Hi,
an eye specialist is called for.
An optometrist mainly checks eyes for vision stuff and prescribes glasses/ vision correction. An opthamologist is an eye doctor.
The optimetrist may miss things and don't check so detailed. You definitely need a specialist.
I saw both an opthamologist and a neuroopthamologist and have had retinal exams regularly lately, but so far despite having visual symptoms nothing has shown up, and I have been given a clean bill of health. However, I know there is something going on, even if it can't be seen. Maybe it is happening further back than can be visualised by the eye doctors.
Also was having eye pain and finally went to an eye doctor and they said it was an eye infection.... which was easily treatable.... (still have eye pain from time to time, but no infection upon last checkup). So even there, is still worthwhile seeing someone specialist, in case it is something completely unrelated and treatable.
S
I saw my regular eye doc, who did your basic exam which takes long enough, and was told not only no ON, but all's well in general. Just need stronger reading glasses (mind you, I didn't even need reading glasses a year before - this is second strength in increase in a year).
Something just seemed wrong, so I saw an eye specialist a few weeks ago and was told I have not only ON, but also macular degeneration - both missed by the regular doc only a few months prior.
I had told both I was having eyeball pain, like a needle sicking in the back of my eye, and that sometimes - but not always - colors and lines were off. Sometimes I could not read print even with my reading glasses that other times I can read without the glasses.
Go see a specialist. It's definitely worth the extra effort. My health insurance paid for it entirely because of my eye pain and as part of MS/rule out testing. The diference in the testing and technology used was unbelievable. If it's a false alarm, you'll be darn sure that it really is.
Penn
I have had trouble with my eyes since last February and have had two exams by an Opthamologist and he insists that there is nothing wrong with my eyes and that it is my MS.
Nothing has improved since the last appointment I had in Nov. with the eye dr. but no one wants to help me!
I don't know that it couldn't be ON in your case though honey...how long ago was that eye exam? ON I believe is insidious in that it can creep up on you pretty quickly so I don't think it would hurt to have another exam anyway would it (for peace of mind if nothing else).
For me the size of the font changes as the print moves up the page and the paragraphs are always crooked in the box as I type...there is always an open space under the print at the right of the page. I can no longer read small print with my glasses on but that has nothing to do with my eyes, it is my brain! My glasses are fine and my eyes haven't changed in two years.
In my opinion being that there is a color change, you probably should get it checked as soon as you can...better safe than sorry!
Rena
Yes, there is a difference, but I'm wondering only if the optometrist would have been expected to visualize any issues related to ON.
"I just had an eye exam--at the mall with an optometrist--so I'm pretty sure there is no ON there, right? The optometrist would have seen something? I have 20-20 vision otherwise, based on that appt. I'm 39 and was expecting to have to get glasses because of vision issues I have while working, but I didn't need glasses."
Does anyone have answers to these questions?
Thanks for your response, willow.
Yesterday, after being out in the sun for a while, I came in and could not distinguish between blue, purple, and red. That continued for at least an hour. At times, I feel my vision grow dim and then it brightens again. I have no idea what causes it, but I know it's a scary feeling.