It's like what my eyes take in doesn't "catch up" with my brain.  It's really hard to put in words.  Like, by the time my brain processes the information, my eyes are somewhere else.  I know it has to do with multiple sclerosis, just wondering if anyone else could put it in better words.\n\nAnd why don't they have a sub-category dealing with vision?
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This site lists the visual and all other disturbances related to MS.  I hope it helps you:\nhttp://www.mult-sclerosis.org/mssymptoms.html#Visual\n\nThere are links to click on for even more details.
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Thanks for the information, I saved the link and will read thought it later. I have a 5 year old nephew who has been diagnosed as autistic, he also has vision problems. I have had my doubts about the diagnosis from the beginning, hope your paper helps bring some light to the situation. \nThanks.
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I have never heard that at all.. in fact I have never heard a documented account of a blind person 'seing' or 'feeling' ghosts. It would more likely than not depend on what sort of blindness we were talking about here. If they had become blind during their life, then possibly it could be more to do with imagination. If they've been blind all their life, then that would be more interesting, as they would, in theory, never have seen any images of ghosts, so wouldn't know what one looked like, and would be unable to describe one, having never seen colours or shapes to describe what shapes or colours they were seeing. So I would say it would be more likely to sense or hear, not see.
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I think you need to see a doctor.  It could be a nerve issue or muscle or both, since the nerves and muscles work together.  An opthomologist is who you want to see.
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me too! Its natural i guess cause my other friends say the same thing. But what is strange to me is that randomly everything in my sight goes blurry completely and I feel like Im going to faint. And what I mean by blurry, I mean seriously blurry like exactly how you become unconcious. And then quickly my vision returns.\nbut check with your doctor. Remember we only have one pair of eyes and cant replace them!
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Hi. I have RP also. I am 35 years old and was diagnosed when I was 22. I had always been nearsighted and struggled with imperfect vision, so when I got the diagnosis - it did not really have an immediate impact on me. Now, however, I am really struggling in so many ways. Of course, there is the obvious - not being able to drive anymore - but there are many other things that have changed for me as well. I feel isolated both physically and emotionally from the rest of the world and I find that it takes so much more effort and determination to do just the normal things. I suffer socially in most situations because I bump into things and people, I trip over people's children - hurting them,  neglect to shake someones hand when it is held out for me (because I can't see it), and cannot often even follow the most mundane activities because visual cues usually guide most activities. I am exhausted from having to explainn all the time, and even though I don't want special attention - I worry that people see me as demanding it if I try to explain too much. As a result, I no longer feel like I am a part of the normal world and I often choose to remove myself from social situations. It is just exhausting, and most days, I don't have the strength to deal with it.\n\nAlso related to the issue of feeling isolated is the way people relate to you once they know you can't see much in front of your nose. I think that although most people are very well intentioned, they cannot help but be over solicitous. They start treating you differently - like something fragile, broken, or they just act afraid to say or do the wrong thing. Sometimes I get the impression that some people are uncomfortable just to even be near me. Maybe they are afraid it is contagious. Another oddity I have found is that I have often felt the pressure to be a spokesperson for blind people - needing to explain to people that, yes, blind people can actually have regular jobs, be married, have children etc. \n\nThose close to me have reacted in differing ways. My husband is very loving and supportive but totally in denial and cannot seem to remember to stop trying to hand me things - holding them out for me to grab. Drives me nuts. To my kids, I am just mom, but I think it frightens them to see me become so dependent. They forget to warn me of stairs, doorways, cars, you name it when we are out together in unfamiliar places. As a result, I am always falling, crashing into things and hurting myself.  Onlookers just think I must be mentally deficient or something. I have a sister in law who won't acknowledge my eye problem. She told me "I don't want to hear about it - there must be something you can do!" She thinks talking about it means I am whining about it. Yet another relative told me that I needed more faith in God to be cured and because I am still losing vision, my faith is not strong enough. Still other relatives open every conversation with "How are your eyes?" as if there is no more to me than my eye problem. I feel like saying, "Fine, how are your bowels?"\n\nI still work, but only marginally. Because we live in a small town, I am pretty much confined to working from home.  I do some contracting work for a news monitoring company but it is very low paying work. In the past, I was a professional with a college degree - now I am barely able to make $400 per month. This is bad for the self esteem.\n\nThe state I live in has special services for people who are visually impaired. They'll set you up with adaptive aids and teach you how to put raised stickers on your stove so you don't overheat the mashed potatoes, but there is nothing anywhere that can teach you how to be a blind person. From A-Z, I need to relearn absolutely everything and there is no resource for that. \n\nAs far as how I am doing - I am angry, frustrated and feeling utterly isolated. There are days when I feel completely useless and there ar
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I am sorry to say that it doesn't appear that this can be cured (although I am not a doctor):\n\nExpectations (prognosis)    \nThe disorder will continue to progress, though at a very slow pace. Complete blindness is uncommon\n\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001029.htm#Expectations%20(prognosis)
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I recently started trying eye exercises to help improve my vision. I created a blog so that people can follow my progress\n\nhttp://improvingmyeyesight.com/blog/\n\nThe program I am using is called the Vision for Life Program. Actually, the founder of the program, Orlin Sorensen, was also interested in flying, which is what got him interested in eye exercises.
