Fibromyalgia and Visual Disturbances - Fibromyalgia Message Board

latte163 · 08-26-2005, 12:14 PM

Hello everyone!
I am curious if anyone else suffers from the same visual symptoms as I have since last year. I had an occular migraine in August 04 and since then have had strange visual symptoms. I get quick flashes of color randomly throughout the day...most of the time blue. Other times they can appear as a clear or black "hole" in my periphery. They last seconds! I also get what I believe are floaters...they are clear strings in my vision that occur in bright lights and especially outside. My left eye twitches significantly when I'm tired or stressed along with various other facial twitches and/or bodily twitches!!!

Can anybody relate? I've had TONS of tests. All normal. The only thing I haven't done is an EEG as I've been told I'd have dilated pupils and other symptoms if it were an occipital lobe seizure.

Thanks!

Glojer · 08-26-2005, 06:53 PM

Have you had the electro retinalgram sort of like an ekg of the eyes? I had one in june, they hook you up to all kinds of things. Just around your eyes and put the numbing drops in your eyes and run little electrodes in your bottom eyelids. You really can't feel anything. Then for about 45min they have you looking at squares of black and white with a red square and are always saying don't blink and they flash bright lights and then have you sit in the dark with a blindfold on. I can't remember what else, but it sure gives the opthomologist a good idea what may be wrong with your eyes. Luckily I was fine, it also tells them a score, normal is between 300 and 700 I was a low normal at 300. It is always good to know your eyes are fine.

Good luck

oxygendeprived · 08-29-2005, 11:23 AM

I have similar sight issues and fibromyalgia. I also have "spots" all the time. It's sort of like when you take a picture with a flash and you can't see straight for a while, except it's always there. I saw a special doctor, who diagnosed me with Irlen's Syndrome. It's a problem with colors and light sensitivity. The treatments for it have worked.

stick2013 · 08-29-2005, 02:39 PM

HI, I am new to the boards, but I also have Fibro, and eye twitches. They drive me nuts. Twitch so bad that it's sometimes difficult to see. Also have floaters, and see things that aren't there.. Feel nuts most of the time. Good luck.

Glojer · 08-29-2005, 06:10 PM

Hi oxygen and stick welcome to the boards!!