Multiple Sclerosis Support Group

MS often times can affect eyes. I have had one bout of ON (optic neuritis, which is the term for stuff that happens with your eyes when you have MS.)

Can you explain the lightening flashes more?

The damage that happens is to the optic nerve. So, your vision (20/20) is not the part that would be affected. Most often it is a gradual lose of color (everything gets darker.) But your field of vision can change (like the dark creeps in and you don't see left to right, etc as well.

I can probably tell you more, when I know more....about what is going on.

How long do the bouts last?

- Cindy

I never lose vision in neither eyes, and never lose color either, but I do get a blurry vision in one eye and it goes away in minutes. (I also have painful eyes at times, like sand it there, and they're very red and itchy and there pain and pressure in my eyes constantly as well as in my head and spine.

I get small bumps that grow under my eyelids - this can all be due to Lyme and co-infections but will get another MRI to rule out MS.

I've had Herxheimer reactions where I basically had A LOT of the MS symptoms, I was barely standing on my feet! Which is scary...

Alex

Post edited by: evelinawill, at: 07/04/2012 11:39 PM

But good luck with everything will.

Post edited by: soy70, at: 07/05/2012 10:02 AM

Just had a week of my spine burning myself. It is gone now, but can't stand that burning.

But the choking you really need to see someone about that. Also, when your eyes are affected, those need to be dealt with ASAP by a neuro or a neuro-optomologiest.