@Sarah_T 

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Sarah_T

Optic Neuritis

Hi Peeps I've never had optic Neuritis which I am ever so grateful for but I do have a question or two about it. A good friend has been having eye trouble recently. Her left eye became blurrey quite suddenly and has been like it for several weeks. Its making work pretty hard for her and getting her down. She went to an optician who sent her to hospital to have it checked out at a clinic that specialises in Optic neurology and glaucoma. They told her she has probably optic neuritis. She is now waiting for an MRI. The thing that is confusing her is that they said that she is atypical of MS because her eye is still blurrey and should have got better by now. I thought this was odd. Surely everyone & their recovery time is different? She hasn't been diagnosed with MS but now she is worried she has it. My question is a)Do you recover from optic neuritis quickly or is it different for different peeps and b) if she does have optic neuritis could it be that is all she has and she may not have M.S. She has been fabulous support to me over the past few months since I got my diagnosis and I really hope that the same thing isn't happening to her. I'd love to hear your opinions. Thanks Sarah x
@stiv3n2000

hi Sarah, it is really difficult to know how long she will be effected. If it's MS (as that's my condition that lead to my optic neuritis) then it really does vary. There is no general rule of thumb for this. Not to alarm your friend, but my sight never recovered in my right eye,and I've been left with a large scotoma (dark patch in center of my vision) However I'm told I was very unlucky. Best of luck for you and your friend. stiv

@tingly13

I have dealt with it for 25 years. Used to come and go but now is there all the time. Drs think they know so much but really don't. It does varry from peep to peep but usually does go away at some point. Hope your friend is o k. Good luck to you