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!!

Please let us know how you're doing...

I suffer from CRPS(3 years now) after a botched bunion surgery. The peripheral nerve pain has spread to different parts of my body during this time.
I started having sharp pains in my right eye about 2 years ago and my vision in both eyes was getting increasingly worse overall. After my eyeglass prescription changed 5 times in a year and a half, I finally saw an opthamologist for testing. Turns out I have nerve damage in my right eye and cataracts in both that are growing pretty fast. The doctor doesn't know if the nerve damage is Glaucoma or if it was caused by the CRPS. Could this be ON due to my CRPS?? I'm using eyedrops right now prescribed for glaucoma.

Kitty Lady- I am worried about you. Please write when you can.

Mary- Welcome to NT. I don't know how CRPS (RSD) would effect the eye. An ophthalmologist is an MD that specializes in the eye. What does he think?

ANN

Tried calling my neuro and he's on vacation! Nurse told me to go to ER. Yea, with no insurance, Im right on that! So here I stay at home just to suffer it out and doc is back next week, and I just so happen to have an appt next week, so might as well wait it out. Severe pain in my lower back, severe pain in my neck when I wake up, Im back to waking up every 1 to 1/2 hours. Im on heavy muscle relaxers and its not knocking me out during the day very well. The pain is waking me up. Ive been falling again do to pain. I called my dd to come for just one week and be with me to help me out and she said, sorry mom, we don't have the money. Her dh is a truck driver, don't give that load of carp! She wont call me because I talk on the phone too long, true story! She just told me that, and so did my other dd. My youngest dd will call but she knows to talk to me she has to have at least 30-45 to spare. Suddenly Ive become a burden to my own family. With all this, and the pain, gotta say, most days anymore, I could care less if I wake up or not. Feels as if my entire family has abandoned me. Sorry I got off subject

Its so glad to hear from you again KittyLady!

We are all concerned when someone doesn't check in. Sorry that it is under such stressful circumstances. Family issues are the last thing that you need to deal with, so I'm sorry about that too.

Please come here. While we can't make the physical pain go away, sometimes just talking about the emotional upheavals with those who understand, helps a lot.

In my thoughts and sending gentle s

With love, Erika