I really have been having trouble with double vision in my right eye and now today I have been having severe pain in my eye, so bad I have to rip off my glasses and cover my eye and sometimes apply pressure to my eye. The severe pain is off and on but the tolerable pain is constant. Does this sound like O.N.? Out of my 21yrs with MS I have never has ON. I should mention occasionally I see the color purple when there is nothing colored purple. Just freaking out a little bit over it here.

yeah, it sounds like ON. You should go to your ophthalmologist to get it confirmed tho.

If the double vision is really troublesome, you can patch your eye. (the one causing the problem). When I had double vision a few years ago, my eye doctor just put opaque scotch tape over the lenses of my glasses. It worked great. Didn't damage the lenses of my glasses either. I got the hairy eyeball from people when they saw the tape on my glasses, but it kept me from walking into walls and tripping over the double images that were out to make me fall down.

I strongly suggest a trip to the eye doctor.

I had a blood clot in one of the veins in my left eye once...it made
a purple haze in the center of my vision too.

It turned out to be a stroke in one vein, which bled into the retina.
(I had a horrible stress event at work that lasted hours--and my blood pressure is thought to have escaped my meds, and cause this. But it can also come from elevated homocysteine levels in the blood, which signal a need for B12, B6 and folate).

So if it is not an MS symptom, it could be what I had.

I had angiograms in both eyes, to diagnose this. It cleared up on its own, and I had my BP meds adjusted too.

So please go to the doctor ASAP and I hope it works out for you
easily. Ask for a B12 test also.... low B12 can also cause optic neuritis.

Oh rats, KittyLady,

You've certainly got enough on your plate and don't need or deserve this on top of it all .....

It sure could be ON; especially if the pain is worse when you move the eye. When I've had ON, periodically covering both eyes to stop the affected one from moving helped to reduce the pain.

The purple color thing is a concern.
Mrs. D is right. Please get it checked out ASAP.

(Thanks Mrs. D...I always learn something new from your posts )

With love, Erika

It is time for you to call your doc - either opthamologist or neuro.It could be ON (my hunch) but could also be something else. Eyes are nothing to play waiting/guessing games with - take care & get better soon

Do as they say-get to the doc!!

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