Green Vision

[creamegg]

On waking, whether it be morning, noon or night, deep sleep or cat nap...I see everything in green for a couple of mins.

I have had an MRI which is clear, My eyes have been tested which are fine, medication i'm on has been checked, bp has been checked, bloods have been checked etc. It has been found that I am exceptionally low in B12 so now on injections but the docs and consultants don't think that is causing my green vision.

Anyway any ideas, as the docs are baffled!

[Sqad]

No sorry....it is a matter of "monitoring the situation."

I assume that this is the only other symptom? No slurring of speech, no dizziness, no other eye symptoms.

[creamegg]

No nothing like that, the only other thing I am experiencing is extreme tiredness, as soon as I sit down I conk out. (And I am getting plenty of sleep)!

[Sqad]

That could be due to your B12 injections not "kicking in" yet.

I presume that you are having regular blood checks.

[creamegg]

I have had my 5 injections over the course of the two weeks...and I expected my bloods may be tested after that but as yet they haven't called me back in. I am due another injection in November but it would be nice to know if the injections have 'upped my level or not! Certainly don't feel any different. Should I ask for a blood test?

[nannybooby]

hope you feel better soon. xx

[Sqad]

You shouldn't HAVE to ask.

I would certainly want to know if i was responding (particularly the reticulocytes).....so yes, if it were me i would ask for a test.

[creamegg]

I did see my gp last week and told him I was still really bad, but again he said to me that there was no point in doing a blood test yet as the b12 takes its time to get into the system?!
I had these first injections over a month ago now and I don't think they have worked, so I am inclined to go back again and insist on another blood test.

[Eve]

I don't know if vitamin D works similar but I know they don't test for 3 months after vitamin D therapy as it takes that long to show whether it worked or not. I had to ask about my levels to to see if it came back ok when they retested. I'm often not told stuff unless I ask, the main answer is that if there was anything showed up then we'd act on it (write to GP etc...). It is nice to know though.

I am trying to get my current rhumatologist to copy me into letters as my consultant does but she doesn't generally which is frustrating as it's useful to know things and things do (and have a number of times) not reached where they were meant to have ie doctors for something to action and they (not rhumo this time) have missed ímportant test results before now.

I hope they get it sorted for you soon.

[LazyGun]

Normal practice following the initiation of B12 therapy is to perform an FBC and particularly reticulocyte count after around 10 days or so, to assess the response.

There should also be follow up checks after around 8 weeks. It would probably also be appropriate to measure serum folate levels.

Regarding the green vision thing, not much springs to mind - there have been some people who speculate that it might be due to waking up to sunlight streaming into your face whilst asleep.Your brain needs to adjust the vision to accomodate the switch from the light being filtered through closed eyelids to that light hitting the open eyes. Since the light filtered by eyelids would be red, the brain overcompensates using green.
Not absolutely sure about the science, but it sounds vaguely plausible ;)

[creamegg]

Lazygun....I think you have something there...a lot of the time when it has happened it has been a sunny day and the sunlight has been coming through the windows. Hmmm I will look into that. And I am defo going to ask to be retested for my FBC etc...seems like it should have been done anyway!