I am dx with MS, I have had ON too (back in Feb)

For a while now, I have had difficulty seeing while driving at night, especially if it is raining. Well that has seemed to have gotten much worse, to where I can't hardly see unless my bright lights are on.

AND at night in my house, when everything is completely dark and I walk into a room. Where before, I could atleast see the outlines of the furniture; now it is like a black hole, really completely black, and I am feeling around for furniture so I don't run into something.

Not sure if this even makes sense to anyone....I just know that it is more difficult for me to see in low light situations now, and I am wondering if this is related to the MS? I am 47 yrs old.

I have the same symptoms. I had ON a little more than a year ago and have noticed that my vision at night has gotten worse. I'll be 50 next month so I'm not sure how much has to do with age and how much with MS. I do know that my vision is much better when my eyes are rested and I haven't been busy on the computer or watching television.

I have the same symptoms. I have had ON several times, and my optic nerve is really sensitive. its worse if I am stressed, or over tired.

Well-placed night lights make movement around the house in the middle of the night much safer.

thanks for the replies.....

Do you all think this is a MS thing?

I'm not sure if this will help but my experience has been this:

Last flare up (july-sept) I went from double vision/blurred vision to having my R eye go completely blind in a diagonal fashion-just R eye. It was very weird. Only happened during extreme fatigue.

It hasn't happened since flare up ended. Thankfully.

I do have a harder time in low light too. I think its called photosensitivity. Not really sure. Its like on the bottom of the ladder as far as complaints for me - LOL - too much other stuff going on - like the diagonal black-out. What's up with that !!

I don't know if anyone here can give you a definitve answer on whether your low light vision troubles are caused by MS, but my guess is that it is. I've only had ON once, and that was 6 years ago. Since, vision has been less than stellar. I also had lesions in the area of the brain that controls vision, so that might be adding to it, too. Since you had ON fairly recently, maybe it's just taking time to resolve completely? I hope so!

I am 49 had MS over 25 years had ON 3 times last about 7 years ago. Just in the last year maybe year and a half I have noticed more difficulty driving at night. For me it is not only a low vision thing but my eyes are very light sensitive (bright lights) and when I have a ton of headlights shining in my face I have a tendency to get sort of dicombobulated; miss seeing exit signs & get lost, wander over the highway lines. I CAN drive if I have to with difficulty but try to avoid it. My mom will be 80 in December & has poor night vision due to age & diabetes. Many (most) of the MS events here in NY are at night so what I do if MY MOM GOES WITH ME. She keeps me sane & between the 2 of us we can drive safely though we do pick & choose which events to go to. I go to a regular MS meeting on the last Wednesday of the month from 6 pm to 9 pm I went alone a fe w months ago when mom & I were arguing & got so lost (part of this was due to construction detours); I was a WRECK when I got home. Last month the meeting was on the last Thursday instead of Wednesday I really wanted to go as special things were planned that night. Mom AGREED TO GO then at the last minute remembered she planned a day trip with a friend the same day & the bus would not bring them home until after 6. Though I REALLY wanted to go I let SANITY prevail & stayed home. I CANNOT put myself & Esperanza at RISK.