Does anemia cause blurry or grainy vision?

Hello I dont know what Im experiencing. I sometimes have exertion headaches - those caused by strenous physical activities like exercising and lifting. And usually I see squiggly rootlike lines when I wake up. It appears as I blink my eyes and fades in 1 second.. Im also usually very lethargic when I experience that.. Sometimes, it's not squiggly lines but transparent spots that fill my vision.. Sometimes they sparkle... Doctors have looked into my retina and they say nothing serious about it.. They also dont know what they are... Looking at computer screen trigger my migraine/weakness ..

God Loves Me and You seems like anemia I recommend (CBC blood test) to you

@@everyonespro Thank u. I think I did the test before and it was good..

God Loves Me and You np I just told u cuz I have similar symptoms and have anemia so.... what you can do is if your below 15 go to pediatric if your above 15 consult a gp

the lights are less fuzzy in my aura.. and they are more crawly.. less strobbing..

Yes but I am so relieved to have an answer now! Definitely scared the crap outta me every occurrence!

Mine are really colorful, triangular shaped patterns start forming on a crescent shaped aura. The colorful triangles move along the crescent. My vision resembles the common colorful optical illusion pictures you can find online, it's trippy

Yes

Micah O’Sullen they give me PTSD

You aren't going blind. That is exactly what I thought the first time it happened to me. I've had this for several years. Sometimes it comes in clusters. It was happening a lot. I made a journal because I thought I should but I have stopped. I couldn't find a pattern or something that caused it. It happened several weeks in a row then months would go by. It's been at least a year since the last one but I know it can start again and come often and then nothing. Thankfully there is that blurry vision warning we get before we are blind-ish for the next 20 to 30 minutes. I have found that putting a cold pack on the nape of my neck, when it first starts, reduces the time. Maybe that will work for you. I have found 3 other friends with this, all of us are now women over 40 but who knows if that is the common denominator.

Been having them since I was 11 years old. They come on when I am focusing for long periods. Sorry I don't have a cure. I just close my eyes and lay down and just wait out the eventual headache, most of the time two hours.

Ive been getting these since I was a young child as well. Mine seem to be dehydration induced. Once the Aura starts, and I can drink an entire bottle of water, I can usually avoid a severe migraine. try it next time. Hope this helps.

You are not alone. I'm a man by the way, but this fucking migraine is so painful that I can't help but cry.

It’s a neurological issue in your visual field, not an eye issue. If it continues go to a neurologist instead!

If you take Clopitab 75 mg tablets when you feel like having a migraine, you will not get a migraine try once

I’m just wondering have you Always had migraines? I never had a headache in my life and definitely not a migraine it was only when I went to have dental surgery and they use lidocaine that was when I started having them and it’s been now two years.. I’m downhill ever since... And yes you’re right it’s very frightening; because when It first happened I thought I was losing my sight I’ve been to five different specialists and a Neurologist... I changed my dentist and the new dentist said she hit a nerve.. I’m just wondering how many people got this from having dental surgery and don’t realize it? Any input..?

I don't go anywhere without ibuprofen. I did once and the headache was so bad. It felt like someone wearing golf cleats trying to kick my eyes out.

I describe my experience as looking upon blacktop in summer where you see the heat radiating of the blacktop. I also get the blindness. My warning to take ibuprofen right away. I never want to get that headache again. At 65, not one doctor seemed to care so I handle it myself with the ibuprofen. One I had a very bad job working for several doctors. I had these attacks everyday for weeks. Sometimes several times a day. I quit the job and they stopped happening daily.

@@kellyprice1024 Yes, its exactly like the heat rising off a hot car roof in the summer. That's what my first one was like, but then the other day I got the waves but also had a strange geometric, zigzag pattern over the top. I was in awe about how the brain can produce such intricate patterns. Luckily I don't seem to get the headache, just the auras. I think its to do with dehydration.

Yes, sometimes the anxiety can wind up a few days before the headache shows up.

Yeah, when the Auora comes I feel like I want to jump out of a window. Last time I took valium (lucky enough to have) paracetamol and 50mg voltaren. Im gonna try taking that voltaren before I run too because if that can reduce the vessels from tightening then it could help.

YES !

Same

I agree you look at a car light in the dark or camera flash, you think am I about to get a migraine? It is worse sometimes than getting one.. OK not worse but it sux.

