Eye/vision shaking

Hi all,
For a long time, intermittantly my vision is shaky. I've discovered that it has something to do with my eyes not working together well, and it causes my vision to shake. If I cover up either eye, the shaking stops. Anyhow, today something different started. My one eye felt like the eyelid was twitching. That happens sometimes too. Anyhow.........my vision in that eye was shaking horribly. Then I realized that it was the eye shaking, and not the lid twitching. Anyone else have that?? Maybe its a twitch in one of the muscles holding the eye? Very strange!
I've increased my B12 intake, in hopes it will help.
Anyone else have this?

Hi Cathy...I don't have exactly what you are describing but since this latest flare my vision is totally gone haywire.  If I look at the computer screen for more than five minutes my eyes get blurry and when I look away everything appears to be 'shivering' and out of focus.  I never get into the car to drive anymore after I have been on the computer.  If I watch t.v. too long the same thing happens and reading for extensive periods of time is out of the question.  I don't know why this is but I see on the forum that many people with fibro have trouble with their eyes.  Oh..and my eyelids twitch all the time!

huggies

donna

Hi Cathy! I have not had exactly what you are describing either but as Denise said, with this DD I guess almost anything is possible... I do have major eye problems that I have never had before the Fibro: blurry vision, a "blind spot" in my vision at times, terrible eye pain (have it almost every day actually), double vision every now and again, and severe dryness/itchiness. Eye twitching can mean a borderline B12 deficiency so maybe since you upped it, it'll go away or at least diminish. Just to be safe, I'd ask an optomitrist.

Take care!

xoxo

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21 years old

Fibromyalgia, Bipolar, OCD, Dependent Personality Disorder

"You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you." -Mary Tyler Moore

Hi.
I have had problems with my vision shaking occasionally for probably going on 10 years now. It doesnt happen very frequently, but often enough. Only ever after a busy day, usually a long week at work (which I am unable t do now, I will explain). I will sit down, and it will begin with a slightly dizzy lightheaded feeling. Usually if I am reading something I will notice im having trouble following the text, as the words seem to skip from left to right. If I like up around the room, it continues and feels like the whole room is twitching from side to side with a slight twisting motion.

I also suffer from twitching of the eye lids regularly, again particularly when tired. Other occular problems are short sightedness, gritty feeling in eyes, teary eyes very often (and no, its not crying) and oddly, on eye exams for my short sightedness a couple of odd things have been picked up:

I am apparently a 'lazy blinker'. When I had contact lenses about 8-9 years ago, I was told I left a dry line accross the centre of my eye because when I blink, my eyes dont shut fully.
I have frequently freaked people out as when I sleep my eyes do not fully shut, leaving some of the white and iris visible to astonished onlookers.
On my last eye exam a year or so again, it was noticed my eyes do not focus in correctly, when following an object gradually getting closer to my face, I lose focus around 10 inches away. Again, a muscular issue I am told.
Often my left eye is slightly more open than my right, giving my right eye a 'lazy' appearance.

Whether these are all related I am not certain, but I am begining to beleive they are (and I am sure most people suffer with one or two of these occasionally, on their own probably not a real concern. I have just been diagnosed as having ME/CFS. Over a period of a couple of years (since a period of very ill health) these problems have all been groing worse. Accompanied with brain fog, memory problems, exhaustion (mental and physical fatigue), bowl problems (IBS and suspected wheat and gluten intolerence), mouth ulcers, swollen glands, weakness, muscle twitching and aches.... the list is almost endless.

I have now gone for a gluten free diet, and am liasing with my employer to try and work just 24 hours a week. Hopefully this is not something you suffer with because it is pretty annoying at best and debilitating at worst. I am 25 and have had to all but stop my social life, with the hope of some level of recovery. As the actual cause and nature of the illness is still pretty unknown, treatment basically consists of not over doing it, eat well, sleep well, try to be healthy.....

There are however some interesting articles being published on the relation between retroviruses and CFS, particularly one known as XMRV.

Well thats my two pennies worth, just may be worth seeing a docter, if you suffer with any other odd health issues, it could all be related. And again if these are all things you possibly suffer with, other things such hyper/hypothyroid, ceoliacs disease, diabetes are all worth ruling out, as they CAN be tested for pretty conclusively.

Take care

Kathy, I just forgot to say the shakey vision is in my husband's right eye even though the left one is the one with detached retina repair and cataract.

Hi Cathy,

  I hope the b12 works for you, it certainly is a freaky feeling when it twitches like that.  I asked the eye doc about it a few years back and he said it was most likely due in my case to stress, fatigue and the huge amounts of caffeine i consumed.  I did stop drinking all caffeine about six months ago and it did help. 

