Anyone ever have a sudden onset of blurry vision in one eye (right) that doesn't go away? I think it was sudden. I don't seem to recall a slow progression...it just happened, but maybe got slightly worse over a day or so. My eye has been like this since last Sunday (9/25), and is basically no better or no worse. I had a hard time reading some small print in the church program on Sunday, and something didn't seem right. Usually I don't have a problem reading it in the darkness of the auditorium. I went to my family doc. He didn't have much to say (no blood work was done). He referred me to a opthalmologist. He did a few tests and also had me examined on this optical machine where you stare at a green LED light in the shape of an asterik (best example I can think of to describe it) that takes a picture of your eye...nothing showed up on that test, but it ruled out a couple things (stigmatism and something else). He set up another appointment at an eye clinic where they had me stare at a little red LED light while the machine snapped pics of my eye to see the circulation (of blood). I got an injection of flourescent dye...which really messes with the color of your urine (wow...it glows). 😰 Nothing really came of that test. Everything looks "normal." Other symptoms that have come along with it, but have either gone away or left and come back are slight numbness/tingling on the right-side of my face (the same side of the affected eye). I also had a day of some tinny/metallic taste in my mouth, but I think that has gone away. My left eye is unaffected...thank God. If both eyes were like this I wouldn't be able to do anything...read, drive, work, etc. So far doing any of that (reading, etc) isn't a problem other than the annoyance of blurred vision in one eye. I'm waiting to hear back from the eye doc when he gets my results from yesterday's testing.

That has been ruled out.

Has that ever been scientifically proven?:-k

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No macular degeneration or cataracs....those have been ruled out also (I think).

I'm thinking anxiety.... :-"

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+1!!!

Bell's Palsy Syndrome- with additional unrelated symptoms?

Multiple sclerosis- vision change; intermittent numbness and tingling; change in taste...

Not trying to scare the **** out of you, but the very best and most thorough diagnosticians are NEUROLOGISTS. Numbness and tingling, in and of its self, is a reason to see one.

Be well!

I've done just enough looking around the nets to have a little fear put in me...I've since stopped. My wife continuues to look and seems more frightened than me. IIR, the MS was ruled out during my initial visit at the Opthamologist since my eye movement didn't seem to indicate MS.

Glaucoma? Maybe I'll have something else to list, other than cigars, on the "whatcha smokin" thread. Things are looking up. (pun intended)

I've had it checked about 3 times. The first time I checked it was at my parents with a digital/home device...and that was a day before I got the blurry vision. For some reason I had this "feeling," and had been wanting to check it for about a week. That reading was like 13X/86. The 2nd time I checked it, the next day, it was when I was at the gym (not exercising) and it was 13X/82 (I think). The 3rd time was at the doctor's, and it was 12X/86. The doctor didn't seem concerned about it, but my dad (who is not a doctor) is concerned about the reading of that second number being in the 80's (a bit on the high side). 🤔

I have been getting a sudden urge to redecorate the house and update my wardrobe.

Intermittent numbness and tingling and metallic taste may very well be nothing, but if the numbness and tingling is still present at times, a neuroligist is the "golden standard". Couple that with some of your other complaints, why not? Besides, as I wrote before, I truly believe that NEUROLOGISTS ARE THE ALL-AROUND BEST DIAGNOSTICIANS.

They are extraordinarily thorough and look at your body as a whole- instead of its individual parts like, for example, your opthamologist does. Internists are good too, but not nearly as thorough IMHO. My brother, a pediatrician, said that the best and smartest med students were those going into neurology- despite many of them being complete nerds!

Anyhow, I am not trying to upset you. I have been through some heavy neurological stuff and have seen too many to count without thinking real hard. Also, when the neurologists wanted my eyes looked at for their abnormal movement, I wasn't sent to a regular opthamologist- but a neuro-opthamologist instead.

I will try not to write anything else on this thread other than to tell you I hope you are well!

Keep the faith dude. It is more likely somethng small they will diagnose and life goes on. If it is bigger you can handle it. After the intial shock we can handle most anything.

MRI = normal. Didn't "see" anything (no pun intended). No signs of MS (multiple sclerosis) or any type of TIA/Stroke, etc.

I guess that's good. But still no explanation. [Doctor/radiologist] Friend called today who read the MRI to give me the early report so as of now I know more than my doctor.

I guess I'm just turning into a.... 🌫

well excessive mastubation could be the cause,,

My Mom always told me to stop it or I'd go blind...

Best of luck bro and keep us posted.