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Posted: 11/5/2021 8:47:30 PM EDT

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Twice. First was when driving in heavy traffic. Sucked.

Posted: 11/5/2021 8:48:10 PM EDT

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I started getting them after a severe concussion. I got hit head on while riding my motorcycle by an F250 powerstroke.

I can't figure out the trigger but I can't drive or work until they subside. Usually 30 minutes +/-10. Mine are prismatic like most but the center focal point is obscured to the point I can't see what the hell I am doing so I have to sit or lay down until they subside.

I thought something was majorly wrong but when I brought it up to my eye doctor he knew exactly what it was and said it's common.

Posted: 11/5/2021 9:39:16 PM EDT

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I get them about once every two years, no pain, just a slowly expanding field of distortion, a giant circle. Really sucks if I am doing something, because I know I have to stop while this thing goes through it's cycle. Takes about 15-20 minutes and it has expanded out of my vision, and that's it. Nothing else. I wondered for YEARS what it was, but nobody could tell me.

Posted: 11/5/2021 11:43:07 PM EDT

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I started getting them after a severe concussion. I got hit head on while riding my motorcycle by an F250 powerstroke.

I can't figure out the trigger but I can't drive or work until they subside. Usually 30 minutes +/-10. Mine are prismatic like most but the center focal point is obscured to the point I can't see what the hell I am doing so I have to sit or lay down until they subside.

I thought something was majorly wrong but when I brought it up to my eye doctor he knew exactly what it was and said it's common.

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I had a concussion at about 18 years old and they actually started happening less often than before.

Posted: 11/6/2021 3:12:58 AM EDT

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That's close to what I get. They start small and grow over 10 minutes or so.

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Mine usually look like this...and the prism effect 'scintillates' (as best I can describe it).https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/153820/Screenshot_20171121-154816-2155971.jpg

That's close to what I get. They start small and grow over 10 minutes or so.

Oddly (and luckily?), I only experience the optical phenomenon...no headache associated with my epidodes.

Posted: 11/6/2021 3:30:04 AM EDT

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Yes I get them sometimes. Maybe about once a year. Had one just the other day. It suddenly disappeared and I had no headache after. I have gotten headache with it in the past.

Posted: 11/6/2021 3:32:18 AM EDT

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Yes i get them. I had a thread about them here a while back, and I guess they happen to a lot of people.

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Same here. No headaches....just loss of vision. Lots of "sparklies".

Posted: 11/6/2021 7:16:47 AM EDT

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Had one last week for the first time in over a year. Leads to full blown migraine. Next day I feel hungover and my brain rattled.

Posted: 11/6/2021 10:18:29 AM EDT

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Thanks OP!!

Haven’t had one in a few years.

Now I have a good one going on.

I blame you.

Posted: 11/6/2021 10:25:07 AM EDT

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i get them rarely, and they suck. sleep is the only thing that helps mine.

i have no idea what triggers them.

Posted: 11/6/2021 11:34:23 AM EDT

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Found a video that looks alot like what I see except mine have more color.

Migraine Visual Aura - How it may happen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVYjbthGk2s

I guess she and the kids triggered his.

Posted: 11/6/2021 11:39:44 AM EDT

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I get them, they are weird and sometimes upsetting when you're going through one. It's hard to accept your vision being so severely impaired, yet (thankfully) not permanent.

I started getting them very frequently and attributed them to a Protein supplement that was Whey based. I stopped taking the supplement and the migraines went away. So at least I figured out one definite trigger.

Stress is a clearly another.

Posted: 11/6/2021 1:23:47 PM EDT

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And here it goes again.

Third time in two days, the most in a long time.

Posted: 11/6/2021 1:27:43 PM EDT

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And here it goes again.

Third time in two days, the most in a long time.

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This is entirely anecdotal but my most trouble free time was when I was heavily on my keto/paleo hybrid diet and had lost the extra 85 pounds I had been packing.

Posted: 11/6/2021 2:03:58 PM EDT

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And here it goes again.

Third time in two days, the most in a long time.

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See about getting a prescription for Imitrex.

I've been getting ocular migraines since I was 17, but I have been lucky in that they happen less than 6 times a year. More recently, I identified beer as one of my triggers, unfortunately.

In any case, until about 2 years ago (I'm 46 now), I've been self medicating them with a fistful of ibuprofen and coke (the drink), and isolating myself in a dark/quiet space. My doc finally convinced me to try Imitrex even with how infrequent mine are.

Now, as soon as I sense one coming on, I pop a single pill and it knocks it out completely. Doesn't wreck me for the rest of the day like before.

Posted: 11/6/2021 2:07:32 PM EDT

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Only ever had one

scary when you don't know what is happening

Posted: 11/6/2021 2:23:47 PM EDT

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Give Nurtec (Rimegepant) a try.
Wife Unit swears by it....

Posted: 11/6/2021 2:54:47 PM EDT

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I've had several in my life, not regularly thank God.

My wife gets them on occasion. We call it the flashy thing. Presents like psychedelic eye floaters and you loose central vision.

First time it happened I thought I was going blind.

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Or having a stroke. Pretty close to the panic point, first time.

OP: Try this. As soon as you feel one coming on, go to a dark, quiet room. Lay down and close your eyes. Stay till its gone, usually 30 minutes or so. Hour to be safe if you have the time.
If I do this, I get no headache.

I have had to battle through them before because of driving or a job and it brings on a pretty good headache. Probably not smart.

Posted: 11/6/2021 3:00:36 PM EDT

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Had my first one this past summer (I'm 52). Both eyes. Backwards "C" shape in the upper left vision quadrant. Lasted about an hour. No colors... White/black. Same kaleidoscope type movement/pulsing to it.

Checked my BP while it was happening and was normal for me (123/72).

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My BP skyrockets to 180/110... I think because I get a major anxiety attack from it.

Posted: 11/6/2021 3:03:52 PM EDT

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I usually get 1-3 a year, this year I have had 10

A lot of it is weather related. Add stress and dehydration and BOOM ... migraine

Look for the prodromes: (warning signs)

Yawning excessively
Hyperactive or excitability
excessive urination
major changes in appetite

Those usually tell you a migraine is on it's way.

Posted: 11/6/2021 3:07:43 PM EDT

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OH!!! Get an app called "Migraine Buddy"

When you get a migraine, click on it and it will ask you questions.

After 3 attacks (maybe 5) it will tell you the common factors. (weather, foods, sleep patterns etc)

What I have noticed is that it starts in my central vision and then become a sideways "V" like flying geese and it goes to one side of my peripheral. The migraine hangover is on the opposite side.

So when my migraine looks like this "<" my hangover pain is on the right side. When it looks like this ">" the hangover is on the left side.