Optic Neuritis - Eye & Vision Message Board

veree · 01-25-2003, 07:19 AM

Anyone have optic neuritis without MS and what was the reason. Thanks

NancyH · 01-31-2003, 08:25 PM

Yes, I have pernicious anemia(B-12 malabsorption)and that is where I got optic neuritis amoug other things

Lindarella · 02-02-2003, 07:47 AM

I've also had optic neuritis. Sometimes there is no known reason why...

I had it about 12 years ago. Never had it again and never got MS.

veree · 02-02-2003, 09:16 AM

Hi, Lindarella. How long did you have it before vision improved and were you given anything to improve it? Son goes to opthamologist tomorrow and for MRI Wed. Lost a lot of vision in his left eye. Thanks for answering my post.

Lindarella · 02-03-2003, 03:40 PM

I'd say I had it about 6-8 weeks. It was painful but not horrible.

At about week 6, it was really driving me crazy and I asked the doc what could be done to make it stop. He said he could pop out my eye and shoot cortisone behind it. HAHA Well, It didn't hurt quite that bad.

The vision problems to me wasn't as bad as was the pain. Ask for some pain meds for him if he's hurting. Not super strong ones, but at least ones that will give him a break from the pain for a few hours. You use and move your eyes the whole time you're awake. I mean, you can't help it. It hurts each time you move it so becomes quite annoying after a couple weeks. You just want it to go away for awhile.

I also had an MRI to rule out anything worse. My vision came back to the way it was before. I mean, it wasn't permanent. Good luck.