I woke up this morning and my vision was blurred. I did some work on the computer and developed such a headache had to go back to bed. Only later this afternoon when I started reading a book did I realise how blurred my vision had become. Vision in my left eye is almost completely "shot". Could this be that the trigeminal nerve is putting pressure on the optic nerve?
Early in my experience with TN I would go complete blind in the left eye the TN pain was so severe. TN is on the left side of my head.
I will make an appointment with my optomotetrist tomorrow but as cataracts run in the maternal side of my family, as does glaucoma I am just wondering, and perhaps hoping?? , well what am I hoping for, I don't know. One would probably as bad as the other. I am quite disturbed as it happened so suddenly.
Dr Rex, anyone got an opinion or advice I could use. Please!!
Hey, Yep. It is VERY scary, Can't read, barely can type and feel dizzy and nauseous. Got and appointment for Tuesday. Monday is a public holiday in SA. Thanks for replying. Gives me some courage.Really appreciate you KC
Oh Lord, thank you, but I have just come out of hospital checking some other aspect of TN and was ordered to have an MRI and I simply couldn't go through with it (claustrophobic) so they settled for a CT scan. But if this is what it takes , will have to put on my big girl panties and go in boots and all.
They do have open MRI's now.. The resulotion is not as good (I have heard) but they do use them all the time, for people with your claustraphobia, or to large to fit in a regular machine.
I was recently diagnosed with OPTIC NEURITIS within the past 3 weeks. While I don’t believe is suffer from TN my mother has for the past 18 -20 years.
The onset of the Optic neuritis was sudden, headache, nausea, increased vision blurryness as the day progressed.
I went for MRI and nothing found. While I was already a borderline diabetic on actos. The vision completed dissapeared the week after my initial symptoms started. To my left eye only.
The high dose steroids, seemed to be the only solution and sent me into using insulin, very hard for my job as I am in fire/EMS business.
So the point is look into Optic Neuritis, look into various other issues and as I am doing focus in family history.
If you have sudden loss of vision, do seek treatment promptly because it could also be a TIA or CVA( mini stroke or stroke) .
Lets say the optic neuritis is still not resolved, week 4 of oral prednisone. The good news is I have some vision in the left eye. The bad news is, it just doesn’t want to tip the scale and go all the way and I am still on insulin!
I don’t know if it’s connected, but I think it might be. I had MVD last September, and in January when I went in for my yearly eye exam, my vision had drastically improved. Like from 20/70 to 20/30. The eye dr wondered if it could have somehow been from the MVD surgery. I don’t know if it is, but I do know I now see better than I had for years!
Thank you so much all for jumping in and contact me to give me advice and just to talk. Neruo says def not the optic nerve - so ruled that out. Optometrist has referred me to opthalmologist where I will be heading today. Apparently a ruptured blood vessel in the retina is causing the trouble.
Thank you all and Mimi for your good wishes. Have been to the eye specialist and a blood vessel in my left retina has burst. So it is blurring my vision Will have to go in on 9 July to try and reverse damage. Hold thumbs for me. I am nervous. Doctor inserts a needle into my eye and releases meds to stop damage from spreading. If I don't have this procedure done will not be able to see. Mmmmm. Between the devil and deep blue sea.
Positive thoughts dsm! Glad the problem was found and will pray the treatment works to restore your vision and reverse the damage. Crossing fingers and toes!
((( hugs ))) Mimi xx