Ouch!💥 Sorry to hear that. Things getting any better?

I have it right now 😢

@@mademoisellepapillon706 I am truly sorry. My last one lasted just under 2 weeks. Full blown then cloudy then full blown again. Hope yours dissipates with haste. P.s. I wore an eye patch which helped.

@@DoctorEyeHealth Fine...for now. 😁

Same, with the same vision aura he showed on the screen. Lol

It was actually pretty fun to make, I actually shot a video of a strobe light and edited it in a the shapes.

Had to close my eyes ,so I wouldn't get a full blowm migraine...

Yeooop! Dead on.

It's not a joke to have it's a very painful think to have happen to you if you really had it you wouldn't be joking about it

Yes! I’m literally showing everyone who will watch this! I’ve been trying to explain this for years!!

Omg couldn’t agree more ,

The vast majority of doctors don't know what it is. They just don't know. I had to figure it out for myself. I have put up with them so long and it never killed me, so I figured that I would just have to live with it.

@@jimbobaggans1564 I've had it since 16 im 36 now. I already tried to eliminate aspartame and artificial sugars... but sometimes just stress makes it appear. It sux because most people think I have anxiety due to fear no I have anxiety due to migraine and being stuck somewhere blind.

That is because, unless they have the problem, they don't care. They are only there to make money, be the hero and help you to see that he is better than you are.

Because he said he's experienced this before.

You're not alone. It is a most cruel malady and, hopefully, medical science will conquer it one day. I've had migraine for over forty years. They will always terrify me. God bless.

Big pharma and science lied about everything look up third eye visions

@@luckygibbo1 do you always get it with aura

@@elposho23 Yes. My visual attacks have worsened over the years. At 64 my first attack was at 22. Veteran, but never cease to scare and frustrate me. God bless and keep safe 🙏

@@luckygibbo1 did u have it for only like a day and it goes away?

Thanks for sharing, for me it has always been to eat something and drink something and then lay down.

Mine exactly when im not hydrated and im active i get them

I’ve suffered from migraines with aura for like 2 years I think but I have the aura first but then a silent migraine later in the day

Being dehydrated can definitely cause it, pushing your body to hard especially when dehydrated will do it. The chiropractor worked for me for awhile.

LOL... I just had my first one. Past week I’ve been drinking at least a ballon a day.

Paramax turns Thors hammer into rubber. You’ll still get a headache but with 95% less pain.

Taking 2 Motrin as soon as the blind spot begins helps to deter the headache that would usually follow for me. Im 43 and have had these since high school. This usually always works for me although it does not get rid of the aura. I always need to ride it out.

@@christinecurtis5167 it really works??

Vishwas Agarwal for me it really does. I take 2 motrin at the onset of the blind spot. My aura lasts about 30 minutes but no headache will occur after my aura if I take the motrin right away.

I had my first one of these this morning. Terrifying. I've been getting migraines for about a year, but never with the scintillating scotoma (aura). I took my 10 mg of orally dissolving Rizatriptan and was able to mostly avoid the worst of the migraine that I knew was coming. Aleve works well too, but nothing touches Rizatriptan as a migraine abortive (for me).

Terrible since I got this headache😅

Watching his example..I was scared to hell that migraine will attack me again 😭

Those are super realistic that my heart stopped for a sec.... It's like triggering my head even though it's not

@UJJAWAL CHOUDHURY U pointed that exactly correct! It's a nightmare 😑. A good sleep is the only way that it gets away once it gets!

Same. This JUST happened to me tonight and it freaked me out. Looked like a squiggly colorful zigzag. Thankfully no migraine.

The migraine starts the 3rd or 4th time it happens. Good luck. Stay hydrated lol.

Me too!

Me too, I get them when I don’t get enough sleep.

@@MsRiverdee The physical body can sure develop many strange symptoms, especially as age pushes on it! Get those ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZs!