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Not everyone is able to think in the abstract! Studies of left and right brain dominance\nshow some understand concepts, (left). Some people understand better when we "draw" a picture for them, (right)!
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Wow.....this disease usually strikes young adults in their early 30's. My sister has had it for 10 years and a close friend has had it for almost 15 years. MS is different for both of them. My sister has long periods of time when she's fine and then she'll have spells of being extremely tired and the muscles in her legs are like jelly......my friend goes to the National Health Institute periodically for a new kind of medication given by needle. The new medication is given on a case by case basis.  Without the medicine her systems are chronic.... no energy ....loses her balance....blurred vision.....unable to stand. With the medication she still has those symptoms but not quite so bad. It's a hell of a disease. Has your friend had a 2nd opinion?
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I have always been fascinated by the way that processing in the brain leads to the experience of the mind. An understanding of this relationship has eluded science throughout the ages and i wanted to be involved in trying to advance our understanding of the brain-mind relationship. I should add that some people believe there is no such thing as the mind and that all we should be trying to study is the physical processing performed by the brain.
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Sometimes tis can be an indication of a migraine coming on.  I have only had this happen to me once but it was a spectrum of colors off to the side of my vision.  I called the doctor right away and that is what they told me.  I ended up getting my worst migraine ever!  When you have symptoms like this though,it is always best to see your physician.  If they feel follow up is necessary they will probably have you see a neurologist and possibly run an MRI or CAT scan to ensure there isn't an underlying cause for this happening to you.
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i don't think its that complicated we can only see a fraction of what is around us because of our very poor eye sight and other senses such as smell and touch. i agree with you that there are many other level that we cannot see or feel, but that is our loss. try not to concern yourself with things you have no way of being part of, as there are more things in heaven and earth than you could possibly ever imagine if we could see all levels it would blow our minds.
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Its due to the inability of the brain to control motor neurons and where it is sending the electrical impulses; also it can act like a short circuit where you say blink an eye, but signals fire muscles not only your eye but also in your neck which cause involuntary movement... we all take it for granted... you only notice this balance when something goes wrong..... I think for some conditions it can be very painful... just imagine how annoying that would be to you... these people deserve a lot of respect for what they have to put up with, not only the condition but the attitudes of people towards them.\n\n\nps: there are better ways to word that type of question... perhaps you could have used mentally handicap... to be retarded refers to being held back... and I dont think that is the case these days as most conditions are better understood.
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It's a condition usually brought on by emotional stress. Blindness occurs suddenly, sometimes accompanied by other physical problems (like partial paralysis). It can be cured with psychotherapy. It's more psychological than physiological. I think it's you mind's way of telling you "take care of me or your body won't work." And we all know it's mind over matter..
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I don't think so.  I have terrible eyesight.  I can't even see the big\n"E" on the eye chart!  I am very nearsighted.  I am in my mid 30's and have had the same prescription for several years now.\nI think it's because I do as much reading as possible without my glasses and I don't wear contacts anymore.  My sister, on the other hand, gets a new prescription every year and it's always worse.  I have heard of some kind of eye exercises advertised on the radio that supposedly restore at least some sight.  I'm sorry I can't be more specific.
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In fact, the optic nerves would still likely function, and the blood on theeyeball woudl *not* block vision-only perhaps make it pinkish.  THe strain on the optic nerve might cause severe pain and/or light flashes.\nAssuming that the eyes worked perfectly (which anyway is fairly likely), they would see an process whatever they were looking at-so yes, your eyes would see each other, andyour brain would process that as it would normall-If you have ever looked through a small hole with just one eye-say, a microscope, then your eyes were getting completely different views...you can think of many times when your eyes were focused on totally different things, and yet your brain didn't get scrambled or confused...it went with the view that *you* were interested in- The brain will make dominant the view from the eye that you are focused on-so, if you are looking through a microscope, you see (with the micro eye) a slide of a leaf-but with the other eye you see the side of the microscope and the table- YOur brain brings the leaf side to the top, and enhances it over the other, because it is what you are interested in.  If you took your eyes out and faced them to each other, you would get two views of eyeballs-your brain wouldnt scramble or freak, it would just switch dominant views based on you attention at that second.\n\nAnd I absolutely guarantee the optic nerve would NOT seperate from the eye itself- I've had to dissect these before and they are attached extremely well- I have also had the misfortune of being with a guy who had the orbit of his eye broken, and his eyeball bulged out-he could see with it fine, though it hurt horribly, and once the eye was put back in , there was no permanent damage