“Double Vision with Botox - Florida”

The eyes look good, no crows feet. Too bad no one can see both eyes with this patch on. I called Allergan about this side effect and they were not helpful at all. I am just hoping someone else has experienced this and can at least ease my mind. I keep saying I did this to myself. Everyone I talk to keeps saying this will be temporary but how long is temporary.

Yes, I am wearing this patch now 2 weeks. I have read so many articles on botox in the past 2 weeks and the eye doctor said my eyes are not working together, out of alignment due to the muscle not responding like the other eye. She gave me a thorough exam and found nothing. My vision is good in both eyes but I just have double vision when trying to use both eyes. I read about botox being used in the muscle for alignment and it mentions 12 weeks so that is what I am thinking it is going to take to get better.

I totally understand what you have and still are going through. Although I do not have to wear the patch, I still have problems with blurry vision in my right eye. I see better when it is cloudy and not bright out. It was hell and when I called the manufacturer they just put me off like I was crazy suspecting botox. My doctors wanted me to go for MRI's and some even tried to tell me that it was MS. I lived a nightmare for 3 months. Best of luck and let me know how you are doing.

Joyce

It's so weird how differently it affects people. One night coming home from work I couldn't read the street signs in my neighborhood. The next night I couldn't see the difference in the white words and the green background. A couple of days later I couldn't see my iPhone without reading glasses but it was still blurry. That's when I went to my opthamologist. Today fine and dandy, although I probably did/do need a slightly stronger prescription for reading glasses :). Distance no problem and I can read street signs.

I was referred to a neurologist, told by a nurse I probably had diabetes because of the sudden change in vision, put on medication for high blood pressure which was not necessary, told by my plastic surgeon there was nothing wrong with me because he hadn't heard of my side effects and he thought I looked the same, told by the plastic surgeons on this site anything from I needed emergency medical attention because I was having a stroke to everything would wear off with the Botox. I spoke to Allergan twice and they actually said pretty much all of my side effects had been reported and I just had to wait until it wore off. They said it "should" wear off and would not guarantee it would, which was what made me come to this site. I looked at the warnings before I got toxed, but they certainly didn't say anything about if you have a reaction, you probably will have a whole bunch of side effects!

After all these different opinions I finally looked on Allergan's US and UK websites at their warning and medication guide and looked up the medical terms I didn't know. Every side effect I have had is there. They may be uncommon but they have been reported enough that the FDA is requiring Allergan to list them. Also checked out FDA and NIH. They are there too.

I told my GP I was not taking the BP medication until this junk is out of my system. I've been home monitoring and it's averaging 122/80 so I could have been on medication I don't need probably for the rest of my life.

My opthamologist actually was the most helpful. He said he had not heard of my symptoms but since they don't do botox at his office he wasn't surprised. He told me to come back when the botox was no longer in my system and he would check my reading glasses prescription but he didn't want to give me a prescription until my vision had stabilized. He did give me a temporary RX for distance only if I really needed it (which I haven't).

What makes this nightmare worse is all these people telling you it can't be because of the botox. I think 99.99% of the time IT"S THE BOTOX!

I recently found an active thread on this site about one of the horrible side effects I have. Check out "Botox went wrong - Ptosis (Drooping) fo the Eyes / Cheeks / Mouth are possible side effects!!!" Some of the girls on the thread have been having problems for over a year. Scroll to the bottom for the most recent posts. I spent 3 hours Saturday reading from the beginning. It will make you feel thankful you only had to wear an eye patch! I am so glad to finally have people to talk to who are having some of the same problems. Please keep in touch, Joyce!

My side effects hit 3 days after getting the botox. I definitely know I have to change my prescription for distance because it is still blurry so I go back on the 21st of March. My opthamologist didn't want to change my prescription until the botox was out of my system and it will be 5 months. My eyes now are very dry and I have to use drops. It was horrible driving wearing a patch. I almost hit a man on a bike. I spoke with a doctor who had used botox over a year ago and she is still not totally recovered. I thought I was going crazy and I was crazy for using botox. Keep in touch. Let me know how you are doing.