Well it sounds like you could possibly be having another episode of ON Pippa, and I don't know why the specialist said it wouldn't come back. I've had ON around 6 or 7 times......in both eyes now, but never in both at the same time.

There are other tests for ON apart from MRIs too, and the one I had was called Visually Evoked Responses, or VER for short.


Although stress may increase the symptoms that you're having, something physical like O.N. cannot be caused by stress alone. You can't (as far as I'm aware) cause your self to have blurred vision, just because you're stressed out.

There is however, another possibility for your blurred vision and flashing lights. Migraine Headaches have similar symptoms, and I do believe that stress can trigger those.

I'm glad that your mother will help you get a neuro Appointment, as a short course of Cortisone therapy would probably clear this episode up quickly if it is indeed ON. If it turns out to be migraine headaches, then there are medications to control those as well.

May I also suggest you post in our Headache Forum Pippa, as we have lots of members there who get migraines, and they'd have a better idea than me if your symptoms sound more like migraines than Optic Neuritis at the moment.

Here's the direct link: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum32.html

I hope that's been some help for you, and do try and get that Neuro appointment as something sure isn't right. Good luck Pippa. I hope you get some answers soon.