Visual migraine aura with or without headache - Video abstract: 30999 

Watching this while having the visual aura😭

I’ve had migraines with aura since I was 8 and now I’m 37. Sometimes they’re months apart and sometimes days apart. The aura lasts about 30 minutes. It starts out as a small oval on the left or right side of my vision. Then it slowly grows and moves outward. A sharp migraine usually follows and lasts until I go to sleep. The worst migraines are when I wake up with one in the mornings. I don’t experience an aura however, I assume it happens in my sleep. I was really scared of them when I was younger. Thought the worst like I was going blind or even dying. Now I just live with it. It’s funny, sometimes I feel like I can combat the migraines. For instance, if I’m driving and I see a certain reflection of light, I know to look away because it will bring on a migraine.. I have a twin brother and he doesn’t get them. Guess I drew the short stick

I started with this problem about 8 years ago. I can get the zig zag flashing lines that usually last between 15 to 30 min. I do not get any pain at all and I may not have another event for several weeks or even 6 months to a year latter

I have this its TERRIBLE. at school it comes out of nowhere.... everything gets blurry with colorful dots. i can barely see, then it goes away i have a headache, nausea, and the ears hurt.

I havent figured out my triggers but most probably is lack of sleep and stress. But sometimes these auras are so heavy that i am practically blind for 20-30 mins and confused for 15mins thereafter. Its always these distorted like electric jagged symbols which then spread to the periphery.

This is awful that doctors can't do a better job explaining what is going on. I get migraines (pain), and visual migraines, but its always one or the other. I've instructed my family on what to do if i have a stroke, I've had ems called, anxiety... never knew visual migraine was a thing until randomly came across a video like this one. Best medical system in the world they say, and don't see dr Google, but they don't do their job either. My eye doctor said "it wasn't the TV it was the antenna" this was the best and only medical explanation the media community ever gave me pertaining to visual migraines.

I started to get eye aura's 35 years ago and it culminated to two attacks per day. a friend told me that he viewed a medial documentary which stated that 'caffeine' is bad for your eyes. I was drinking heaps of cups of coffee every day and strong cups. I decided to give all caffeine (even coca cola) away to see what would happen. It has now been over five years and I have never had another aura. I hated the rotten things. Zig zag bolt shapes. Horrible. If you suffer from eye aura's (the zig zag lightning shimmering type) and you drink lots of coffee, then give the coffee (and coca cola) away. You may get one or two more attacks within the next week or so but after the second week you should never ever get another attack. I went to eye specialist after eye specialist and just wasted my money. My cure was so simple.

I contracted histoplasmosis that damaged my retinas resulting in laser surgery and a permanent blind spot in my right eye. A couple years later I started having bizarre visual patterns that were consistently the same each time. It would start as my whole field of vision going "fuzzy" a bit and then it would morph into a hook-shape that would drift across my vision over about 10 minutes. It always started at the exact center of my vision and drifted away in a random direction until it was out of my field of view. Luckily I never really had any headache associated with it. There sometimes was a very distant headache pain but it was very minor. On a 1 to 10 pain scale it was less than a 1. When I described this to my ophthalmologist he suggested it might be an ocular migraine and I thought for sure he was just pulling that out of his butt because he didn't know what the problem was. Then I looked up online what these migraines are like and it's EXACTLY the problem. I had these for a couple years, usually during more stressful times (like if I was having problems at work). Then they suddenly stopped and I haven't had one in about 8 years.

I get this!!! Thank-you

Just in case this mite help, I've had aura migraines on and off for a few years now and recently have discovered that if I exercise/workout when I get it or even after getting it that working out helps me to rid the annoying after effects quicker.. Usually the aura comes on gets higher and bigger lasts for about 15 - 30 mins then the aura goes away and then I have pain between my eyes and a ugly feeling in my stomach for the rest of the day, and usually it ruins my day but now after I said stuff it I'm not gonna stop my day cause if it I'll do a workout and I feel better, not sure why, maybe cause it gets the blood flowing or endorphins or increase mitochondria.. Now in terms of triggers for the aura I'm not quiet sure I've but of recent times I'll write down when it's comes on and what I had done as in, looked at the phone for too long or bright lights like fluorescent lights mite be a trigger or sometimes I've noticed come in when I've had foods like oats/nuts/seeds, not all the time but often when I consume those kinds of foods and maybe from sulphites in those foods..

This is hell, have been having these type of attacks for almost 7 years now. Apparently related to posture and neck problems too, have chronic neck and upper back pain myself.

CELERY JUICE 3-5 times saved me from the aura.I have not had it since! Preferably organic celery. I used to get aura attacks weekly, and after I discovered celery juice Im 100 % fine. If too many days passes between my juices I may start to get pre warnings, I then drink a full glass and it goes right away! It does not always help against migraine, but the aura is gone thank God!

This cascade through the visual cortex, if not accompanied by migraine, and perhaps stimulated by caffeine, goes away immediately if you consume some alcohol. Like a 50 ml vodka miniature for example, in my experience, stops these effects in 60 seconds.

