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2naSalit

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10. I started getting them...

Sun Sep 25, 2022, 12:09 PM

Sep 2022

In my childhood, not sure what triggers them. I sometimes get them as a prelude to a headache and they last until the headache is gone.

What I see is more like a GIF of my iris, illuminated in kind of psychedelic colors, as it appears to grow larger then snaps back to the smaller size over and over again. I don't get the migraine headaches anymore but the visual thing is common. When I was in my twenties and thirties I would occasionally get this thing that was like golden sparkling teevee "snow" but I would also get woozy and have to sit down until it passed within 10 - 20 seconds. They went away a long time ago.

When I get the iris looking thing now, I just rest my body, mind and eyes for about a half hour and that works, drink water.

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Does anyone else here experience "aura migraine" - the visual disturbance without the [View all] NewHendoLib Sep 2022 OP

I do now too. MuseRider Sep 2022 #1

I really appreciate you sharing that. They really are mystifying NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #44

Lol MuseRider Sep 2022 #49

I have had them in the past RazBerryBeret Sep 2022 #2

they are indeed really freaky! NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #43

I get them. redwitch Sep 2022 #3

I'll have to see if I can correlate being overtired. I think mine may have a stress trigger. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #42

I have Rebl2 Sep 2022 #4

Nope - I've (fortunately) never had a headache. Just the half our light show! NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #41

I was told these are a precursor to the actual migrane. TigressDem Sep 2022 #5

thanks - you've given me some things to explore and think about. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #40

I have had aural migraines since 2005. LastDemocratInSC Sep 2022 #6

thanks - that describes my experience well. Mine always start dead center of my vision and move NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #38

Yes. They are called occular migraines! SheltieLover Sep 2022 #7

My BIL Rebl2 Sep 2022 #13

No vision loss, no nausea - just the migrating flashing area, center to peripery. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #37

Yw, NHL SheltieLover Sep 2022 #45

Had one the other day Freddie Sep 2022 #8

thanks for sharing that. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #36

My SO gets them, Geechie Sep 2022 #9

thanks. I typically have low BP. But - I can put some stress on myself! NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #35

I heard that! Geechie Sep 2022 #39

I started getting them... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #10

thanks. I like your analogy - a psychedelic iris. Fits perfectly. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #34

When I had my first I fainted tetedur Sep 2022 #11

really interesting - thanks for sharing that. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #33

Yes. Pretty much as you describe. Dr. called it ocular migraine. No pain. Has been lamp_shade Sep 2022 #12

thanks. I've decided I need to start logging them to assess the frequency - and any possible trigger NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #32

Great idea! SheltieLover Sep 2022 #46

I've been having them gblady Sep 2022 #14

thanks for sharing this. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #31

Yes DelMar dem Sep 2022 #15

I've not either. I am thankful I've never had the headache. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #30

Yes. I have them. Nanuke Sep 2022 #16

thanks for sharing that - and the antihistamine idea! NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #29

Started getting them in 2013. luvs2sing Sep 2022 #17

thanks for this - I tend to put stress on myself - and will definitely start keeping a log NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #28

They're also called ocular migraines and I get them Warpy Sep 2022 #18

thanks for sharing your experience. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #27

Yes WmChris Sep 2022 #19

appreciate you sharing - thanks! NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #26

Yes! Had them for years! WVGIRL Sep 2022 #20

interesting about this histamine rich foods - thanks. I will check into that. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #25

I get them leighbythesea2 Sep 2022 #21

Thanks - I also want to try to capture what it looks like - but that shimmering and the colors! NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #24

Good luck leighbythesea2 Sep 2022 #51

I went through grad school... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #47

Glad to hear you don't get them leighbythesea2 Sep 2022 #50

Often. 2naSalit Sep 2022 #53

That sounds like leighbythesea2 Sep 2022 #54

Yes, just as you describe consider_this Sep 2022 #22

thanks for your response. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #23

The part about Van Gogh leighbythesea2 Sep 2022 #52

Another possible trigger SheltieLover Sep 2022 #48

Mine seems triggered by too much time on computer Demovictory9 Oct 2022 #55

Could be the screen refreshing (visual) or angle you look at screen SheltieLover Oct 2022 #56

Not sure.. started about 5 years ago. Went to optometrist thinking it was my eyes..he knew immediate Demovictory9 Oct 2022 #57

I get optical migraines, very scary XanaDUer2 Oct 2022 #58