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NewHendoLib

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7. I've had them off and on for over 30 years.

Wed May 17, 2023, 10:35 PM

May 2023

no clear trigger - never a headache. They start with a fuzzing of the center of my field of vision - but the fuzziness is flashing zig zag lines that move off center, enlarge to fill the edges of my vision - then they are gone. Whole thing takes 20-30 minutes from beginning to end. I don't eat anything with vinegar. I eat all sorts of things. I've changed what I eat often over that 30 year span.

I just relax, enjoy the light show, wonder why they happen - and weeks or months could go by before it happens again.

It's a mystery!

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Ocular migraines [View all] VGNonly May 2023 OP

Interesting Freddie May 2023 #1

I've had two episodes of this - quite fascinating. 3catwoman3 May 2023 #2

I get them when I eat anything with MSG, gave up on it years ago and have had very few since Shellback Squid May 2023 #3

I've had a few. Problem is, the flashes/symptoms could be stroke, detached retina, vitreous Silent Type May 2023 #4

Opthalmic migraines gab13by13 May 2023 #5

this! Mine tend to be blues and golds - a flashing zig zag/angles. NewHendoLib May 2023 #8

I get them with big changes in barometric pressure it seems. KPN May 2023 #11

I get them infrequently. For me one trigger event seems to be fluorescent lights. JohnSJ May 2023 #6

I've had them off and on for over 30 years. NewHendoLib May 2023 #7

I get them... 2naSalit May 2023 #9

I thought it was just me teach1st May 2023 #10