I am the same, I just get the visual aura. It always last 15 mins then stops

Me too! I also have the splitting headache migraines, but never in combination with the visual migraine. The visual ones are just annoying. First time I freaked out though

Hey guys plz read this. i hope this will help you guys. I have been through this pain and i know how Frurstrating it is and its also very hopeless when no one knows whats wrong with you. I had same symptoms of this migrane for years. I used to thought that this is nausea or some other disease. I would like to share my personal history and experince. I hope that it will help you guys. As far as i can remember first time i had this migrane with blind spots and pattern i was 15 at that time. it started as a small spot in any eye. and than grew into a large pattern and faded in 30 min. then i had severe pain in head and i felt nauseus and i vomitted. after vomiting i felt releif and got better. This used to happen to ke once or twice a year. When i was 19 I joined Military. I got 2 years Military training as military training is very rigrious and we have a very balanced diet during training i never had one migrane for complete tow years. However i didnt Realise this fact. Aftr my training my routine got a bit easy however as i was serving in military i did exercise regularly and had a fine diet. But this migrane came back but its intensity was low and it happend rarely once a year. After 8 years of my service in Military one day i had this migrane again.but man it was at a new level. I had almost lost my eyes i was unable to see plus i was hearing a strange voice in my head. This time it was intense. and after 30 min it went away but i had severe headache. I had to suffer this process atleast 3 to 4 times a day and it went on like this for a complete week. I was hopeless confused. Then i thought about it very seriously and searched on internet because my doctor was also not sure what to do. i came to know about this problem that i hve migrane with aura. Then i thought about it seriously and discussed it with 2,3 doctors. After a long disscussion and research i Realised that.... 1. There is some deficiency in my body or there is access of something in my body 2. i need to change my life style and my diet. I started hard this time . I exercise daily for 40-45 min mostly cardio. And i have a very balanced diet i have stoped eating junk food and i m taking zinc , magnesium and calcium alongwith some vitamins for supplemnts.(i take them on alternate days ) Its been a year. i have not experienced any migrane .

mohsin raza thank you and I believe your correct. I changed my diet and started taking vitamins and boom things have change dramatically for me. Haven’t had a migraine in a while compared to how much they usually come. Appreciate you sharing this info. I think it’s important to help others who feel stuck. Migraines are painful. I wouldn’t wish it on an enemy. So long story short people try to change your diet. Also stay away from artificial sweeteners and msg! And take a multivitamin.

ALIZA FATMA same i cant resist so i start crying

@@niranjansapkota8721 I find crying actually bad, 'cause my nose stuff up and the headache becomes way worse

Im new to this! Once i get them all i want to do is sleep so it goes away!

I can totally see that too! Ever hear of Charles Bonnet syndrome?? Its when people with vision loss start seeing shapes where their good vision used to be.

I was so scared when it happened to me. I also thought I was hallucinating.

This happened to me yesterday. My left field of vision. I had a migraine onset two days prior, medicated with imitrex the day before, then suddenly got super dizzy and started seeing colors with vision/coordination loss for 20 - 30 minutes out of nowhere - no head pain, but a dry, painful feeling in my left eye. Tried eye drops, no help. Just had to wait it out. I was afraid I was going to have a seizure, but nothing triggered this and I was not losing my balance I just couldn't really focus or see for awhile. First time in 10 years of experiencing "eyegrains" that I have ever had this very psychedelic aura response.

I was gonna call the ambulance

Kaleidoscope! Yes! I have had these many times. Its exactly how I described it. I remember being extremely tired and lacking sleep whenever they occurred. Thanks for this video!!

Bet Mikael same!

lol same here

Exactly! He didn't need to put it on for so long

Exactly .me too

Mine too

Same

Lol 😆 same thing here, drinking palm oil usually relieve mine migraine and aura

Omg this is my life

@@dylan-kc5 Me right now, too.

@@LaraSchilling I honestly had no idea so many had the same problem - even the exact same C shape on the left eye! Goddamn that fuzzy little demon! The amount of times ive been ready, about to leave the house, and the tiny little fuzz shows up, and i have to tell my friends ive got to lie in a dark room for the next 4 hours - theyre always so confused. And theres the times you find yourself in a situation where youre out and theres nowhere to go, now that is literal hell for me. I had it recently where i was just landing on a plane( not a fan of planes so i was fairly stressed) and i started getting the fuzz - had to go through passport control blind, and then a busy train for 45 mins before i could lie down, honestly thought i was going to die lol. Sometimes ill look at a lightbulb or something by accident and get an after image, and even though i know its not a migraine i panic that it might be one xD. ( sorry for the long message btw, i never get to vent to someone who truely understands! )

Your comment that when you started getting the aura you’d cry and leave school hit so hard. I’ve been getting classic migraines since I was 7, and I can’t begin to explain how many times I’ve had to do this. Even now, as an adult, I still sometimes have to go up to my boss, almost in tears, and explain I have to leave. It’s such a helpless feeling. I’m so glad you’ve got relief from the headache itself! I hope mine fade away too 🥺

I have also suffered from migraines since I was little, I can say that they improved when I started exercising, but just yesterday I had one and it was the worst!

