Migraine symptoms can be ocular due to constricted vessels in the visual cortex, and they can include flashes of light, lightening bolts, constriction of vision or showers of spots. Recognize ocular abnormalities in response to a migraine with information from a practicing optometrist in this free video on eye health. Expert: James W. Kirkconnell Contact: www.bec2020.com Bio: Dr. James W. Kirkconnell graduated from the University of Houston College of Optometry in 1984. Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge
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@gunnerchel
Ah that’s called a migraine aura. I get those as well. I’m gonna send you a link to ur personal youtube page. It may help feel a little more at ease when you read about all the people who experience the same thing.
@ragingcluegoo no it’s in both eyes
It starts small, then gets brighter and brighter until I nearly go blind- my peripheral vision is then completely gone. I can’t even make out someone’s face who is right in front of me.
I live very close to the doc in this vid, I’m thinking about paying him a visit.
@gunnerchel
But you only get it in one eye right? Magnesium deficiency can bring these on. I’d give you a link but doesnt allow it. I don’t know if you’ve read about diet changes that you can make to help avoid them, but you probably eat fine. I don’t really. I eat a lot of processed foods which I am gonna stop. I’ve just recently started taking magnesium pills and getting more exercise. So I hope changing my lifestyle will help. And I hope you can find a trend to help stop them awful things.
@ragingcluegoo no, I get one, zig-zag looking floater in the shape of a crescent moon, or a single bright circle in my vision. Like the flash from a camera, except burned into my vision. When it goes away, I get this dull, overbearing pain in the back of my head, followed by nausea.
Part of the retina might be torn off by the departing vitreous body, known as a retinal detachment. This will often leak blood into the vitreous, which is seen by the patient as a sudden appearance of numerous small dots, moving across the whole field of vision. Retinal detachment requires immediate medical attention, as it can easily cause blindness. Consequently both the appearance of flashes and the sudden onset of numerous small floaters should be rapidly investigated by an eye care provider
@gunnerchel
Do you have a bunch of floaters in ur vision? Not like the normal amount I mean A LOT of little floaters?
@ragingcluegoo yes, sadly. I had one yesterday in fact.
@bigrahizzle
I get the same thing man. I don’t get typical migraines so much (with the center of the vision starting distorted and working its way outward through your eyes) but I do get ocular ones. In my left eye sometimes but when I look at something dark it goes away. Only when I look at something bright. I am 22 and I just started experiencing these shits. I hate it but what can you do. What I’ve noticed helps the most is sunglasses. Wear them!
@gunnerchel
Are you still getting them?
Yesterday I bent over and when I stood up and looked in the mirror my left pupil was twice it’s size and oblong, obstructing the blue part of my eye and reaching the white. There was no pain only blurry vision. Last week while sleeping I awoke with a stabbing pain in the left side of my head followed by a pain in my heart. I don’t have insurance so didn’t go to the doctor. I’m also very tired. Any ideas?
I’m also one of the 20%.
At first a week ago, they thought it was a retina detachment.
Now, seeing that my retina is fully intact and healthy, all they can think of is an Ocular Migraine.
I’ve had normal migraine in my head for the past 14 years (I’m 16).
But this is new and began with the peripheral flashing.
In most cases, I hear the ocular migraine lasts at most around 30 minutes.
Mine has been non-stop for 3 days..
I’m pretty scared.
I was told (and have researched) that migraine attacks are caused by vasodialation, not vasoconstriction. That is why normal headache medication (which cause vasodialtion to counter the vasoconstriction of the headache) actually make migraine attacks worse.
I only just discovered what they were called after 12 years of having them. I get the tunnel vision blur which moves to the side eventually and then disappears, with no headache or pain. Lasts about 15 mins normally give or take. Only happens a few times year. It’s really nothing to worry about unless your driving but could be annoying if it happened during exams or an eyetest for a drivers licence renewal.
Im in the unfortunate 80% who get the headache with this, only whenever i get one, i always go dizzy and sick and there are like, silver lines flashing down my vision.
If i ever got a migraine during an exam or something, id be screwed. Ive come close to passing out from the dizziness before. Its downright annoying to say the least.
omg exactly like me…
i hate this! I started getting these migranes a few months ago. I’m in high school now and I’m scared that i might get one of these (god forbid) during an exam.
oh god I get these too. They are getting so frequent, I don’t know what to do!
Go see an eye doctor, and then your PCP for tests if it’s warranted.
I love the fact you try to trigger another one of my migraines during the video. Anyway, this was really helpful, I’m 15 and started getting these migraines when I was 12. Unfortunately I’m part of the 80% who get the headaches. I’ll follow all advice I have obtained thus far and see how my Migraines will evolve. I’m hoping they soon be a distant memory.
interesting! I am in the lucky 20% that dont get the headache along with wild visuals, they used to scare the heck out of me and had the anxiety witch only made it worse, I’m 45 and first had one when i was32 maybe and now getting them again,i found out about a year what these are and now rarely get them
wow!!!! i think i have this. I am very worried about this. At first i thought that it could be that im loosing my vision. Then Anxiety and deression hit me. main anxiety problem is this. I dont know what to do. I get soo worried which then shoots my anxiety through the roof. The past two months of my life have been horrible. I have quit my job because of this and now stay home secluded from everyone. And im only 20 years old