solumedrol eyes

9 months ago I started to feel pain when I moved my eyes (in both eyes). Went to Optometrist AND Ophthalmologist - I do not have Optical Neuritis. It would come and go and would not be too bad. These were sometimes associated with a headache. The neurologist decided to give me 1g for 5 days of solumedrol to see if the pain would go away. Mind you, I was NOT in pain at the time of the appointment. On the 5th day of the treatment, I started to get eye pain again, and developed dry eye.

Hi everyone. Thanks for reading this. I am having terrible pain in my eyes like nothing I have ever had before. It is not like a headache/migraine. The pain is actually in the eye ball and I have can't read a book at all ( the words are like 2 lines together and I can only watch tv with the lights of for a few minutes. The pain changes but never goes away depending on which way I turn my eyes (not my head).

I was given prednisone after I left the hospital and for those 2 weeks I still felt okay but not great, could not sleep and really looked like he_ _ as I developed racoon like eyes (they looked like I had tried to apply red eye shadow around my eyes (this was from the prednisone not lack of sleep). After I got off the prednisone it took about a week for me to actually not look ill. Steroids can also affects the regularity of the monthly visitor.

My regular opthamologist confirmed what I thought was going on a week later, we both were in contact with my neurologist the next day, and I was started on SoluMedrol on Feb 25. You guys can probably guess the course of steroids, but it was three days of IV SoluMedrol, followed by a 14-day tapering off with oral prednisone, of which I'm still taking. My question is, when will my normal (or near normal) vision return?

HAVE PAIN IN MY RIGHT EYE HURTS FEELS LIKE IT IS THE EYEBALL HURTING KEP LOOKING IN THE MIRROR EXPECTING TO SEE SOMETHING WRONG BUT IT IS NOT RED OR SWOLLEN HURTS TO MOVE IT.

These are the same problems I have with Solumedrol. Diabetics have a hard time with Solumedrol and it seems that insulin or diabetic pills, cannot work hard enough to get high blood sugar levels down. Here where we live in Virginia, they will not do a treatment, if your blood sugar level is about 200. This is a good drug, but very hard on someone that is prone to high blood pressure and high blood sugar.

Hello I am a 25 year old female and four weeks ago I was diagnosed with optic neuritis, I was admitted to the hospital for 5 days of IV solumedrol therapy (1000 mg a day). After the treatment my vision mostly came back and the eye pain was completely gone. At the same time I also had a burning arm pain in my right arm with numbness and tingling into my fingers. During my hospital stay I had an MRI of my head, which was normal.

With in 3 days of RAI I lost my night vision and started the ugly course of the swollen eye puffy under eyes doublemvision hell. I am currently on solumedrol infusions trying to save the vision in my right eye. I was complaining to the endo befoe RAI and after RAI that there was a swelling in my throat that was causing pain in the thyroid area. Chocking sensation. Food gets stuck.

Then he asked me to follow his finger with my eyes.....1 inch to either side and he noticed my eyes not tracking together. I did not need to tell him that he had developed an extra digit, he could see my left eye draggina nd not keeping up. So much for playing it down :-D Then he had me hold my hands out in front of me with the palms up and elbows close. The right (my dominant) arem began to float off to nowhere. Now I am on day 3 of 5 with the old home IV.

Searching, I found you and am excited that there is a group that may actually be able to answer some of my questions. The first thing he wants to do is put me on solumedrol for 5 days, I am not currently in a flair. Any reason I should put myself through that if I am not currently having symptoms?

I know steroids can make you susceptible to infections, but has anyone developed a UTI on solumedrol? I had the unmistakable first inklings of one a bit ago. I rushed out for cranberry juice and a blueberry smoothie (blueberries are supposed to have the same effect as cranberries, and it's a good excuse for a fruit smoothie!!) and I'm hoping I can keep it at bay this way, but I guess I'll know in a few hours. These things tend to come on fast for me.

I am scheduled Monday to do an IV for three days of Solumedrol. Has anyone else done that and if so, what is your opinion. I am alittle nervous about it.

She worked abroad, but she experience to have flare, so came back, and met her neuro. He suggest to take solumedrol, which may help to recover. After the third day, she experienced her balance is better ('nose and index finger test') and her double vision is a little better. She said, she dont tell me, about her 'swallowing experiences' maybe now it is better. What you experienced? - side effect of solu medrol?