@@shermdar_ don't worry you will stop getting headaches after some time.

I’m suffering the exact sams

If it happens, try to sleep immediately, it happenes to me many times but when i close my eyes and sleep even for 5 minutes it goes away immediately but headache is still there

I have heard some people feel they get them more during season changes. perhaps that plays a role?

Doctor Eye Health it’s weird for some reason mine kind of a pattern I get one in the spring summer and early fall. Like April, June and the middle of august

Mine is the same way.....very annoying

for me, it's as if my peripheral vision gets smaller and my mouth, nose, and/or hand goes numb. i was supposed to get a scan done to make sure i wasn't having seizures but they never got back to me. the first time i had that problem, i was in 7th grade in language arts. i was writing and my mouth was going numb and i was like "huh, that's weird...oh well" then my nose went numb. then, my peripheral vision got smaller. i was trying to write but i could hardly see it correctly. then my head started hurting and i got up to tell my teacher, who I'm still friends with, so i trusted him. when i stood up, i got dizzy and i could hardly see where i was going so i sat back down and told my friend "i think I'm dying lol". she told me to tell my teacher and i got up, stumbled to his desk, explained it to him, and he was like "oh lord- i have no idea. you'll have to go to the nurse. I'll have your friend walk you there to make sure you get there okay. the nurse gave me water and 2 salteens before having me call my mom and then sending me back to class.

@@DoctorEyeHealth I just had my first two, so I won't be able to find a pattern - but fall is starting!

same

Same to u 😎

Me too!!!!!!

Exactly what I wondered or a sezuire was about to happen

Same.

Mine I thought it was a Shizophrenia

I started wearing sunglasses everyday and almost everywhere. It starts as a reflection of of my phone or any glass.

Same here. It was so stressful & I thought I was having a stroke. The stress made me get them more often. Now I know I need to take time out.

Of course you are seeing this with closed eyes because it is happening in your brain, not environment :d

Did you figure it out what causes it? And did it cure? I have it too, but my eyes were healthy...

Same, mine are definitely connected to my cycle.

This is exactly what has happened to me for the last 20 years, first noticed in 2002 when I was in the eighth grade and I was sitting in the classroom.

@@JolajnaLoja I think you mean not in your eye.

I just passed it on, too, bc it's so difficult to explain and have it make sense.

Yes it's so difficult to explain I was trying to explain my parents from so many day but I also get the same reply which you get. But know I will show th em this video

Amen for this video I've had this 3 times with no headache freaks me out

I’d say it looks exactly like when you stare at a bright light but it shape shifts and moves around for quite a while. And when it goes away get ready for some pain

@@andycondal286 I was too when they first started. Too me ages to find out what it was.

Same man

wut hearing loss? im lucky i never experienced that

@@rafiy7150 yup it feels so weird

Yep. I left my experience with it below. I was terrified until I saw my eye doctor. She explained it as any other migraine, but that you can literally see it coming! Prescribed sleep and better nutrition, and thankfully for me that did the trick. I was terrified when it first started though.

mine was with blindness from the rainbow aura and then a loud deafening ringing that drowned out all other noise around me to where all i heard was the piercing ringing. I was at work working on a Machine, had to totally step back and stop and sit down in the middle of the floor and hit the emergency stop on the machine. I was totally blind. scared the crap outta me.

Me, too. Actually quite interesting to look at. I found someone on ebay selling silk scarves with migraine aura designs on them; weird, huh?

@@edennis8578 that's a great idea, because they do look pretty cool 😄

Exactly!

Same here, but for the last forty years all mine have been in black and white. I can almost set my watch to how long they will last (twenty minutes, btw). Never had the headaches, it was an Excedrin commercial a few years back that keyed me to what it was when they showed the visual effects. I've learned to kick back and enjoy the show and the somewhat euphoric effect, feels like my mind has moved three inches to the left of my body. After all this time I still can't pin point what triggers it; I've had at times one a day for a week straight, a couple a week, once a month, once in a couple of years, even had two in one day (which was really weird). But, what was really disconcerting was the one time it went from right-to-left, inside left-to-right. I'll count myself lucky that it's only going crossed eyed for twenty minutes and nothing more.

