Last night, while watching Discovery, I had a new experience of my own: shimmering at the top and right edges of my vision in both eyes. No pain, no nausea and I don’t think I’ve ever had a migraine. It cleared up in about 15 minutes, but was very disconcerting. Monitoring…
Odd-Egil “Oddzthrash” Auran I’d go to the physician for that. Better getting it checked than worrying about it. I had similar problems before starting to use glasses.
Alan Schussman Darn. I hope that's not the start of migraines and am sending good vibes. They can be really unsettling. I often feel pretty foggy the day after a visual aura like that.
Miraz Jordan @odd Thanks, yes, I'll make an appointment after our holiday weekend. Funnily enough I just had a full eye check with the optometrist a couple of weeks ago.
Halsted M. Bernard I experienced a few of these myself a few months ago. If it's what I experienced, it is called a scintillating scotoma.
Munish Pruthi did you see any light droplets float down the sides of your vision ? If so it could be something as simple as pulling on the back of your retina. Which is normal. Hope the checkup clarifies everything is ok.
Miraz Jordan @cygnoir Thanks. Mine was a lot like that middle picture of the grass. Interesting.
Miraz Jordan @Munish Hmmm, light droplets sounds interesting, but no. Thanks for the thoughts.
Michael Descy That definitely sounds like scintillating scotonoma. It is a migraine symptom. I get that, too. I used to get them without migraine pain, but now they sometimes precede migraine headaches. A neurologist can help you if it happens frequently.
Simon The only time this happened to me was when I was utterly overwhelmed with responsibility and pressure - my body shut me down for my own sake. I took time for some honest introspection on the stresses and pressures in my life. It's also possible that the programme you were watching caused inner distress on some level.
Miraz Jordan @mjdescy Thanks for the info. So far it was a one-off. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
Miraz Jordan @a_seagull_story Hmmm. Sorry that happened to you that time, but glad to hear it was only once. While the folks closest to me have a heap of stress right now for various life-change reasons I'm actually in a very relaxed spot. I’ll think on it though.
Simon Thank you but I'm glad it happened to me. It was an eye-opening experience that got me to where I am today. Fascinating to see it play out too. I remember that I didn't feel stressed at the time but looking back I clearly was. I was too good at coping - up to a point.