Multiple Sclerosis: Optic Neuritis and Partial blindness! (Year 1, Episode 7 - jrmcg1)

Definitely the worst week to date. Itchiness persisted throughout the week, coupled with sunburn and numbness. Past couple days, numbness in feet and left arm/hand got the worst it has ever been. To cap it off, last night a black ring formed around my optic neuritis eye (right eye) and cut off my periphial vision. The ring is now gone.

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[TomCampOH]

Hey buddy hope you're doing well. I myself had optical neuritis when I was 25, it started in my right eye first, the pain I describe it as someone rubbing their knuckle in your eyeball hard. The blindness started maybe a day or two after the pain, I described it as if looking through a window that someone has fogged up. Well after I went totally pitch black vision in my right eye I was admitted into a eye, ear and throat hospital in manhattan and was juiced up on steroids. I got lucky because t

[jrmcg1]

@TomCampOH did the steroids work? 

[sassafrasfan]

l have been trying to discribe the partial blindness in my right eye for ages and the looking into a bright light and then away is absolutly spot on,so thanks for that ,,,keep your chin up and good luck.

[jrmcg1]

@sassafrasfan yes i mean, even that description doesnt really do it justice. It's like "missing" some of the picture............ like .............. uhhh!! I dont know!?

[SOMUCHMORETHANMS]

I had or have optic neuritis I too had that soreness in my left eye that really never went away it's just less severe. I also had some double vision in that eye and my colors were totally screwed up! I have just posted my first video about having MS. As scared as I was to post it is refreshing to know that I am not alone!

[PrecambrianLullaby]

going through some blindness now actually "staring at a light for too long" is the best analogy I have.

[Wscate]

For me i have double vision with my optic Neuritis but as you were saying when i move my eye it is sore i usally go on a stong dose of steroids and that tends to zap it out. Your story of your nurolkigist is amazing i find that in my 14 years of dealing with M.S its the "support" staff not the Dr's the medical suypport staf will let you bleed in front of them while thy gossip or what ever. Anyway stay stong.

[SkyBlue1031]

Wow, you and I have such similar symptoms. I am new to posting like this, so I'm not sure if you saw my post about the arm numbness, which I called DEAD arm, because it's more than numb. Phantom limb! Anyway, I just have optic neuritis now, and here you have it too. Stress is, duh, a factor, and I am stressed, so here are my symtoms, out again. I feel bad. You are so young. I have had symptoms on and off for years. Got Master's degree and worked like a dog! Hang in there!

[clovis4791]

I am here almost at 6 months on copaxone. i get so depressed. My case has been pain with droppping foot and shaking muscles. They jacked me up on so many pain killers (vicodane - 8 per day) and told me I was nuts and now my stomach lining is burned. I cannot stop the naseau, God Bless you man. I 'm a pesimist by nature but believe that we will have answers cures soon. HANG IN THERE AND WHATEVER YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM - BLESS YOU BLESS ALL OF US WHO LIVE LIFE WITH AN ILLNESS