Good Afternoon! I hope you all are having a wonderful day! I'm a 38 year old female who developed optic neuritis over the summer. I also had some weird symptoms that I had never experienced. I had massive headaches that would not go away and major nausea and dizziness. I was sent from doctor to doctor in a matter of 2 weeks and I was needless to say scared to death and didn't know what was happening. I had spinal tap bc they thought they might need to drain spinal fluid and they also wanted to check the fluid. Spinal fluid was at normal pressure. The fluid came back normal at this point. Had an MRI on my head and lower back ( leg numbness) A few slight concerns at this point but nothing my neurologist wants to do anything about. He has put me on MS "probation" for the time being. He wants to see me in 6 months and also wants another MRI in a year. From everything I have read about MS it could be many years before I am diagnosed if I even have it. The headaches and nausea have went away, not sure if it is because of what i'm going through or from the stress and i was just so stressed i was making myself sick?!?!
The optical neuritis has not went away. I still have it and a flickering of light in my right eye (looks like a diamond flickering) it's not as bad as it was a few months ago. I can pretty much ignore it. Doc said it could go away in 6 months to a year or possibly never. I have twitches from time to time and my left fingers and hand and arm draw up sometimes ( this is something I'd like to know if anyone else get this) This happens mostly when I'm not using it and without me being aware. I also have the leg numbness. Sometimes loss of memory or what i want to say and can't figure out the word ( but i've always had this lol)
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and give a little history. I'm not sure what the future holds but I'm glad I get to share with people who understand!
Thanks!!
Carrie Burley
Ohio
The optical neuritis has not went away. I still have it and a flickering of light in my right eye (looks like a diamond flickering) it's not as bad as it was a few months ago. I can pretty much ignore it. Doc said it could go away in 6 months to a year or possibly never. I have twitches from time to time and my left fingers and hand and arm draw up sometimes ( this is something I'd like to know if anyone else get this) This happens mostly when I'm not using it and without me being aware. I also have the leg numbness. Sometimes loss of memory or what i want to say and can't figure out the word ( but i've always had this lol)
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and give a little history. I'm not sure what the future holds but I'm glad I get to share with people who understand!
Thanks!!
Carrie Burley
Ohio
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