How many Lymies have been experiencing blurry,double vision with "dry eye" sx,floaters that look like spirochetes,etc. that can change hourly or daily? The glasses-no glasses thing is driving me up the wall! My optho was worried about possible glaucoma sx. last year. Does it ever get better, even at my advanced age?LOL Has anyone ever had these sx go away after treatment? Posted by BugBit (Member # 7829) on :
Hi, I am looking forward to any replys you get here. For the last ten years I have been going nutz with vision problems, too. Nothing huge, just a lot of small annoyances. I have had a different prescription - only slightly - every year or so. I do notice it changes with medications but nothing I can lay an eyelash on. *Bit*
Posted by JimMet (Member # 7787) on :
Lily (or is it Carole?),
Ask your eye doctor. I think he'll agree that floaters increase and tear production decreases as a normal function of the aging process after age 40. And it's rare that I encounter any patient without floaters or dry eye symptoms after 60.
Good luck!
Posted by groovy2 (Member # 6304) on :
Hi All
I had bunches of floaters-- After about 15 months on doxi the floaters have almost completily dissapered and have stayed gone so far-
Blured vision is also a little better too--
--Jay--
Posted by Pocono Lyme (Member # 5939) on :
I always had better than 20/20 vision with no visual disturbances etc. until Lyme. Then developed dry eyes, swelling around the eyes, floaters, blurred vision. A big change for me.
I've been treating lyme/co and didn't get any relief from these symptoms until treated for bartonella.
Hope this helps.
Posted by lymelady (Member # 6207) on :
[QB] I always had better than 20/20 vision with no visual disturbances etc. until Lyme. Then developed dry eyes, swelling around the eyes, floaters, blurred vision. A big change for me.
I had the same symptoms (although not 20/20 vision) and noticed when I treat bartonella with appropriate rife frequency, I get stinging in eyes and swelling around eyes which leads me to thnk bartonella could be at the bottom of some of the lyme eye problems. Floaters are mostly gone but still blurred vision, also able to tolerate sunlight a little better.
Lymelady
Posted by lesley1954 (Member # 7626) on :
My 14-year-old daughter, who was recently diagnosed with Lyme, has these visual symptoms: she sees millions of white lights 24/7, and they are worse in the dark than in light; after-images (where the image she has just looked at stays after she has looked somewhere else); trails behind moving objects. These are the main three she complains of, although at other times she has complained of halos around objects, flashes of color, purple squiggles in her vision, thinking there was a hoard of gnats in front of her face only to realize there wasn't (maybe this is a 14-year-old's description of floaters?)
I would be interested to know how many of you have had visual symptoms like these. I have communicated with a few people here who have. We are certainly hoping they are Lyme-related and will resolve with treatment (she was dx in July and has just finished 4 wks of IV Rocephin with no improvement in visual problems yet).
For the past 8 months, I have participated on a forum called Visual Snow, where everyone has some or all of these visual problems. (http://p210.ezboard.com/bthosewithvisualsnow) My daughter was the first of them to be dx with Lyme. Now a second person has. Many have only visual symptoms; others have multi-system problems that certainly make me think Lyme is a possibility. The visual problems are what bothers her the most and whether they are caused by Lyme and will resolve with Lyme treatment is my biggest question.
Anyway, sorry for long post. I'd love to hear from others who have had visual problems of this type. Lesley
Posted by lyme_suz (Member # 7628) on :
My eye dr. discovered inflammation of my retina.
Told me to get into eye surgeon as soom as possible.
Specialist did several tests; one of which consisted of infecting vegetable dye into veins and watching.
I was pretty upset as I have my kids with lyme to take care of. Also, reading is one of my sanity-savers that my eyes and brain could usually handle. Not to mention that I am already extremely nearsighted.
Specialist could not detect anything amiss. Very strange and I believe it was a miracle.
Posted by millymollymandy (Member # 7703) on :
Yep, I get all the floaters and eye stuff too. I don't have dry eyes- quite the reverse. It is not down to just the aging process- mine started suddenly when I was about 32 and I've had them ever since. I am sure that it is another symptom of Lyme... Interestingly, they do seem to clear if I have an alcoholic drink....well, that's my excuse, and probably not a very good one!
Posted by deb obrien (Member # 5239) on :
hi carole - my retinopathy which was diagnosed secondary to babs greatly improved with b12 injections....not toally resolved but easy to tuneout - b12 is neuroprotective and really made a huge difference within a week to 10 days, deb (another grandma, 60's)
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