Me too

"Spot on" ...Was that an intentional pun?

Yeah I find the light from the eye exam gives me a migraine also

And many times I get them for no reason at all. I just get them. I think it must be human nature to try to figure out what is causing them. Over the years I have blamed them on a ton of things. I started with a brain tumor and went from there.

The slurred speech would worry me. I usually feel pretty sluggish though

Joe Gibbs my speech usually slurs a bit too and i make no sense. my mom thought i was having a stroke the first few times it happened, but my doc said it was normal for the speech to be kinda funked up with a migraine

Joe Gibbs Yes!!! It looks like a puddle of mercury swimming around my eye. Then I see flashing colors that look like panes of glass . Usually I have a panic attack and lay down. I can still see the flashing with my eyes closed. Thank you for your comments. I don’t feel alone in this now. 👀

I see the flashing with my eyes closed too. It was bery very scarey. No headache or no slurred speech. Just had a bad panic attack as it was happening.

I think I had a minor panic attack the first time. It was scary because I had no idea what was going on. But when I'd experienced a few it was just a case of sitting down and waiting it out. As soon as I see that little pin prick of light I know exactly what's coming and I've got a few minutes warning to pull the car over or whatever. 20 minutes or so normally and then I feel totally fine.

Omg samee

Ikr they be like that everytime

I know of three teenage boys who have migraines. One has to go to the hospital when it happens. Next time you are at the doctors for anything, just mention it to the doctor and ask can they help you. Or, can they send you to someone for help. If your parents won't take you serious, that is. Do you live in or near NC? If so, there is a doctor in raleigh who works with these patients.

And it's great that doctors don't automatically assume it's due to stress. I got migraines on day 6 of my period. The nurse said it was due to stress. I told my nurse that I always had a migraine on day 6 regardless whether or not I was stressed, and that I had it on no other day, not even if I was experiencing a great deal of stress. The nurse still held on to her belief that it was due to stress.

@@missanne2908 the medical profession doesn't always accept things they've not heard of before... I believe you!

@@missanne2908 I kept complaining of migraine, and pressure in my head and that sneezing could make me stop to my knees in pain. I was told by a neurologist, it was probably behavioral and hormonal and taking birth control pills would be his recommendation. I was so upset that he said fine, he’d do an MRI. Well wouldn’t you know I have chiari malformation and all my issues are because of it and birth control was never going to help. I do still have pain and they say it’s hemiplegic migraine.

@@missanne2908 I belive you too!

I know, right?! I went through 5 neurologist complaining of visual disturbances and they all referred me to the psych ward. It was the eye doctor that finally diagnosed my migraines.

Yes!! I’ve dreamt I see the aura and wake up to it actually happening!

I have had a migraine with aura 2 times when I woke up and it freaked me out. Not a great thing to wake up to in the morning and it set the tone for those days!

I have often seen the aura in my sleep and that wakes me up and then sure enough the migraine hits like a knife in the back of my head. That multi colored zig zag aura is exactly what I see and the pulsing of it makes me nauseous. I have found that putting an ice pack on the back of my head helps it go away faster. When I do get the aura all I want in the world is to be in complete total darkness as any light source seems to make it so much worse.

@@shellihurd2090 It’s really miserable Shelli. Must try that tip with the ice pack. Take care.

@@shellihurd2090 There's nothing worse than waking up with a headache!

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I just had one for the first time it last 30 min

Doug N ... Me too. I'm now 75....LOL

I’ve been having them for about 20 years. Mine look like glittering prisms in a crescent shape. Never have had an accompanying headache though.

30 minutes on the button, I can set my watch from start to finish. I do have medication to suppress the headache. Once I get the aura I have to pop a 50 mg Sumatriptan Succinate Tablet. If not the Headache is unbearable. Never leave home without it.

It’s spot on for the aura and I do get the hugely painful migraines and if they’re really bad only Sumatriptan will calm in but still not stop a bad one with anti nausea tablets. The aura I get is like strobe lights going round in circles, it’s horrendous and quite debilitating and can last a couple of days

Thank you! Glad you found it helpful!

Same rn. So annoying!

