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Related: About this forumAnyone get ocular migraines?
Had one yesterday, and I know its stress. Been reading on higher incidence of stroke among those with OM. I know its this tmj shit. Had a big fight again about moving forward.
SWBTATTReg
(24,011 posts)having one of her 'spells'. Find the sunglasses, close the curtains, and find a dark, quiet spot to ride it out.
C_U_L8R
(45,619 posts)But I used to get bouts. Freaky scary ones where everything would get all swimmy. Thought I was having a stroke. Yeah, I think mine was stress and vitamin/mineral imbalance. Anyway, thank goodness I haven't had one in a while
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,887 posts)Charlie Chapulin
(323 posts)I have had them. Very disconcerting. They seem to happen in clusters. I have also noticed those clusters occurred when I wasn't doing B-complex, and that they stopped when I was. Correlation? Dont know, but seems to work for me.
gab13by13
(24,778 posts)1. Migraine with aura. I get them all of the time, jagged bright object in one eye. Then I may get it the next time in the other eye. They last 15 to 20 minutes. I was told to sit back and enjoy the light show. I have no pain. I call them Opthalmic migraines.
2. Retinal migraine is very rare and cause visual changes in one eye, it is more serious.
canuckledragger
(1,897 posts)They always reminded me of the energy ribbon in the movie Star Trek Generations.
And yes, they go away after a few minutes with no I'll effects.
NoRethugFriends
(2,961 posts)If you recognize it very early on in the flashing, take a "cocktail" of caffeine, Tylenol, and aspirin.
It can often stop it in its tracks, causing the jagged lines to fragment or disappear, and stop the possible ensuing headache.
It sounds counterintuitive, since caffeine can help cause migraines, but once you are getting one, it is a positive.
XanaDUer2
(13,602 posts)Thank you
NoRethugFriends
(2,961 posts)I don't drink coffee, so I take caffeine pill equal to 1/2 cup coffee.
One aspirin, one or two Tylenol.
I note comment below mentions Excedrin Migraine, which is indeed combination of these three ingredients
XanaDUer2
(13,602 posts)I don't get them a lot.
NoRethugFriends
(2,961 posts)marble falls
(61,994 posts)... Excedrin down soon enough I can head them off.
Ziggysmom
(3,556 posts)Have any doctors suggested that to you? For my friend, the splints and braces actually made her worse.