what was your VER test expierence?

[kathykush]

hi everyone, I am awaiting my results for my VER ( visual evoked responce) test results. I am very vervous because I had 2 totally different visual expierences. with my left eye patched the checkerboard appeared to be moving and it was hard to focus on the red dot. however in the other eye the checkerboard seemed still and I rarely lost the red dot. anyone have simular expirences please let me know as I am so scared. thanks kathy

[kathykush]

lol mine was "normal" to however they are refering me to a neuro-othomologist....will the tests ever end.

[PastorDan]

Mine were said to be normal.  The same lab did the SSEP immediately afterward, and the results of that were said to be uninterpretable due to a technical error.  Consequently, I am rather skeptical of the whole experience.  However, I do recall that there was little difference, if any, in what I felt when the right eye was tested, vs. the same feelings in the left.

I've not been diagnosed with ON, but my suspicion is that there's something going on back there, even if it doesnt show (evidence: photos on my profile page, also described as normal), because it hurts like the Dickens when I don't take my Neurontin.

Whatever you have, I will pray that they define it quickly and accurately.

[sllowe]

Hi there,

I had difficulty following w/that checkerboard, but mine were normal from what I was told.

Did you get your results?  Like Alex says, the test alone doesn't tell the whole tale.

Get back w/us when you can,
-shell

[HVAC]

Mine was abnormal. I do not have ON and never have had ON. The Neuro Opthamologist saw something on further testing which made her think MS. The MS Specialist thought it pointed to MS but in his opinion at the time he did not think I had MS. He said the VEP was not even a test he used any more. Later when other tests came back he declared MS and used the VEP as part of the diagnosis. So the test by itself means nothing it is the whole picture. I have two eyes which roll out and do not work together. They have been that way since I can remember.

Alex