Dann same with me , pain behind left eye , pain is that like someone put Niddle and wobbling it continuesly

I just barely had a wierd episode

Just had it, but only affecting vision. No pain. Went away in 10 minutes, as suddenly as it appeared.

Yes wtf is it

Can I ask what kind of meditation & breathing techniques did you do? My headache after experiencing the aura usually lasts up to 2 hours long, even with medication help. The throbbing is also very intense & make me feel nausea too :( need help

LN I’m saddened to hear that you are in pain sometimes. I don’ know if this will help or not but over time things did eventually get better for me. For me what really helped was to lie down on the earth if possible. If it is not possible then imagine yourself in a safe place outdoors with your body on the earth. Roll up a small/face towel and place it under the neck so it is supported. Close eyes . Let the breath naturally slow and deepen. Allow your awareness to attach to the rhythm of the breath while also allowing relaxation to loosen as much tension as you can. In this deeply relaxed state imagine channels of energy, however you may see or experience it in this session, to begin to slowly flow from the forehead gently downwards along the scalp as if it were long hair spreading out onto the earth...either the real earth under you or the imagined earth. Allow this to feel like a waterfall in slow motion as the energy channels from the forehead and face along your scalp then down and INTO the earth. Imagine the earth helping to generate this flow as it receives the streams of energy from your head. Do this for as long as you are guided to do so or for as long as you can maintain the experience. When you feel cleansed, re-focus on the deep rhythmic breathing and very, very slowly begin to become aware again of your surroundings but keeping your eyes closed. If the aura pattern is still there then go back in and repeat the process if you can. Try not to come back to a fully awakened state until the aura is gone. If the aura is gone, then move to a quiet place with little to no stimulation and continue to remain relaxed for as long as possible. Over time this exercise gets easier and more effective. Eventually I was able to tap into my recollection of the process even when I could not lie down. I could, with eyes closed and focused breathing still do it even in a public place if necessary, but only after many practice sessions. Drinking some warm, sweet herbal tea ( not hot or with stimulants ) before this exercise was helpful if I caught it early enough, but more important was to get horizontal and on the earth if possible. I even carried a hand towel with me in case I ever needed to take a “time out”. Supporting the neck is important so make sure you have a good way of doing so. If possible a cool damp cloth over the eyes was often helpful but don’t let it become a distraction.... just doing the breathing and energy work was more important. One more thing; HOW you envision those energy streams moving from forehead to earth may change... from session to session or even within a single session. It is best to allow whatever visualization you come up with for that moment and just try to witness and go with whatever form the energy streams want to take... just remain as attentive but relaxed as you can... just let the feeling of the flowing of the energy be what holds your attention. I hope that helps. For me it was not instantaneous relief, but there was improvement within and after the session. More importantly there was improvement over time with each event generally being less intense and of shorter duration. Not every one, but over the years yes. After about 3 years of applying this process I could interrupt and drastically reduce these migraines to be a minor inconvenience that would resolve completely in 15-20 minutes, even less time as I continued to practice. I hope you can find something that will work for you too. 💖🙏💜

@@greenspiritarts thank you so much for explaining it in details, greatly appreciated it! I'll definitely try what you suggested, really hope it works after some practice❤️❤️ Once again, thanks for taking the time to help me out! :")

LN You are most welcome! I sincerely hope you find effective ways of managing these events. Wishing you good healing. 🙏

@@greenspiritarts thank you so much for sharing! it really helps a lot :)))

It's called a scintillating scotoma. You need an ophthalmologist to look at it, which is a doctor of the eye and not an optometrist who just deals with vision correction. I first started having them in like 1979 before computer screens. As you get older, the scotomas come and go without accompanying headaches but I still suffer from regular migraines. Sometimes I get these scotomas 2 or 3 in a row in less than 2 ours. Can be really frustrating.

@@tsicby , thanks Johnny! That’s exactly what it is. I looked it up and saw a animated depiction of it. I’ll take your advice a look into an ophthalmologist.

Same. I thought I was going blind and call it broken glass.

@A J Wow. Interesting about Casinate. Since I put milk back in my diet, my dryspell ended and started getting them again. Weed for the win.

I called mine the "Flashing snake" when I was a little kid. Mine start out as a tiny pulsating rainbow arc with a slow pulsing side and a fast side that get larger and larger over 20-30 min. There is always a part that is zig zag yellow and black. The amount of rainbow and yellow/black varies. Sometimes the colored areas are very large and intense and I enjoy looking at them very much. I've had them thousands of times over my 65 years and never have had a headache with one. I have zero problems driving when I'm having one, it's just a little light arc. I can see through and around it fine. If you are worried about them, go see an actual eye doctor.

