Double Vision question

[nuthatch]

I'm hoping someone can give me some input on this problem. Five years ago, I started having problems with double vision.

I first noticed it while I was driving to work on a rainy day. I thought that the combination of rain drops on my car windows and the bright sunshine that had broken through the clouds, was causing it. At the time, I worked at an elementary school, so while I was inside the classroom, it went away, but when I went outside to do yard duty, it all returned.

I reported this to my neuro, who explained that it's a problem with my eye muscles not working together. He put me on a couse of oral prednisone. I continued to have double vision but only when I looked to the left, it has never gone away.

Fast forward a couple years. I began noticing that when riding in a car as a passenger, I would start having double vision. If I don't look around, it's not a problem, but that's almost impossible. I have given up driving because of this problem.

Last evening, my hubby took me to a concert in the park. Lots of people and kids running all over the place. Within a couple of minutes, I was seeing double! I guess it was just too much movement going on around me. I spent most of the evening with one eye closed.

Anyone else with this problem? What can I do, short of getting a eye patch to keep one eye covered while out? I know pirates are popular these days, but geesh! :rolleyes:

P.S. This doesn't happen to me at home, even while reading.

Joan ;)

[0357]

It too made me give up driving along with fatigue, cognitive problems, poor judgment calls and weakness as I became tired.

For me, when I'm over heated and/or tired I have double vision. Sorry, but I have found nothing that helps other than to pace myself and stay cool; take plenty of naps.

Take care.

[veronica]

hi,
at home. things are at close range.Easier.
also, agitation worsens symptoms.
and pirates are cool! :cool:
go to a homeopathic doctor||
V.

[agate]

If wearing an eye patch helps, why not wear it? Being able to see as well as possible ought to be at the top of everybody's agenda, IMO....

[Mariel]

I had ON for 8 years, then it went away.

But during that period I had varying degrees of double vision, sometimes mild, sometimes gross. As well as pain, sensitivity to light, inability to watch TV or go to a movie (flickers). I could not have used a computer, but I got over it just about at the time my son put me on a computer. I also had a drooping eyelid, which went away when the double vision went.

I wore an eye-patch any time I had to go out in bright light. There was no use wearing one for a movie, as the flickers irritated the "good" eye. I covered the TV set with a towel so I could listen to sound.

I encourage you to wear the patch when needed and get some eye drops. Celu-visc is what my neuro-opthalmologist recommended, and I've used it whenever eye is dry, but it's all well now as far as double vision. Doctor said he did not recommend steroids to anyone with ON, as statistically it did not help.

[dxq]

Hi

Double vision was the first MS problem that got me to a doc 16 years ago. Glasses can be made with a prism so that you don't see double while wearing them. I had glasses made with a prism added to my usual correction for nearsightedness. They just look like regular glasses. With them, I was able to drive, work, read, etc.

Don't use them anymore, in fact have no idea where they are, since the double vision resolved. When it was starting to resolve, I usually saw singly, but the double vision recurred when I was looking at distant things for over a couple of hours, like on a long drive. So for a while I kept switching back and forth between prism and non-prism glasses

You might want to check with an optometrist.

My optometrist also gave me eye exercises to do, to strengthen other eye muscles to help them compensate. And I did those regularly for months, eventually cutting back length and frequency of doing them. Haven't done them in some years, but would start again if it recurred

Best wishes

dxq

[EldonDeakins]

you need to do in order to see as well as you can.

Prisms worked for me for a while, but I had o go to a patch full time a few years ago. I have found that a blacked-out lens over one eye works most of the time.

Good luck in finfing what works best for you.

Regards.

[nuthatch]

Thanks for all your responses. There is nothing like getting input from others who have had to deal with the same issues. You guys are the best!

Joan