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Hello, I was hoping to find out more about others experience with optic neuritis and how long it has tended to last? Is there anything that helps? I've had the condition for a good few months now and I'm worried that it will have lasting damage to my vision? I'm currently in the process of official...

Hi, does anyone have the same experience? I have optic neuritis. In the hospital I received IV steroids with no effect, then 5 plasmapheresis also with no effect. It is now almost 6 weeks since the first admission. Has anyone's vision started to improve even later, when nothing changed during pl...

Hi, i had optic neuritis in my left eye in october, i didnt loose my sight but i had blurry vision and pain when moving my eye. I was treated with steroids at the time which made the pain completely go. Since then my eye is much better but i do get like little black what i can only describe as float...

Dies anyone have any wisdom or information to share on Optic Neuritis? It was my 3rd relapse &the one that got me my diagnosis. Each time I’ve had a check up my neurologist seems to move the goalposts with how long it may last. I started with it in April 2021, it isn’t as bad but my vision still is...

Hi, just a little bit of background I was diagnosed with ms in 2020 following an episode of optic neuritis and a severe relapse about 2 months after. I fully recovered from my second relapse, however the optic neuritis never fully recovered. I went complexly blind in my left eye and I am now left w...

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Hi all, I have had a blurred eye (periferal vision) since end of July. It goes away and then comes back worse. I cam see out of it but blurry and such an effort to focus. Do I contact my GP? Told MS Nurse in August but they just took notes. So frustrating not hurting. I feel like the muscles need re...

Hi all, My partner was diagnosed with MS a few months ago after a bout of quite severe optic neuritis. Some vision has luckily recovered, but they can still see very poorly with the affected eye. It has been more than 6 months now and I am wondering if anyone has experienced any recovery in ON afte...

Hey, I was just diagnosed with optic neuritis and also seem to have signs of previous inflammation in my brain — I don’t have an official MS diagnosis at this point but they think it’s one of the autoimmune diseases or something in the “MS family” of diseases— not sure what that means. I received a ...

Hello there, Decided to reach out because I am at a crossroads. Diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS in 1998 and started Avonex that same year. Been on Avonex Ever since. Over the last 10 years my MS has remained stable with some noticeable weakness in my legs since the pandemic, I contribute that ...

Hi guys. Just want to know if there is anyone else out there that has had optic neuritis due to having MS. Iv just been diagnosed with MS.

Anybody else experience 20 20 vision 99% of the time, but when you start to exercise suddenly the eyesight goes a bit wierd... Not that I can't see it just goes a bit odd, like struggles with high contrast and bright things, it's almost like what I imagine colour blindness to be like. Returns to nor...

Hello there! I am newer to this forum, but diagnosed in 2020 with RRMS. Since then I’ve been on a couple different medications (copaxone, now rebif). However I am still experiencing things that I’m not sure about… My mom who also has MS, had the first symptom of optic neuritis. This isn’t somethin...

Hello, I’m new here. My neurologist suspects MS after seeing swelling behind my eyes ( ON?) and lesions on my MRI I do have mild symptoms of ms atm including fatigue dizziness pain when walking tingling in arms and legs. I’m petrified I’m 25 years old and I’m trying to come to terms with this, I ...

Hi, I last had optic neuritis around 2016 and before that in 2011. Since then I have been diagnosed with MS and had two doses of lemtrada. The last was in February 2019. I have just started to get these symptoms and think I might have optic neuritis again. Does ON feel different or effect us diff...

Hi I started losing vision 6 weeks 4 days ago to be precise. My left eye is has a gray cloud over the central vision - peripheral is ok. My right eye has blurring on the edges, so if I look at a word, the last letters come in and out of vision. I had IV steroids at 12 days - they did nothing but m...

Hi everyone, hope you are all doing well. :) I am interested to hear about people's experiences with Optic Neuritis, and in particular those who have had a slow recovery from it. My own story - I got an attack of Optic Neuritis in my left eye in June this year. It started off with some mild pain a...

Hi I am looking for some advice on how to manage my ON symptoms when I return to work. I had iv steroids at the end of November and most of my vision has returned in the right eye but using electronic devices/screens can cause the blurred vision, Fogginess and pain to return temporarily. Occ he...

Hi, I'm new to this site and have not been diagnosed with MS yet. I have suspected for 7 years now that I have it. I am 50 years old and live in the North West of England with my husband and 14 year old son and 11 year old daughter. 7 year ago I was very ill and bilateral optic neuritus was diagnos...

Hi, I'm new to this site and have not been diagnosed with MS yet. I have suspected for 7 years now that I have it. I am 50 years old and live in the North West of England with my husband and 14 year old son and 11 year old daughter. 7 year ago I was very ill and bilateral optic neuritus was diagnos...