Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has any experience of taking pregabalin and it causing blurry vision. I've had a bit of a rough time getting onto pregabalin, but am persevering ... I seem to have tolerated the stomach upsets now after taking a low dose of 50mg day and night for a month or so. I then upped this to 75mg twice a day and 2 weeks after this my vision went blurry for a couple of weeks. My eyes have all been checked and my pharmacist said she had seen this several times with pregabalin and if I gave it a couple of weeks it should get better ... and sure enough it has! I am now tolerating the 75mg twice a day dose.
Unfortunately, I don't think this is high enough and I still get pain in my legs and my nurse agrees that the dose is probably too low. I'm concerned about increasing the dose further in case the vision problems occur again as I am going through a busy spell where I can't really afford to be unable to drive or read. I was wondering if anyone had any experience of getting blurred vision with pregabalin, and if so, did it occur everytime the dose was increased or was it just a one off while the body adjusted to the drug?
Any experience others have with this would be appreciated.
Thanks
Steve
hi, i have only joined the forum today. My sister has MS, has for 7 years. She has been in denial for years, coped very well, still working, socialising etc,. but i have seen a change recently. Yesterday she told me that she has very blurred vision, and has had it for over a year without telling anybody. at times it can be very bad, virtual blindness.. she described it as feeling as though the sun is shining straight onto your eyes, just a huge bright light, and she an see outlines of people, or prominent features.. but she is still driving.. she is too scared to tell anybody, incase she loses her license, and then her job etc,.. ive looked up the prognosis of her symtptons, but can only find the optic neurosis?? which doesnt really describe her symptoms because she had had them for a long time/permanent.. and evryone seems to only suffer the blurred vision temporarily, so im lost.. does anyone else here suffer with symptoms similar to my sister.. she has never had any medication, she has been abandoned by the nhs since diagnosis.. theyve bascially told her there is no help, just management,, but ive heard that steroids can help the vision problems, and that some medication can slow down the deterioration of the disease.. can anyone help me?? im not sure what to do next!
Hi All
A couple of weeks ago I posted on here about double vision and other weird and wonderful things. I now have the double vision constantly and have a temporary prism fitted to my glasses to stop the double vision. So far it's going well but at times I still notice some double vision. The worst thing is I can't wait to get the prism out as it's driving me round the bend. I can't see properly (doesn't help that there's a possibility of Optic Neuritis rearing its head again since the nerves were looking a bit pale and the horizontal lines on the prism keep catching my eye). I can't seem to write properly or type so it's taking me a bit longer to jot things down at home and at work. I asked about a numb tongue and food tasting weird. It's still there but I'm noticing that it's only on the right side of my tongue and the double vision is in the left eye. I have also noticed that it feels really weird when brusing my teeth on the right side of my face. My balance and co-ordination is completely off and can't go around busy places without my walking stick. I can manage without it at home and at work as I know the layout and there's stuff around to find my balance on.
I'm sorry if it comes across as ranting but it's been going on for around a month now and it seems to be wearing me out. Funny to think that all this started with a bout of vertigo 4 weeks ago.
Hello all,
I really did not want to be posting here and as I write you hopefully understand why.
About 2 months ago I noticed my right eye was getting faded vision, like reading a letter where the printer was running out of ink. I would say dull, faded, grey? but 100% NOT blurred...
Each day I get up its fine, I get ready for work, shower etc... and then I notice it. It is mostly like it all day but possibly comes and goes.
There is no pain, but almost a feeling of pressure, but very light.
Here is the weird part...
If I goto the gym, or take my dog for walks it gets worse, just as if I run or rush around.
But...
If I go out and have a beer or two, not as in drunk but just relaxed it goes perfectly back to normal!
Also if I lay down and rest, or relax a bit it goes away, and seems to go back to normal at night no matter what I am doing.
After a few doctor visits, a lots of tests as hospital eye clinic, there is nothing wrong. So further questions to doctor and waiting ages I am lucky enough to have taken out health care, so went to private hospital, saw an eye/nuro specialist who did more tests, all fine, so he asked me to go for a 20 minute jog/run and sure enough came back and results on tests were different.
Had an MRI scan and it showed inflammation of a nerve, on further conversation with doctor he used the phrase I did not want to hear...Demyelination of a nerve in the Centra Nervous System.
He has referred me to a Nurologist to speak more but in the mean time I can only but worry.
I have to state that my Dad has MS, and sure enough when younger lost vision in one eye totallty, it came back though, and then 30 years later he has muscle wastage in one leg, started in the last few years.
Appreicatation and thanks to anyone who has read this far...
I am just after some advice, help, or anything on what I should do?
As I understand they do not name it until there are a few different episodes linked together?
I have no idea if connected but my right hand can occasionally feel a little weak when pouring a kettle, and my right leg can occasionally feel, hmmm cold or a little achey, but only if I have been busy like this morning kneeling down painting and bending about which I dont usually do, this could be just as I havent used these muscles etc.... but you cant help but worry.
My doctor did say try not to connect the symptoms and at one point said the eye thing could be a vascular but now not so sure.
Does any of this sound familar to anyone?
He did mention there are steroids which can reduce or even reverse the imflammation.
Is there anything I can do as tests or eat to help or anything?
Sorry a bit all over the place but any information would be helply.
Many thanks in advance.
Dave
Hey
So I finally got myself to the opticians on Saturday, and was there a bloomin whole hour! Aside from the usual needing new glasses, I failed the peripheral vision test. (It was the test where you look at the orange dot and press and button every time you see a white dot/light thingy.)
I had this test 2 or 3 years ago (before I knew or suspected anything of MS), and they said the results weren't good and I should go back & repeat it when I wasn't tired. I never got round to going back (working shifts was hard to find a time I wasn't tired!). They did the peripheral vision test twice this time, and the optician said that on all 3 tests I had missed all the lights at the top. He looked very confused and asked if I had seen the lights and just not pressed the buttons, and then told me that the results were the same as the test I had 2years ago, so really, yes mr optician, I remembered the exact button presses I missed a couple years ago and decided to miss the same ones again twice in a row this time?!!
Anyhow, I digress, he said it wasn't consistent with any eye diseases they would usually pick up on and so has referred me to the hospital for further tests.
I did tell him I had MS, and he appeared not to know a lot about it at all. (my hint to this being that when I asked him if he could pick up on optic neuritis during an eye test, he said "noooo, is there a history of that in your family" to which I replied "nooo, but it is very common in MS & I feel that is what is wrong with my right eye" to which he replied "oh".
After being in there a whole hour I couldn't face sticking about the choose the new glasses, so will be trying to kit myself out with those tomorrow. (Part of the longness was due to the air puff test being done twice because I kept blinking and pulling my head back, and they say I have a problem with my reflexes?!!! )
Just wondering if anyone else has any experience of this 'peripheral vision test' and an odd result from it? Is this common in MS? Or could it be totally un-related to MS?
Mustard x
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