Posts by Douglas Miller

I feel like we just have this built-in gut instinct for knowing when symptoms actually matter and when they’re just noise.

For me, once those spots started showing up, the discomfort around my eyes and forehead got pretty intense. Then the actual pain kicked in later on, which is really what sent my anxiety spiking...

I already did an initial consult with a neurologist, and now they're sending me for a full battery of neurological tests. The working diagnosis right now is just ocular migraines, but I guess we'll see what the final word is once everything settles...

Thanks for all the support, everyone. I've decided not to get myself worked up too much before tomorrow. Besides, apparently stress can be a massive trigger for these kinds of symptoms—they can mimic an actual MS relapse and drag on for a week. Given how much stress I'm dealing with lately, I'm just chalking it up to that... 😉
I'll check back in tomorrow to let you know how things went.

Thanks so much.
I just walked through the door after getting a referral for a neurologist appointment tomorrow. It wasn't actually my eye doctor who suggested it; I pushed for this myself... there’s a recent MS diagnosis in my family, and the symptoms are starting to feel way too familiar. 😢
Honestly, I'm pretty terrified of what tomorrow might bring, but I'm just hoping for the best...

Kimberly Nguyen said:I've been there too.... all my tests came back fine... but I have low blood pressure, so maybe... how it started and how it ended just doesn't make sense... such a horrible feeling

So, you didn't really take any next steps? How often were you dealing with this, and when did it finally let up?

I get that stress is usually the main trigger, but still....

So, this afternoon, out of nowhere, I felt like a massive "blind spot" just popped up in my left eye. My field of vision went blurry, there was this weird pressure, just total discomfort... and within minutes, it spread to both eyes. About an hour later, the spots finally cleared out, but I was stuck with this intense pain and pressure in my eyes and head that lasted for several hours.
I went in to get checked out—they looked at my anterior and posterior segments, and everything came back normal. Eye pressure is fine, too.
This is actually the second time this has happened to me... honestly, it's great that the tests aren't showing anything wrong, but I have zero clue where on earth this is coming from.
Has anyone else dealt with something like this? Any advice on what my next move should be?

If you're hanging around Washington, D.C., I'd definitely suggest checking out the dental clinic over on Perkov...

Matthew Sullivan32 said:Honestly, reading through your post, I couldn't tell for a second if you were talking about Cindy or About Opri... 😕

It’s gotta be About Opri, because I'm pretty sure the other one wasn't trying to drop 30 pounds.

And regarding that whole coffee and green tea thing—back when I quit smoking, I swapped my morning coffee for green tea and the effect was basically the same. That hit of alertness, the metabolic kickstart...