Retinal migraine

[Liar]

That was... a weird experience.

I didn't even know it was a thing until I had it this morning.

You live and learn, until you don't, I guess.

 

[SpeareChucker]

I wished it upon you.

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[Liar]

Thanks, I guess?

I was trippin the light fantastic for half an hour.

 

[Tryharder62]

Thanks, I guess?

I was trippin the light fantastic for half an hour.

Hope you are doing better!

 

[Liar]

Hope you are doing better!

Oh no prob. It's apparently harmless, temporary, and in my case painless.

Mostly just trippy.

 

[HisArpy]

OooooOOOOOooooo sparkly...

To me they look like cellophane being crinkled around the edges of my vision.

 

[pointless]

half an hour? pussy. i haven't had it happen in a bit, but when i get them about the only thing i can do is take a nap for and hour or two and hope the colorful, shiny blindspots and lightning bolts fuck off.

still, better than a full on migraine.

and way fucking better than an orgasmic migraine. i'm so happy i haven't had one of those in a couple years. there's not much worse than feeling that warm rush of pleasure suddenly turn into agonizing, skull crushing pain.

 

[rae121452]

That was... a weird experience.

I didn't even know it was a thing until I had it this morning.

You live and learn, until you don't, I guess.

my dr. calls them ocular migraines. i've gotten them for years, always thought it indicated low blood sugar. when i was having them every day, i finally went t o my dr. to see what was up. he was pretty blase about them but at least reassured me. i tend to get them from a variety of things, caffeine, chocolate, eating anything after a long period without. wait until you get one while driving...

 

[Saint_Ann]

The dancing sparkles. Caffeine, sugar and chocolate make mine go away.

 

[y=mx+b]

Oh no prob. It's apparently harmless, temporary, and in my case painless.

Mostly just trippy.

Right?!

I started getting them this past year. Family members have all suffered from migraines so I was familiar with the symptoms

At first I was like... what the fucks going on with my vision. Then I was like... am I having a stroke here? Then I was like... oh, this is a migraine. I readied myself for the worst headache of my life.

My right eye became increasingly blinded by the most fantastical lightingstorm ever imagined. Techno colored television static. Magical, but highly annoying. Laid down still anticipating my headache. Nothing. No headache.

The weird thing was that with my eyes closed, the lightingstorm seemed to had slid into my brain and I was "seeing" it from there. But when I opened my eyes it would slide forward back into my vision.

Fucking weird shit.

 

[Liar]

and way fucking better than an orgasmic migraine. i'm so happy i haven't had one of those in a couple years. there's not much worse than feeling that warm rush of pleasure suddenly turn into agonizing, skull crushing pain.

Haven't had the honor and I sincerly wish not to.

 

[butters]

Right?!

I started getting them this past year. Family members have all suffered from migraines so I was familiar with the symptoms

At first I was like... what the fucks going on with my vision. Then I was like... am I having a stroke here? Then I was like... oh, this is a migraine. I readied myself for the worst headache of my life.

My right eye became increasingly blinded by the most fantastical lightingstorm ever imagined. Techno colored television static. Magical, but highly annoying. Laid down still anticipating my headache. Nothing. No headache.

The weird thing was that with my eyes closed, the lightingstorm seemed to had slid into my brain and I was "seeing" it from there. But when I opened my eyes it would slide forward back into my vision.

Fucking weird shit.

yeah, sounds like a few i've had though not had one for years and years. the crazy black and white zig-zagging i'd get that grew in size as it progressed one side to the other meant trying to do anything was impossible, so disruptive it would make me feel nauseous till i threw up or it finished. when they came with the headaches, i would throw up pretty fast.

That was... a weird experience.

I didn't even know it was a thing until I had it this morning.

You live and learn, until you don't, I guess.

i didn't know it was called that. i've mostly had them accompanied by the extreme head pain and used to think it unbelievable that others claimed to have migraines but were walking around. when they come without the headache, it's still debilitating because you can't use your sight reliably, and closing your eyes makes no difference as it carries on behind your eyelids! don't think i've had the multi-coloured variety, though, mainly black and white

 

[Klinkster]

Could be related to rectal glaucoma......

 

[Liar]

i didn't know it was called that. i've mostly had them accompanied by the extreme head pain and used to think it unbelievable that others claimed to have migraines but were walking around. when they come without the headache, it's still debilitating because you can't use your sight reliably, and closing your eyes makes no difference as it carries on behind your eyelids! don't think i've had the multi-coloured variety, though, mainly black and white

It was rainbows all over. Full Pride march in there.

The best part was going through the phonebook to find the number to my doctor's office to see of they know what was going on (which of course they did). And realizing closing the wonky eye didn't do anything to improve the situation.

 

[butters]

It was rainbows all over. Full Pride march in there.

The best part was going through the phonebook to find the number to my doctor's office to see of they know what was going on (which of course they did). And realizing closing the wonky eye didn't do anything to improve the situation.

yay for rainbows

 

[butters]

this was an interesting article about it all, and it seems 'true' retinal' migraines are when the pattern disappears if you close the affected eye.. the other kinds are a migraine with an aura. who knew?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...lour-the-pain-and-beauty-of-retinal-migraines

Dr Katy Munro, a GP and headache specialist, suspects that I had a typical migraine with aura rather than a retinal migraine, as when I closed both my eyes, I could still see the shimmering pattern. If I was having a retinal migraine, the pattern would have disappeared when I closed the eye that was having the migraine. “Migraine aura is not dangerous. It’s uncomfortable and it’s quite debilitating and alarming when people get it because sometimes it comes on quite suddenly,” Munro says.

During a true retinal migraine, which produces the kind of patterns I saw, the spasming blood vessels at the back of the retina can lead to visual damage. “Sometimes there’s a kind of stroke that can mimic retinal migraine called amaurosis fugax – which means a fleeting visual disturbance – and that’s micro clots passing through the blood vessels,” Munro explains. “That’s why we would always urge people to go and get checked out by an eye specialist.”

 

[Fermina_Daza]

The first time I had one I rushed to the hospital sure I was going blind. I didn’t have any of the other usual migraine symptoms and hadn’t heard about a retinal migraine before.

Now I have hemiplegic migraines after a car accident last fall. Just the right side of my face. So many different migraines so little time.

Hope you stay migraine free