drunk eyes

[drunkeyes877]

why do my eyes feel drunk? They feel like the muscles aren't working properly.

[saucygrl]

You are certainly not crazy!  I'm glad this question came up because mine are doing the same things at night before bed that yours are doing in the morning.  I called my neuro about it and she also told me it wasn't possible.  Hopefully it will get better!

Chris

[dogmum]

My eyes started *swimming* last summer before my double vision became a steady thing until the end of the year when it mostly cleared up.  

Since then, I've had episodes that last a week or so at a time where I wake up with double vision that maybe lasted 5 minutes to several hours and then cleared up for the rest of the day.  I've had 3 neuros tell me that this is impossible, but I've heard several people now share that this also happens to them.  So thankful for this forum as it lets me know I'm not the only one.

Hugs!
Laura

[jensequitur]

So what are the eyes doing?  Are they having a hard time focusing?  Are they crossing, or not moving together?

Nystagmus is a form of action tremor.  If you try to look at something, but your eyes jerk back and forth, that's nystagmus.  Double vision is caused by a lack of coordination in the eye muscles - like Kyle, I get double vision in the mornings. I also have a problem with flickering light, and moving objects in my field of vision.

[kwarendorf]

It could be that the muscles aren't working correctly. :-)

I have nystagmus. This is a condition in which the muscles controlling the eyeballs get out of sync. There is nothing wrong with my optic nerve. But the messages from my brain to me eye muscles get screwed up by MS.

When it shows up, for the first five minutes of every day, I have double vision. If I cover one eye my vision is fine. It was a constant companion during my last relapse a year ago. I'm not sure there is much that they can do for it, short of wearing an eye patch and looking like a pirate. Luckily for me it seems to confine itself to the first few minutes of the day.

Kyle