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Posted by Surruh (Member # 19734) on :
 
Hello again

I have another question..

I have been experiencing some weird visual

problems. I had a sudden onset of starbursting

at night with halos. I also see a light static

in the air. Opthamologist says eyes look good.

I've had a VEP and MRI with both normal.


But my really weird eye issue is when I look at

words that are lit up or white lettering against

a black background (credits after a movie), the

letters seem to rise up

almost like a doulbe vision but not really

because it only "rises" halfway. The best way I

can desribe this is having 50% double vision

that occurs vertically. It only happens when

words are bright and not all the time.


Sometimes I think I am going crazy!

Anyways, does anyone else experience this?

Thanks!

-Sarah
 
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
 
no knowledge of this; bottom of 2nd page; anyone??
 
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
 
It sounds as if it is a brain/neuro thing... but I am not a doctor.

I would look at black letters on a white page and when getting about mid way in a sentence the words would sort of melt and curve downward on the page.. like they were melting off the edges.

I don't know if what you are experiencing is a brain/neuro thing... but maybe your LLMD could answer that question?

I hope so.

[Big Grin]
 
Posted by jt345 (Member # 19638) on :
 
Hi

When I am having a bad day ,words on a page seem to move to the center and get all jumbled up.

That is something that never really went away,I still ahave a very hard time reading,or remembering what I read. I am sure it is brain damage,but life goes on and so will I.

I hope it clears up for You.
be as well as You can be
appleseed

Hi Tin

How is the Moon these days?
 
Posted by dguy (Member # 8979) on :
 
sounds a bit like ophthalmic migraine, which I have experienced
 
Posted by Starfall1969 (Member # 17353) on :
 
I have a lot of weird visual issues as well.

I just generally have trouble focusing, I see things that look like pulsating disco balls, lots of floaters, and my right pupil dilates abnormally.

Same as you, the eye doctors say I'm fine, I've had MRI's and CT scans, been checked for retinal detachment, macular degeneration and MS--all normal.

Someone on here had suggested mangosteen juice for visual issues.

I haven't gotten around to getting any because of finances right now, but you might check into that.
 
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
 
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Surruh,

What you describe is not at all strange. I have that and more. Eye doctors cannot see all that is happening and much can happen with the brain messages from eyes

AND the EARS play into this, too. Much of what you mention can also indicated some inner and middle ear involvement which is common with lyme.

also - the nerves may simply be too tired or irritated - or swollen.

Magnesium should help calm down over excited neuro signals. Fish oil can soothe the nerve fibers and anti-oxidants can also help.

I'll come back later with some links but have to rest now.

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Posted by Glassgal (Member # 668) on :
 
Surruh,

I've had this very same visual for many years.

Especially the letters on TV scrolling on bottom.

Also warning signs along road at night do the same.

I see the yellow diamond-shaped sign and then see another one half way up above it.

Been treating since 1990 and still having this problem.

Ellen
 
Posted by John S (Member # 19756) on :
 
I have the letters of print seem to melt and wiggle thing, really bad black stringy floaters, strange flashes of light, floating black dots, and sometimes things look blurry like looking at the top of a road on a hot day.

The eye doctor told me I had 20/20.
 
Posted by paulieinct (Member # 17514) on :
 
I have same problem. Double vision where the second "ghost" image is just below the other. Sometimes it will be to the side. Sometimes just blurry. This after 9 mos. of abx. Vision has gotten worse even as some other symptoms have improved.
 
Posted by stjohn (Member # 15274) on :
 
one thing to keep in mind is that your eyes themselves may be healthy and disease free...but your vision may be affected.

i saw my fair share of eye doctors who kept firing me because they said my "eyes were fine" adn i insisted that they were wrong because i knew soemthing WAS wrong.

Finally i found an opthalmologist who figured out within 5min that my problem with with my vision (and he said it was from lyme).

Now i have dyslexia, convergence insufficency, double vision, blurr vision, dry eyes etc. I started vision thearpy but had to stop because i had neurological problems taht made the eye therapy kind of ineffective. but i'll return when the neuro stuff subsides (IF it subsides).

so if your eye doctors didn't do any tests or examination for any vision disorders, you might want to find a vision therapist who you can ask to do vision testing...not eyesight testing. my testing took about an hour with a ton of (frustrating) tests.

hope this helps.
 
Posted by CheriAnn (Member # 19673) on :
 
Surruh, I have this same issue in my left eye only. Night time double vision, white on black, caution

signs. It also seems more sensitive to light. Some days are better than others and even not at all.

Glad to know I am not crazy!
 
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
 
Yes, I had a lot of these eye symptoms - the floating images, blurred vision, floaters, eye muscle pain, plus light sensitivity.

When I drank mangosteen juice, an anti-inflammatory juice, symptoms cleared up in 24 hours! Now that's fast!

If you try it, drink a little, as it can be powerful, and also drink a lot of water too.

You can get various brands in healthfood stores, online (I get the Ultra mangosteen one from vitacost -

it has 70 minerals added to it), and the strongest is Xango, sold multilevel.

I also perfectly passed a neuro-opth exam just before I started the juice, even tho he had to anesthetize my eyes for me to even look at light.

Just goes to show that our inflammatory eye problems don't necessarily show up on standard eye tests.
 
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
 
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http://tinyurl.com/dc9u8c (Through Amazon)


The Eye Care Revolution: Prevent and Reverse Common Vision Problems - by Robert Abel, Jr. M.D.


You can read customer reviews and look inside the book.


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http://www.vrp.com/ArticlesCategory.aspx?k=Vision_Sight

32 articles on Vision and Sight

One of those:

http://www.vrp.com/articles.aspx?ProdID=art1068&zTYPE=2

Vision: Natural Ways to Maintain Eye Health - By Jim English

Excerpt:

. . .

A number of nutrients have been extensively studied for their ability to treat a wide variety of vision-related conditions by preventing the damage caused by free radical activity and by enhancing the delivery of blood and oxygen to the retina to help repair tissues

. . . .

- full article at link above.

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There is a special lens that helps those with dyslexia - it may also help with what you are dealing with as the print sort of moves around and that is sometimes what those with dyslexia experience.

There is a variety of color choices, depending on individual effect:

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http://irlen.com/


IRLEN LENSES


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Posted by astriapage (Member # 17120) on :
 
Just wanted to let you know:

One day I lost my vision completely-I woke up and could not see at all!

Everything was completely blurry, and it scared me to death, and I found an eye doctor to see me that afternoon.

He was Lyme literate-his partners wife has Lyme-and he chalked it up to lyme.

I was better the next day! I don't know, but it was very weird.
 


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