturbance would

> like begin in one corner of my eye to continue to

> take over my whole field of vision....

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[Guest guest]

I,too have had decreasing vision, especially in my right eye. Sometimes, it just

doesn't 'see', or is blurry. I've been tested recently, and the opthamalogist

says that it's just a 'lubrication' issue. I have large eyes with much surface

exposed, and always have, it's not due to thyroid. So, I use drops, I blink, i

still can't see sometimes..just have to wait for it to clear up. Bright lights

bother me and I have terrible floaters. I stopped driving at night for several

years, but that seems better.

My mental fogginess has cleared gradually since 07 when I started HC, Armour and

later Cytomel, but really, only since I stopped Armour in April have I started

feeling 'normal'.. still can't see out of my right eye much... it's frustrating.

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> I have had all kinds of visual disturbances, mainly blurry vision and

problems with focusing, without having impaired eyesight. maybe what you

describe as snowy vision? I cannot tolerate bright light at all, I still live in

darkness altough the visual disturbances are gone now. I also suffered from

total loss of eyesight or partially loss of sight....wich means like in migraine

aura I could only see half my hand, half the televison, one eye if I take a look

at someones face etc. I also had one episode just before I startet treatment

where I ended up in the emergency room because my eyelid was hanging, droopy

like I had a stroke or something...I would se stars and moons and the

disturbance would like begin in one corner of my eye to continue to take over my

whole field of vision....

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