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SWBTATTReg

(24,094 posts)
1. My Mom did, not an easy thing to deal w/. The migraines were nasty and you could readily tell that she was
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 01:06 PM
Apr 2024

having one of her 'spells'. Find the sunglasses, close the curtains, and find a dark, quiet spot to ride it out.

C_U_L8R

(45,693 posts)
2. Haven't had one for a while
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 01:07 PM
Apr 2024

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

Charlie Chapulin

(323 posts)
4. Yes
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 01:11 PM
Apr 2024

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? Don’t know, but seems to work for me.

gab13by13

(25,257 posts)
5. Mayo says there are 2 types,
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 01:15 PM
Apr 2024

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

(1,937 posts)
7. I get those things when I'm overtired and been staring at a screen too long
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 02:00 PM
Apr 2024

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

(2,997 posts)
6. Used to more, now infrequent. Below can help,
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 01:34 PM
Apr 2024

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.

NoRethugFriends

(2,997 posts)
10. See below
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 02:29 PM
Apr 2024

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

marble falls

(62,063 posts)
8. Used to get, but grew out of them, but in the last 10 years get one or three a year. If I get the migrane ...
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 02:09 PM
Apr 2024

... Excedrin down soon enough I can head them off.

Ziggysmom

(3,574 posts)
13. My BFF suffered with TMJ for years. The only thing that helped cure her was Botox injections.
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 09:03 PM
Apr 2024

Have any doctors suggested that to you? For my friend, the splints and braces actually made her worse.

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