Eyes

[LATW]

Just recently when I am looking at something like the TV screen it jumps.  I THINK it is my eyes but it seems odd.  When it happens it feels like I have a muscle spasm in my head too.  Very strange. Any ideas?

LA dx'd MS   Avonex

[LATW]

Hi Deb,
Yes, my eye problems are worse right after I get up in the morning and then in the evening when I am tired and trying to watch tv. I have felt pressure and strain in my eyes recently.  They are so tired.

LA

[Deb61]

I get the jumpy eyes on and off, since they started a year or two ago.  It's worse now, than before.  I was diagnosed with ON a couple of months ago.  I know exactly what it means when it takes your brain a while to process what you are seeing.  My visual aquity was tested as normal in the doctor's office, but this was after staring at the letters and letting my brain get them into focus.  It's much like a camera, binoculars, or a microscope that needs adjustment before getting the picture focused.  Most things are blurry and doubled, but after focusing and "thinking" about what I'm seeing, it comes into focus.  

My eyes will also cross in the mornings (an old symptom that has returned).  I can straighten them out for a bit, then I realize within a short period of time, that they're crossed again.  

Is the jumpy eye problem worse when you're tired?  That's when I notice most of my eye problems--when I'm tired and when it's dark.  

Deb

[LATW]

Hello,
I started ON last year and things have been down hill since. These spasms are new, so I do need to follow up on.  This is difficult for someone who does not do a good job about seeing the doctor when she whould!!  :-/

LA

[LATW]

Oh yes!, That mouse does run around here at too often too! I have often thought it was a fly.  Sometimes I get this weird feeling someone is standing right beside me.  I thought I was going crazy before my diagnosis.

I see my eye doctor several times a year due to ON.  The eye spasm or head spasm, or whatever it is, just started in the past few weeks.  It really bothers me because it does affect my balance.  

I have not had eye pain recently but my vision is very affected by all of this.  My vision is very difficult to explain. I can see and things in general are not blurry, but I feel like things are coming at me too  fast and I can not process it all like I should...if that makes any sense.  I do have some blurred and double vision at times from ON.

Maybe it is just stress causing me these problems.  I have had a very busy month getting my kids with Downs started in school.  There were meetings and tests and doctor appointments to get done. All 4 of them are now all enrolled.  This coming week I have NO appointments. All I have to do is get kids ready for school and on the bus.  I hope that is all it is.

The Provigil I am on is a life saver. Thanks so much for the support.

LA  

[ShadowsSister]

Yes it could be the MS. MS can effect the eyes, and yes you can be havig spasms, please let your Dr. know. They need to be able to track what is going on in order to offer you better treatments. The MS has hit my optic nerve servral years ago.. it comes and goes.
I hope it gets better for you.. Hugs DJ

[Heather3418]

For almost two years, this Forum and it's members have been talking about the "invisible mouse."  It's such a daily occurrence for me, that I have given up trying to figure out what part of MS causes it.  I just laugh at myself, never telling anyone else what I 'thought' I saw.  

Now for the "jumpy" eyes.  This can be caused by an astigmatism and/or Nystagmus.
You can find out for yourself if this is Nystagmus.  Go to a mirror and look and see if you can see your eyes "shaking" back and forth rapidly.

There is also another problem people with MS can have and it's called, "Marcus Gunn Pupil."  Your Neuro will shine a light in one eye, then the other eye, then back to the first eye.  What will happen is that the pupil will stay large, even though a light is being shined in the eye.  This is from a neurological problem in the brain to the optic nerve and back.  The signal for the pupil to dilate does not respond quickly.

If you are having any problems with your vision, any pain in your eye, blurred vision and the like, you need to notify your doctor.

Let me know how many "mice" you see this week.  My little mouse gets around, let me tell ya.  He's everywhere some days.

Big Hugs,
Heather

[Cre8_it]

I am not on any DMDs as I have not been diagnosed yet.  But I have the jumping and what we call here, "the mouse in the corner" thing, where you think that you've seen something but when you really look there is nothing there!  I agree that you should see an eye doctor.

Zeta

[Wobbly]

Hi...yes your eye are effected alot...I don't know if it's a side effect to Meds or MS?  I would take a guess MS...

alot of people say their vision is way off and see things move across the floor, when there wasn't anyting there... and wavy lines on the side vision... Nystagmus is something to look into as well..

take care
andi
LL

[syndismilez]

I have been having the same thing happen. It has been going on, intermittantly since Jan. I also get a funny weird eyeball jerk every now and then.
I think it might be nystagmus, but I have not seen a doctor.
I have to go in October, so I suppose I should mention it.
The TV jumpies are crazy feeling!!!!
Best bet is you should see your eye doc.
Cyndi UNDx'd Probable