Central retinal vein occlusion (due to quetiapine?)

[crOOk]

Yo!

I just got diagnosed with central retinal vein occlusion, after having suffered impaired vision on my left eye for a couple of weeks. For those not familiar with this: It's the number 2 cause for loss of vision after cataracts, so it's pretty awesome!

Well well after reading a recent review on the topic, I started googling if my recent use of neuroleptics might be connected to this and look what I found:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...occlusion+associated+with+quetiapine+fumarate

"A 29 years old gentleman who was taking quetiapine fumarate for 3 years for bipolar mood disorder, presented with sudden vision loss. He was found to have a superior temporal branch retinal vein occlusion associated with hypercholesterolemia."

I happen to be taking quetiapine fumarate as well.


What does this have to do with recreational drug use? Well amphetamine use lead to mania for which I have been treated with neuroleptics. There ya go.

Drugs are bad for ya, mmk?!

 

[T. Calderone]

What can the doctors do for this condition? Is it reversible or can they keep it from getting worse?
It's unfortunate that happened, sorry Crook.

 

[Cuhpcakes]

Sorry to hear about this, glad you're looking at the bright side of things.

Anti-psychotics are well known to cause adverse side effects so I wouldn't doubt the quetiapine (Seroquel) caused this.

 

[_DankOpiAmp_]

How long were you off of the amphetamines before they diagnosed you?

 

[crOOk]

@Dank
A year.

Not much they can do really, except from treating the neovasularisation glaucoma and macula edema and trying to keep visual acuity as good as possible.

Whether it's all the fucking drugs I have been doing, the smoking or the quetiapine, it doesn't really matter. Bottom line is you shouldn't have any major cardiovascular incidents like this at 30. No one in my family is suffering from cardiovasular disease (not more than what's normal at a higher age anyway).

I don't really want to discuss my case here, just trying to add to these forums with another story that shows how much bad shit can result from an unhealthy lifestyle with lots of recreational/habitual drug use.