Hey I just wanted to say thank you for sharing. Stress like that as a kid is horrible. I know I struggled through some tough family and domestic issues growing up too. Either way, I appreciate you for sharing that.

@@DoctorEyeHealth thank you so much for your kind words, and I'm sorry you had those experiences as well, you are an inspiration.

@@dawnhewitt1We all go through it. Very few well functioning families out there. It just makes it so YOUR family never experiences it.

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@Loyal Royalty what treatment did you do sir except good diet ?

So relatable! I had the same thing, had to read out loud in class and I said I couldn’t read it but the teacher thought I was just exaggerating, later I got the headache and asked to go home but they still wouldn’t believe me. Had to sit through it for 2 hours. Now as soon as I see the aura’s I take a painkiller and go to bed. I’m glad I had my mother telling me what those aura’s were.

@@Diedela Oh poor you that must have been awful. I hate my auras, but they are a great warning system. When I notice I can't see properly (I usually check my hand) I know I need to take medication and get in bed pronto!

@@EvelineUK indeed, those aura's are a convenient warning system.

Same thing happened to me. I noticed this first time when I was in high school reading out loud in the class and suddenly things started fading beginning with a faded black spot and later developing into a bright zigzag arc shaped line. I managed to complete the reading of my part with the partial vision. But it caused a lot of distress to me. Second time it happened after 5 years from first incident and after that it became a regular occurring pattern once in few months. It was very difficult for me to convey this to the doctors (both Ophthalmologist / Neurologist) because they didn’t find anything abnormal in my eyes. When I explained this issue, they never believed. I found that too much concentration or stressful thinking triggered this aura migraine for me.

@@santoshrajput23 It's horrible, isn't it? It always reminds me of when on a tv program they try to make someone unrecognisable, or blur something out. They will often use the same kind of zigzag patterned shape. Good job on finding your triggers! Hope the migraines will become less and less for you.

Migraine is better then a stroke at least

@UJJAWAL CHOUDHURY yes exactly same for me

@@lunawolfheart336 Eh I mean technically sure but strokes generally aren't chronic

My experience is pretty much identical to yours. All visual and no pain. I had the first one when I was 35 and it scared the heck out of me and I'm 68 and still have them once in a while. Sometimes a few days in a row and then not for a few weeks. Years ago I ran across an article from a Swedish doctor that described them perfectly and he said they were a side effect of having a hole in the heart !

I've been having them in my 20s without a headache but slightly nauseous

Pretty much the same for me except that as a teenager I actually went numb in half of my body for about 30 min. before it progressed to a horrible headache for hours. The numbness and headaches stopped after my teens, but I still get the eye squiggles occasionally, at least, thankfully, no pain. I am 73

I’ve had the same experience since I was in my early teens…no migraines, just the visual aura in both eyes. I got them less frequently as an adult, but I still get one once in a while in my 60s. Mine last about 20 minutes from start to finish.

That's what I get, too. It's only happened twice and I'm 66. No pain or anything. I never mentioned it to my doctor since there's nothing to be done about it.

That is what you gotta do! You figured it out.

Same (happening right now, just about to pass). I freaked out (quiet internal panic moment) the first time it happened to me but I kept quiet about it. Happened at work. I thought for sure it was a brain tumor or something bad like that! Spent quite some time trying to search and identify what was happening. It wasn't until I ran across a pic on a search that turned out to be from the Wikipedia article on Migraines that I finally find what I could not articulate. I never thought "migraine" as I never get a headache when it happens.

The first time it happened to me, I called my mom and she told me to call an ambulance. She came over when they got there and watched my 5 month old daughter while they checked me out. They told me I was fine and to go to the Dr. So I went to the Dr and they gave me an MRI. Turns out I have a cyst on my pituitary gland and they think that's what triggers it sometimes. It sucks.

Get checked out just in case, but if it is migraine, it's harmless. Just scary and inconvenient.

Yes u r absolutely true

Help me please

I'm 40 and I don't get headaches anymore, but I have the aura a lot. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Thanks Camden! Wise words

But headache pains more. And Fer headaches i feel vomit

Camden, mine were just the opposite- they'd sort of start in the center & spread out. When they were past my field of vision I knew they were over. The human body is a crazy thing....

