Neurological Opthamologist
 

Several people on another forum suggested I see a Neurological Opthamologist for my eye problems. Has anyone seen one of these doctors?

Also, I read that some of the eye symptoms can be a form of peripheral neuropathy also. Does anyone else have visual disturbances?

Hi Onebeed,

Yes, dry eyes and eye floaters developed after a few months. Also, my vision is not as sharp but that may be due to the Gabapentin, which according to my retinal specialist is not uncommon.

Cliffman :)

I have various eye issues, and more of them in recent days and weeks. Some blurriness, itching, pain, watering, a feeling of something being in my eyes, and some other lovely things. I'm seeing an optometrist for some tests in a week or two, and then on to an ophthalmologist from there, I imagine. But I may have Sjogren's and the eyes often get hit in that.

I went to a regular ophthalmologist because of my dry eye. He was able to see some nerve damage just through a regular exam. Threw me. I'll be going back in March for a follow-up.

My corrected vision is 20/20...no symptoms. In fact I thought my dry eye was improving! Got a prescription for Restasis...he told me to toss my OTC tears solutions...said they are ultimately irritating. Who knew?

Well, I guess I'll count myself lucky in this regard. I just had an in-depth eye exam two evenings ago, and he said everything looks great. My distance vision is still 20/20, although my close-up vision is crapping out in my old age. Still, it didn't get any worse from last year.

He knows about my neuropathy and reactive hypoglycemia and said there's zero sign of diabetic retinopathy. I was relieved to hear that.

Floaters, missing spots in vision, sensitivity to light, sparks of light, blurriness, episodes of tunnel vision, delayed tracking, eyes pouring tears at times and other times very dry were all issues that developed as my neuropathy throughout my body progressed. As I am having improvements, so are my eyes. It is clearly all related to whatever took me down, but as usual with conventional medicine, they just refer, refer, refer.
Each part of the body is is viewed as its own completely separate unit.
I went to a an eye doctor and the best she could do was tell me that my retina is not detached.

An ophthalmologist once told me that artificial tears that contains preservatives can irritate the eyes. She recommended to use artificial tears without preservative when using the eye drops more than 4 times a day.

So I had a thorough eye exam, including an OCT, and my eyes seems to be just fine. The additional watering or tearing seems to be less about dry eyes, he said, than about congestion of sorts. He was an optometrist, but here they're doctors. There is something going on with my eye, but there's no visible nerve damage and loss of vision. Not sure what to make of this, but at least I know that despite the weirdness, there are some things that are okay with my eyes.

Did he do a Schirmer's test for dryness? It is actually quite normal for excessive tearing to occur with dryness. The feeling of foreign objects/grit in your eyes is tell-tale dryness and/or inflammation. A Schirmer's test is a little strip placed in the eye to determine tear production.

If you continue to have odd sensations with your eyes, i would suggest seeing an ophthalmologist vs optometrist. There are numerous tests to look for inflammation, etc. that an optometrist might not catch.