Has anybody been told not to drive with gca
Driving with gsa: Has anybody been told not to... - PMRGCAuk
Driving with gsa
Only initially - but I had lost sight in one eye! The Ophthamologist told me I could drive after a month, but I didn’t feel I wanted to until about the 3 month mark. After that no issue, DVLA medical department also said I could drive after a month provided I could pass sight test with existing eye - I could.
But GCA without sight issues should be okay - but you need to ensure you are able.
Have you been advised not to drive?
No not been advised not to drive I assume it's because my eyesight is 20 20
Ok...I guess that’s because you’re in the United States and their rules for driving are different. But as 2020 vision is considered average sight, there must be an awful lot of people driving who shouldn’t be.Is your field of vision affected?
It can partly be associated with the dose of pred you are on - in some people higher doses can impair judgement and reaction times as well as concentration.
No but I took myself off the road voluntarily because I thought high dose steroid was impairing my reaction time and concentration. It wasn’t a huge amount of loss but much can happen in a few seconds in a vehicle.
Yes when I was on higher doses of pred, but I could make up my own mind depending on how I felt. If I woke up feeling spaced out ( my description of it), I knew that this was going to be a no drive day. It happened every 2 to 3 days
What do you all class ‘high doses’ as