High dosage steroids are the normal treatment for a relapse which is causing major problems to you, e.g. your sight. These can be provided orally or intravenously over a course of 3-5 days. It is not designed to be a quick fix, but the steroids will be helping your body to recover over the next 6-8 weeks. However, you may feel an immediate high during the first day or two, but this is followed by the "steroid crash", where things return to where they were. Steroids might give you a metallic taste in your mouth, so having some mints may be an idea. Good luck. :wink:

Hi @berryoye! Six months ago I had my first i.v. steroid treatment ever, due to ON on my right eye. What can I say? As a person who doesn't like needles and hasn't been asessed to hospital 20 years prior to ON, I did pretty good :)). The i.v. has not got major side effects. If the speed is to high, you could feel your temperature rising. Only if this becomes bothersome should you ask the nurse to slow it down. Just ask, in any case, just to be sure how does that apply in your case. If you are prone to anxiety, you should let them know, as corticosteroids could amplify your emotions, and make you more anxious or emotional (been through it, transformed into a cry baby and five minutes later I laughed, because I was ok, but the steroids made me sad :))). It all wears of in the end, and the treatment does reduce your imflammation, and you gradually can see better. Verify your visual accuity by closing one eye at a time and try looking at a yellow surface for Reference (first with your normal eye, and then with your ON eye). Same goes for veryfing contrast, focus on a hospital sign and find out if your vision has improved since the ON debut. Food? Avoid salt, sugar and carbohydrates, as the steroids increase your water retention, your glicemic index, and you could gain pounds. Hope this answer helped you. I did my best in sharing the experience I had with ON, so that you could find something to relate to. Also, I totally agree with @stumbler's point of viei. Hope you get well soon and that all will turn out for the best!