I have focal aware seizures. I never suffered migraines. My auras comes with nausea and deja vú. But rarely I have this weird thing in my eyes!

That’s me… in my case, the headache free visual disturbance beginning at about ‘two o’clock’ in my visual field, during which I can’t talk properly. I can go months without one but I have had one every day for today and the last four days. Very annoying! 500mg Paracetamol helps control the episode

I've had exactly three episodes of scintillating scotoma in my dominant eye, with no involvement of my secondary eye and no headache... but I do suffer from contralateral hemicrania continua.

I have had also multiple visual auras without following headache, that means until four auras at the same day, or two auras one following after the other.

In my case, I used to get these once a month, which seemed to be due to low blood pressure, which caused low blood flow to the retina. After I sorted out my blood pressure their frequency decreased. I will get them 1-2 per year now, usually when I get random blood pressure drops (90/60)

Been dealing with this for over 20 years. 2 years ago I had a stent put in my heart followed by a new heart valve being installed. While on the blood thinner brilenta I had no auras. When I was taken off the drug, the auras came bake. I had some left over and took half doses until visiting my heart doctor and a neurologist. They agreed to let me continue the half doses, and I have not had an aura since. Do you think this is worth looking into further?

So, are you suggesting anyone with Aura symptoms should be checked for patent foramen ovale?

Just got one ten minutes ago Aura really bad both eyes no headache. Have not experienced this before and have not had an migraine for over 13 years. I wonder why has caused this

my eyes feel sweaty from inside. I don't know how I do explain it but, my vison in humid weather or in sunlight turn blurry and even after rubbing, blinking it doesn't go away until I sit in a cold room. And it accomplied by hyperventilation. But I never see zigzag or coloured patterns. Is it migrane??

It turns out that for me it was high blood platelets and when I started taking low dose aspirin for that my migraines went from a monthly occurrence to never.

Okay i might have a tip to lower the symptom, when your aura gets bad, go to a dark spot in house, take a cigarete lighter and keep it on fire and move it left right before your vision, about 5-10 cm away from your head, in my case the symptoms subsided fast

I thought I was the only one who got this and never knew this was migraine 😭

I get the aura, then like 10 or 20 minutes later the 3 to 4 hours of AWFUL pain starts. Please let me know if anyone has stopped it. I eased up on caffeine and didn't get one for like 6 months, and now i'm trying to do the same and got 3 of them in like 3 weeks...this is torture. makes me want to die tbh. Please help me if you know anything. My only option left is to cut off caffeine entirely. 0. none. This is very difficult for me but it's better than this hell I'm going through right now (just got one a bit ago and I'm freaking out cuz I never got 3 this fast b4)

I had exactly this. Lasted for about 40 minutes. I have epilepsy and my mum and even nurse was saying it was likely a focal seizure but they were nothing at all like this from what I've experienced. So glad I found this and diagnosed myself 😂 Much more glad it was this and not another focal seizure.

is it normal that theres no headache after the aura?

I've been suffering from aura migraines since i was 11...i'm 25 now. Mine are quite severe with an aura that almost blinds most of the time and makes me totally unfunctional. It's horrible, it’s the most frightening thing had it its always on my left side At last, I'm not the only one 😢now i know what kind of disease i have an its name. Some couses i got when i search this desease: Bright lights-Stress-Certain foods or drugs-Hormonal changes - such as during menstruation-Changes in altitude or air pressure-Issues with sleep - lack of, or too much Unfortunatelt the correct couses of this desease or its treatment is un bridictbale until now Hope to recover all of us you are not alone

First of all I,am a migraine patient from my childhood. 2.5 years ago when I was watching led TV suddenly I saw aura that was like zig zag and I was shivering because I was feeling very cold and it stopped after 20 minutes and never happened again but two weeks ago I saw the exact same aura and was shivering + feeling very cold. and after the aura ended I was still feeling a bit cold. and had an headache in the morning. Can you tell me if its a seizure or a aura migraine

Tight hearing protection on my head may be the cause

when You eat Wrong food. Visual aura appears. i have maag, when acid keeps flooding in my stomach,visual appears.

I went to see a neurologist for my auras. I had an MRI of my brain. He said I had classic sign of a migraine. He put me on Cartia. As along as I stay on it I do not get any auras

So it is linked heart and this is true? Migraine sufferers are at a higher risk of ischemic stroke. This is because a migraine with an aura causes blood vessels to narrow further and as a result increases the risk of stroke.

Guys please reply..do u experience black flashes or something similar m so scared.

I notice a kinda black aura then vision gets blurry when I look to the side. This is really scary any one here also have this

Thanks forthe dark on dark background #photophobic_migraine

Please tell me solution of this problem ? Visual aura migraine with headache

I have also tinnnitus with this😭

HELP I'M DESPERATE I CAN BARELY SEE ITS A HALF CIRCLE MOVING AROUND IN BITH EYES AND BLURRY

Migraines are no fun, that's for sure. 😫 But I've been using Planet Ayurveda medicine, and it's made a significant difference. Highly recommend it to anyone dealing with those persistent headaches!

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Thanks forthe dark on dark background #photophobic_migraine