Lendar...welcome to the boards...

Yes...this particular thread is from 2009 (last post in 2011) so it's really best that you start your own new thread by using the "Post New Topic" button.

This way you can share more about yourself, your issues with Fibro, what your treatments are, etc. to help us get to know you better:)

Hi all,

While searching on net abt my problem of shaky vision, I came across this forum. I m writing my problem in detail, which may give u some insight and take ur suggestions, which can benefit me.

In first week of August '12, while walking on street, my vision started shaking and after around 1/2 minute of walk, it shook so much that, I fell down. One shopkeeper gave me glucose water, I was sweating, I called up my brother and he took me home. I took out all pathological reports. It was almost normal except, I had high SGPT, B12 & D3 deficiency - D3 was abnormally low. We went to family physician, who told me to take out CT scan of brain and EEG. Both were normal. He directed me to neurologist. After hearing, neurologist gave me some test, which was MRA brain, hymocestine (blood test), sonography of renal and liver, 2D echo, clearance from opthomologist about eye pressure, fluid etc, clearance from ENT that there is no nystagmus and every thing is ok. All reports were normal except, I had fatty liver. Opthalmologist and ENT gave clearance. My nurologist came to conclusion that it could be due to old migrain problem and gave me medicines for B12, D3 and migrain (sibelium and amytriptyn).

2-3 days after bathing, my hand started shaking and also vision. Immediately, I took my mom's glucometer (I am not a diabetic) and measured sugar, which was 57. I remembered that after felling down, the shopkeeper gave me glucose water and I was bit ok, so I went to diabetologist, who told me to do extended Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) by suspecting, I have resistance to insulin (by seeing at right side of the neck - which is bit black part compare to other skin). In GTT, u have to get measure ur blood sugar and insulin test in fasting. Then, u have to consume glucose, 75 grams in one glass of water immediately after fasting test and get blood test for sugar and insulin do for 5 times after each hour (total 6 test including fasting - glucose to be consumed only once). We took glucometer with us to measure periodically (as test result would receive in evening and what if sugar gets low in-between two test). Immediately before 3rd test (after consuming glucose), when I measured with glucometer, sugar was 88 and after sometime (5-7 minutes) of test, my sugar start falling. When I measured with glucometer, it was 58, thinking some mistake I again measured, it was 52, I started sweating, my hand started shaking, we called physician (who was available there to decide whether to continue test), when he came in another 5 minutes and measured, it was 37 and he decided that test needs to be stopped and I consumed sugar. When the test result came of 4 test (fasting and 3 test thereafter), at one point insulin was 1335 (normal range for fasting and post eating as well is 6 to 27). This is due to body resist to insulin, so more insulin comes out of pancreas, body again resist and one point it suppresses sugar so much that one becomes hypoglecemic (sugar goes abnormally low) and one may fell down. The pathology lab immediately informed my doc abt insulin level and doc told them to do Anti-bodies, which came Negative (which showed, I am suseptible to diabetes after few years.

Brain's food is sugar. If sugar goes low, brain start dysfunctional. My doc gave me metformin - which helps in reducing insulin resistance.He also told me to reduce body and regular walking, eating after every 2-2.1/2 hrs, no cheese, no oily food, no bread, no butter etc. I have consumed for a month and feeling bit stability (though I don't have much confidence to go out alone - I work from home). I met nurologistand requested to discontinue sibelium due to which I felt sleepy, which he did. I am taking some ayurvedic medicine after describing my ayurvedic doctor my history, which gave me some strength in body (my light headedness has gone).

I have to go for fasting sugar and insulin test after couple of days, which I m sure will have better result but still the shakiness in vision is still there. If I stare some colorful object or object having complicated design for 3-4 seconds, vision shakes, when sugar goes low, vision shakes, while reading newspaper - there is lot of strain to eye.

I feel there r 2 possibilities (1) When I fell, at that time sugar was so low that it has damaged some part of brain or eye OR (2) once brain starts dysfunctioning due to low sugar, vision shaking is a by-product of it and once insulin resistance will go, it will slowly stabilize.

Ur guidance is welcome.

hi .there are many books and sites which can provide you help.like this site

http://waystoimproveyourvision.com

Hi, Alexia.

I'm going to lock this thread - it's very old, and we do that because people aren't really checking back to it anymore.

But I'm starting a new thread with your post - titled, "Let's welcome Alexia."

Thanks for understanding.

Debbie