Ee-yow. Multiple sclerosis can really sock it to me – right in
the eye socket. That stabbing pain can zip right through my head like a rocket.
Know the feeling?
MS-related eye pain may be at its worst during optic
neuritis flare-ups. That’s when blurry eyesight, color-blindness, and tunnel
vision crops up the most. Some people even see spots or floaters with it.
The first time I was diagnosed with optic neuritis, I was
first treated for a sinus infection, which I didn’t actually have. I trudged
into the emergency room with (You guessed it!) excruciating eye pain. It was so
intense that my vision was impaired. And the ER doc prescribed me five days of
strong antibiotics.
That treatment didn’t
exactly hit the mark.
A follow-up with an eye doctor led to a neurological
referral and several MRI scans. MSers know the drill.
But oh, baby. That eye pain. It’s not out of reach to say a
person might give his eye teeth to be rid of that eye pain. It is truly
over-the-top-tical. (OK, bear with me. I wrote this with an MS migraine. Stay
tuned for M-Day for more on that one.)
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I had an eye migraine once and that was awful but nothing compared to what you are describing. I'm so sorry. It sounds horrible.WeekendsInMaine
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