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Wow - Im having an optical migraine right now. -sm

Posted: Jul 15, 2010

They're so strange! The first one i had back in the '80s scared me to death... thought I was stroking out. Still, I sure prefer them to the regular headache-kind of migraine, which last about a day or two. These only last about 30 minutes, though they still make me feel kind of woozy. Starts out as a little flashing light in the center of my vision, then it grows larger and larger into a "C" shape, made up of flashing, revolving triangle shapes. It always seems to happen when I'm trying to read or type.

Time for a break!

;

I have those and I agree, the first one does - j

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scare you. I will have one every 6 months or so. About 30 minutes after it starts, however, I have a full-blown migraine. The first thing I thought of with the first one was a retinal detachment. We, as MTs, know just enough to scare ourselves to death.

So far Ive been lucky, no HA afterwards, just the same - woozy feeling, gone in an hour. :) Rocky R.

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I get them too. - shipwecked

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I had my first one 20 years ago and was totally terrified. I have spakles and blind spots. They last maybe a half hour and then disappear. Never develop into a headache, and I can go years without any, but they scare me every single time.

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