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Lines appear to be jumping all the time

I woke up on my 19th birthday blind in my left eye. Diagnosed as Optic Neuritis, I had an MRI & ruled out MS. 3 years later, my right eye, another MRI ruled out MS.
2 Years ago I had difficulty swallowing & was referred to our MS clinic. They have been following me ever since. I've had an MRI, blood tests, an EP (the vision & the electrical tests) and the Ansler grid looks fine.
For almost 2 years now I have been seeing
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unlikely IMO that the symptoms you describe are related to/caused by keratoconus.  as for whether a 'retina' specialist would see that...keratoconus is a corneal problem, not a retinal one.  but yeah you're right...not too many docs would miss that (although i have seen a few miss it blatantly).  you really need a topography to diagnose keratoconus in its early stages.

repeated ON stinks of MS, even if the mri's are clear.  sounds a lot like MS to me (and your other docs, apparently, based on the tests you've been given...)

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I know MS can't be predicted, but can this go away by itself?  Don't MS symptoms tend to clear up in a given time?  This has been almost 2 years straight!
Are there any eye excercises I can do?
Is there any way this could just be tense muscles or stress-related?  What about long hours on the computer?
Would any medications help?
Do you think I've been seen by enough Dr's, or should I keep persuing it? There's not much left to do, but if this could be malicious, I'd put off the family thing for a year to get it figured out.
Much thanks
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"I know MS can't be predicted, but can this go away by itself? Don't MS symptoms tend to clear up in a given time? This has been almost 2 years straight!"

well, *IF* one has MS...no it usually doesnt go away.  it jusually ust gets progressively worse over time.

"Are there any eye excercises I can do?"

not that would help any, no.

"Is there any way this could just be tense muscles or stress-related? What about long hours on the computer?"

none of those cause optic neuritis, no.

"Would any medications help?"

dont know.  ask the neurologist.  i personally kind of doubt it, but i am admittedly not super-knowledgeable about MS

"Do you think I've been seen by enough Dr's, or should I keep persuing it?"

second opinions are almost never a bad idea...
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