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Double Vision and Autoimmune Diseases like MG: Can anyone relate?

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Sep 16, 2023 | Replies (54)
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@raye

A variety of medicines can be a common cause of Binocular Diplopia. I was prescribed Alphagan P for increased interocular pressure. (I do not have glaucoma, and hope to prevent it.) After using those eye drops a few months I suddenly began seeing double. According to Mayo Clinic, Alphagan P “commonly causes” double vision. After reading that, I immediately stopped taking it. Seeing double was frightening! Then I noticed gradual improvement. What a relief when it finally resolved after 3-4 months!

One of my Opthalmologists, a retina specialist aged 70, informed me that after taking a doubled amount of Flomax he got double vision.

Suggest researching online to determine whether any of your meds may be a cause. Interestingly, my prescribing Opthamologist refuses to accept the the eye drops he prescribed may have caused double vision. Wishing you, and your eyes well, and hoping you will continue feeling uplifted by seeing beauty in your daily vistas.

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ekelks | @ekelks | Mar 25, 2023

Hello, @raye. It's about 1 year later -- Hope you are well.

Flomax? Is that the nasal decongestant? I'll look that up. i have been using it the week of diplopia.

I also began having double toward the end of my day which is actually @6 am. I'm a chronic insomniac, though if I take enough drugs I can sleep all day long. After which I can barely walk. My balance is bad to begin with, I have Multiple Sclerosis and bad balance is one of my major problem.

Steroids, yes, can help, but too many oral steroids is bad for your vision. A friend with MS almost lost his vision completely because a new doctor was feeding him oral steroids. IV Methyl prednisone is better, once a week (not entirely sure about that) for a few weeks...

I only have double vision when I take off my glasses to write and read. I'm seriously myopic. Now that they've invented thin lenses my glasses look normal but when I was growing up they were brick-thick. Thinned lenses, sunglass-shaded, don't know how prism lenses could be added to all that...will look that up too.

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