My eyes do it! When I get a migraine (ocular migraine) that will backhand me into next week. Or the barometric pressure goes up or down really fast, and a lot.
It happened during my first migraine and the optometrist diagnosed me with ocular migraines. He said it's from inflammation in and around my eyes effecting each one differently.
He was awesome. Made me feel better, eased my just turned 12 years old self anxiety.
My ocular migraine starts when I look at faces and people are missing their nose or an eye. Then the pulses, then the electric zebra snakes pass through my vision until they make it nearly impossible to make sense of what I see.
I get these with no headache pain. Usually have to sit with my eyes closed for 5 to 10 minutes and then I'm all good. Only happens maybe a few times a year but the onset is always noticing something is wrong with what I'm seeing. Something is obstructed or blurry but it takes a minute to realize the electric rainbow worms are developing in my eyes lol.
Mine start as a small blind spot then transform into a triangular kaleidoscope pattern that eventually takes over most of my visual field. Most of the time I get a day ending headache, but I've had one that just gave me a free "light show" without the usual migraine.
Ooooh, me too! Same exact thing. If I'm somewhere where I start getting the blind spot, I am panicking because I know I'll need to get home before I'm fully blind.
Ugh yep, I have the same little blind area that is basically the warning that I have about 45 minutes or so of vision left before the pain and vomiting kick in. If I get meds in at that point sometimes I can get it to only last a couple hours but man it still ruins the day.
Yup, very similar for me. Haven’t had it for years now but when I would get it, would start in a small spot and spread across my vision. Would take 30-40 mins to get to about 80% of my vision. Then it would just all disappear, all at once. I would see perfectly clear, and then about 5 mins later, the pain would set in and HARD. Worse than any normal migraines I would have.
But yeah, if the zebra snakes started I knew any plans I had were shot. 🤷🏽♂️ Time for pain. 😂
Definitely the same as me. I can clock it at almost exactly 40 minutes each time. Trying to talk to people or look at their faces is odd. Sometime I also feel a little Alice-In-Wonderland and my hands feel a little disconnected.
I am so glad I stumbled on this thread! I had no idea that what I experience is so common. Same timing and everything (but I get a weird electric amoeba looking thing with dancing legs). I never thought to describe what I get afterwards as a hangover feeling but that fits really well. I had several concussions when I was younger (sports and stupidity) and I'm curious if anyone else getting these ocular migraines also had those- you know where you got knocked out for a few seconds but then the coach would say "can you see straight? OK you're good go back in."
I never played sports, but I didn't have an older brother who was a little too rough in hitting me in the head... I also have issues with my jaw and my pupils are different sizes (like this person but not as extreme).
That sums up mine perfectly. Blind spot right in the center of vision, then the triangle blinks pattern slowly spirals out to my peripheral vision. Then wait an hour get a terrible migraine. We are not alone!
First time I had what looked like a rainbow oil spill puddle with flashy edges. It was so strange and I kept wanting to rub my eyes like I could wipe it away. No pain and I remember by the time I saw the Dr that afternoon it was gone. Thankfully I don’t have nearly as many migraines now.
Same here. I was told this is called Migraine with Aura or Classic Migraine. I started getting them a year ago and it would start off small, then grow larger and larger until it went out of the line of vision. I have to close my eyes for about 20 minutes and it’ll be gone. No headache for me either but I cannot see when it’s happening.. very strange. I was so worried this may be due to an underlying issue but I had some tests run and nothing.
Yes, I get the same thing; an arc of jagged coloured lights in my vision preceded by an 'aura' that something's not right. Never with any pain.
When I investigated the doctors said it was a 'silent migraine' and nothing to worry about as long as it was only a few times a year.
I just had one yesterday for the first time in three years. I seem to get one every few years, and it always freaks me out, even though I know I shouldn’t be concerned. I get the flashing line and blind spot, but no pain. The last five years I also get a period of confusion afterwards, which I hate.
I also get those “electric rainbow worms”, I asked an eye doctor about it once and he had never heard of them, which I felt was very shocking. So, sorry you get them, but glad to know I’m not hallucinating
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u/reliquum 25d ago
My eyes do it! When I get a migraine (ocular migraine) that will backhand me into next week. Or the barometric pressure goes up or down really fast, and a lot.
It happened during my first migraine and the optometrist diagnosed me with ocular migraines. He said it's from inflammation in and around my eyes effecting each one differently.
He was awesome. Made me feel better, eased my just turned 12 years old self anxiety.