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been a few days, but I can barely remember what has happened.....I just wanted to make the wonderful announcement that I was finally able to have a shower today!! YAHOO!! ***CLAP CLAP CLAP*** I vow, before all you wonderful people, that I will never EVER again take for granted the "small" things in life that people do every single day without a second thought....(ie: showers, walking, brushing my teeth, going to bathroom, etc...

ve had a horrible experience with Solumedrol as well.....Back in March I had extreme leg and groin numbness and went on IV Solumedrol for 3 days....I had a nasty reaction to it, but it DID take away the numbness and vision problems almost immediately....Well, within 48 hours anyway..... In May the left side of my head and face went numb and because I was visiting the MS Clinic at that time, I declined the Solumedrol treatment.....That numbness didn't go away for 20 days.....

I’ve been dealing with Optic Neuritis in my right eye since 2017, due to vision changes I’ve seen my Optometrist, 2 Opthamologists, a Retina Specialist and a Neuro-Opthamologist. All came to same conclusion that my changes in vision is not a problem with my eyes but that Optic Neuritis was the culprit. However 4 MRIs of my brain and cervical spine have showed no lesions only white matter hyperintensities on my last brain MRI.

I am experiencing blurred vision, and the vertigo feeling gets really bad if I move my eyes too fast to look at something. My balance does not seem to be off though. Is that really vertigo? How long would u wait on this before calling ur neuro? My L'Hermittes (sp?) has increased dramatically over the past couple of days too. Usually I just get a mild shock sensation to my feet and now I am having severe shocking pain in my arms and hands when I look down.

At one point this was happening about 15 times per day. I took a round of Solumedrol (3 days) and began taking 300 mg of Lyrica per day. It now happens 4 or 5 times per week. My doctor prescribed another round of Solumedrol which is scheduled for next week (30 days from the first one). I am trying to decide whether I want to do the 2nd round of Solumedrol. It made me feel horrible and was a miserable 4 or 5 days.

I had a 4 day Solumedrol drip and then step down pack in February and it made me worse. All my muscles tightened up and I have more pain than I did before. Call it a major fibromyalgia attack. Even now in May, I am still as stiff and woozy as i was after the glucocorticoid therapy. Sigh. Did nothing for me that I can tell. I did sweat a lot during the treatment so maybe i lost a few toxins?

Technically, any neurological symptom lasting more than 24 hours is considered an exacerbation. Solu-Medrol has proven to shorten the lengths of exacerbations, but has not shown to alter disease course in any way. With that in mind, steroids are completely optional unless there is something life-threatening happening that the steroids may possibly put a halt to. What is life-threatening? Good question, the opinion varies from Doctor to Doctor and patient to patient.

t help, so I had the 3 day mega dose IV solumedrol. I did not do the tapering off pills, because I was having a reaction to the medicine. Since the end of February my ankles are swollen everyday, all day. I asked my neurologist, and she said it is a side effect of the solumedrol. Any one else experience this.....swollen ankles for so long? When will they return to normal? Help please. Thank you.

I am currently being treated with 1 gm Solumedrol once/month. I had a three day course last spring and felt AWFUL afterwards. I did eventually feel a bit better overall, so maybe it was worth it. Even the one day dose makes me feel pretty lousy. My sx actually seem to get worse for a few days afterward! I'm not dx, but symptomatically fit the diagnostic criteria (we'll see what the 3T MRI has to say...

It sounds like you are talking about optic neuritis (ON). I had an episode of this a few weeks ago. Mine came on over a matter of hours, first it felt like I had dust in my left eye, then I noticed my vision was filmy in that eye, and by the middle of the night it felt like a knofe jabbing my eyeball whenever I would move my eye. I was treated at emerg with morphine and toradol (didn't really help, just made me stoned) then a 5-day course of IV steroids (Solumedrol).

I still am thinking Solumedrol is affecting my menses. Had some pretty extensive tests last month, and (gyn) docs are taking a wait and see approach. I had a pelvic ultrasound and then a sono-hysterogram which showed several polyps (uterine and cervical) but not enough to cause any action yet.

I started rebif and solumedrol at the same time in July, but call your doctor.. Are call the MS lifelines??

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