Sorry you had to experience that, but I'm glad you found some helpful information!

That’s the year mine started too. Interesting. I too have to lie down & wait for it to go. Thankfully don’t get a pain migraine

My symptoms and relief are exactly like yours, I rarely get a headache afterward even though I suffer from regular migraines, go figure

@@Dreamer-tj3zt I started having migraines July 21, 1986 but I thought they were just bad headaches because I never heard of a migraine. The pain was so bad. One day I went blind in my left peripheral and another time my nose got numb. I never went to the doctor. I didn't start to have an aura until a few years later just before I would get a migraine. The aura was in both my eyes. My vision was like when a person is putting in gas and you can see the fumes of the gas and everyone had 2 sets eyes, noses and mouths. Finally after years of having migraines I don't have them anymore. I had cluster migraines.

That's what I do as well.

Hey Monica! Glad you found the video and that it eased your worries a bit. Do you regularly get migraines or headaches?

Wow, EXACTLY my experience, I'm 29 as well, as the blind spot slowly enlarged (visible in both eyes) I was concerned the vision may not return but then it expanded beyond my periphery and finally disappeared in just under a half hour. First time it has happened in my life as well. The colored triangles and such around the outside and the flashing are quite an experience, so glad I was able to find confirmation of what's going on without a trip to the ER like I first imagined was going to be necessary.

@@chadjacob8479 Sounds just like mine. This is my 3rd one in probably 6-8 months so seems like it had a pattern of happening every 2-3 months. I'm 28 and the first one just looked like TV static. Really freaked me out. 3rd one had a lot of color to it towards the end and was flashing. Wondering if I should see a doctor

@@sean48611 i know this is extremely late but if you really haven’t: yes, go get some advice from a doctor and get it checked out even if its just migraines! if you already did, how has it been? i suffer from migraine auras about once a month and i will never stop being terrified of them ever.

@@chadjacob8479 again came aha

It's traumatic isn't it? Lol

I am pretty sure we all did...I am so glad to read people who can relate....This has really consumed our lives....To be honest having something this scary has actually made our lives better as everyone I meet with this are some of the best people alive Blessing in disguise? I HATE THE AURA ! consumes half my thoughts

HAHAHAHA SAME🤣

I don't know if this will help you, I too had the same thing and I tried to avoid mobile phone screens and TV and computer screens and it goes away but l by it's own. Make sure you eat healthy, exercise too sweat and sleep for at least 8 hours a day, this will surely make it go away.

When u have visual migraine u become sensitive to light and sound, so try to prevent them when u have it

@@sharathsharma3960 kya tm mijhe ye migraine aura describe kr skte ho plzzz M confused hu air depressed bhi 😩😩

@@nearedames1033 bad news brother, it looks like I've keratoconus...

@@sharathsharma3960 what bro

Ikr👀🤭

HALWG51 same here. But my auras are little and last seconds to minutes im going crazy cause i dont know if this is still aura cause it doesn’t expand to whole vision. Do you know anything about this?

What’s the longest you’ve had one for I’ve had mine for a week now :( Aura

Trees Grow that is not healthy, i have it for 10 minutes

If your serious about having it a week then maybe go to a doctor. Mine were never longer than 30 minutes

Yay!!!!! A migrainestrong warrior who beat it. Congrats to you!

Glad it was helpful! But yeah, sorry you had to experience that. I still get them from time to time. Had one during clinic last week and I had to pause in the middle of an exam because I couldn't read the charts. Where do you practice?

Statins also relax muscular tissue. Some migraines are caused by spasms in an artery going into the head. Makes sense the statins relieved this. I put Voltarin on my neck if a migraine is starting. Does the job.

Had a aura yesterday but no headache no vomiting, my migraines have really reduced in the last ten years I'm 62.Only people who experience migraines know the suffering, like you no medication helps whatsoever.

A Magnesium supplement is also a great idea. I've had migraines since I was 6...It wasn't until pregnancy when my OBGYN prescribed 400 mg of Magnesium daily as a substitute for my traditional medication routine.

@@granmabern5283 Taking statins negatively impacts the bodies ability to produce Geranyl-geraniol which is a needed substance.

Me too Theresa. I had ocular migraines too and don't anymore....also taking statin...interesting