An opthamologist or neuropthamologist should be able to see any previous damage that was done if you have had ON. Even if your vision returns completely, there is usually still evidence of damage no matter how long ago it was.

Red doesnt always get grayed out. It did gray out for me with my first case of ON (left eye), but apparently my second case of ON (right eye) has done some other weirdness.

In the second case of ON, red looked a lot lighter than it should have. Not as vivid as it should have been. My opthalmologist said that he bet if I had an MRI the optic nerve would be showing an obvious case of ON in the right side. (not always true, I had a flaming case of ON in the left eye the year before and the MRI didnt see it)

i still think you should see an opthamologist.
any vision problems should be checked out further.
if you've had or con't to have an inflammed optic nerve (ON) the dr should be able to tell.

however, even if it's not ON that fact that you have visual disturbances is worthy of a checkup by an eye dr, IMHO.

Oh I agree. Thank you.

Thank all so much, I guess I'll be trying to find an opthamologist tomorrow.

well my first bout of ON was in march 06,and I got a dx of ON in november of 06.
My ON is blind spots in my visual field. And before the blind spots appear I have like a shimmering light in the spot that is going to go blind.
Its weird too.
I also have little floaters that go from one side of my visual field to the other.
I have the eye pain aswell alot.

I vote that you should see an opthalmologist ASAP!

My ON lasted about 10 months before I was treated with IVSM. It didn't improve until I took the medicine. My vision was so bad by the time I got to the neuro-opthalmologist, that I could do some of the tests with my right eye...because I literally couldn't see out of that eye! I was legally blind in my right eye.

And still, the optic nerve didn't look pale.

I was seeing my opthalmologist, the neuro-opth. and a retinalogist (both at Stanford University). They all just kept hemming and hawwing until the LP showed o-bands.

Then everyone said "MS".

They all told me that with the first round of ON, it's not uncommon for the optic nerve NOT to look pale.

get an ophthalmologist to check you out....

When it comes to your eyes, I, personally, wouldn't take a non opthalmologist's advice.....including an ER doc!

ON can be dx (depending on which test they use) a while after onset. A multifocal VEP can pick it up years later.