Fnd - eyes

[lifeofpain]

Has anybody got blurred vision like its cloudy ? I have had my eyes checked and all ok. Fnd does such awful things. Coping is very hard day by day. Thank you

[Van604]

Yes, I get that. My eye doctor said it's alternating exotropia, which is where the eyes are moving side to side really quickly. Didn't say what to do about it though...

[Lady4 in reply to Van604]

Hi Van, would slow eye exercises (when not experiencing rapid eye movements) help train the eyes in any way? Or any grounding techniques.

[Tora1]

I get that as well. I got it worse last summer and this summer it's back again.

[eviedotty]

can you explain further please as in is it permanent or does it come and go, is it worse when you are tired or ill etc

I have visual disturbances but I wouldn’t have put it on FND. I saw the optician and she made me glasses with a tint to resolve things when this happens. I also have ocular dystonia in my right eye but I can resolve this by squeezing my eyes shut. This is why I am asking other questions about your eyes. Have you been diagnosed as FND in the eyes?

[lifeofpain in reply to eviedotty]

Hi, this comes and goes. Just blurry and cloudy now and again. I have so many unexplained issues dr doesnt know the answers, either fibro or fnd , i have chronic migraines as well. I cannot tolerate medications due to multiple chemical sensitivity.

[eviedotty in reply to lifeofpain]

I have the same problem with meds, have you spoken to your optician because you may find them more helpful than the neurologist I certainly did. I went to buy carpet after I had the painter in and basically as I moved through the aisle of carpets each one turned white so it effectively looked like snow blindness. I asked the assistant for some help and he was really good because I didn’t want to tell him that I couldn’t for the moment see colours. I chose and paid for the carpet and essentially had three days to wait to see what I had bought which thankfully turned out to be really nice. The glasses made for me now would stop a repeat of what happened because I also couldn’t handle certain colours on the walls it made me seasick. Now having had the full works carried out by the optician she was able to identify that I have two of the six muscles used to move the eye around on the right side were damaged or not working properly. I was also able to have identified a very tiny tear in the retina and have been told if I get any new symptoms I am to be seen straight away at the optician. I was taken to the hospital from the optician the first time I went in an ambulance to have scans etc to make sure all was fine from the brain and was treated for dystonia in the eye. I was then followed up at the hospital eye specialist.

The bottom line is that in my experience I would never get this level of assessment from a neurologist clinic. I now understand what is happening on a bad day and can deal with it much easier

[Obrien8175]

Yes! I had them checked as well. My OT told me to blink my eyes for a minute or two. And often that brings my vision back to normal.

[lifeofpain in reply to Obrien8175]

Thank you will do that