Not questioning your vet. Just my experience.
Our previous Golden (RIP) developed "mini" seizures. Our vet referred us to an animal neurologist who prescribed phenobarbital which controlled the seizures. But later she also went blind, almost overnight. This time our vet referred us to an animal opthamologist. He immediately said he thought from the symptoms she had rocky mountain spotted fever. Started her on medication for it until the test results came back. He said it would not hurt her, and if it was RMSF it would give a head start on fighting it and maybe prevent eye damage. Well, test results came back positive and treatment continued. Vision came back within a couple weeks. On top of that, she no longer needed phenobarbital for seizures. Coincidence?
