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

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@ekelks

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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@ekelks Am i understanding correctly-you’ve had double vision for 2 years? Does your doctor say what the cause is? I only had it for 2-3 months when I first was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. He mentioned prism glasses, but we never had to try using them. Has your doctor talked about using these?
You grew up wearing glasses? Me, too! When glasses weren’t cute, either!
You mentioned that your day ends at 0600! Are you a nurse?