Some background information: I am currently in limboland, my brain MRI came back clear, and I have a follow up appointment with my neurologist in 2 weeks. My neurologist told me before my mri, that unless he sees other evidence to explain my symptoms (all very characteristic of MS), then he thinks I most likely have RRMS.
I have been feeling fine these past 5 months or so, except for some strange tingling/trembling (during a recent heat wave, but ended as the weather cooled off a bit).
Last thursday, I was playing on the floor with my toddler. I stood up, and suddenly developed a terrible headache that seemed to be coming from my right eye. It immediately went blurry. I was not dizzy at all, and the intense pain ended after about 20 seconds, and the blurriness subsided a bit during this time. At first I thought that maybe I had had a stroke! Over the next few hours, I had some nagging pain in that eye, it was a little sore to move it, it was still slightly blurry and things seemed darker, like I was wearing a very slightly shaded glass over it, but I was able to get on with my day. The next day, it was still there, so my husband suggested I go to the emergency room. I did, and spent a delightful 8.5 hours there, all to be told, they didn't know what was wrong with my eye. I had a CT scan, and a very basic eye check (they put some kind of drop in it, but not the kind that dilate your eye).
Today, 3 days after the initial blurriness began, it has almost completely gone, things are just a tad darker than my left eye.
Could this have been optic neuritis? Would a basic eye exam have been able to show this? Would it have shown up on a CT?
I should add that back in summer 2009, when I was having a "flare-up" of sensory symptoms and fine-motor problems, I would see flashing lights if I moved my eyes sideways in a dark room. In fact, I thought someone outside was flashing a flashlight at my window, and I spent one particularily frustrating night getting in and out of bed to try and find the source of the flashing before finally realizing it was coming from inside my own eyes.
Thank you for any information you can provide.
I have been feeling fine these past 5 months or so, except for some strange tingling/trembling (during a recent heat wave, but ended as the weather cooled off a bit).
Last thursday, I was playing on the floor with my toddler. I stood up, and suddenly developed a terrible headache that seemed to be coming from my right eye. It immediately went blurry. I was not dizzy at all, and the intense pain ended after about 20 seconds, and the blurriness subsided a bit during this time. At first I thought that maybe I had had a stroke! Over the next few hours, I had some nagging pain in that eye, it was a little sore to move it, it was still slightly blurry and things seemed darker, like I was wearing a very slightly shaded glass over it, but I was able to get on with my day. The next day, it was still there, so my husband suggested I go to the emergency room. I did, and spent a delightful 8.5 hours there, all to be told, they didn't know what was wrong with my eye. I had a CT scan, and a very basic eye check (they put some kind of drop in it, but not the kind that dilate your eye).
Today, 3 days after the initial blurriness began, it has almost completely gone, things are just a tad darker than my left eye.
Could this have been optic neuritis? Would a basic eye exam have been able to show this? Would it have shown up on a CT?
I should add that back in summer 2009, when I was having a "flare-up" of sensory symptoms and fine-motor problems, I would see flashing lights if I moved my eyes sideways in a dark room. In fact, I thought someone outside was flashing a flashlight at my window, and I spent one particularily frustrating night getting in and out of bed to try and find the source of the flashing before finally realizing it was coming from inside my own eyes.
Thank you for any information you can provide.
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