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In reply to the discussion: Ocular migraine starting. [View all]

2naSalit

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20. Same here...
Mon May 3, 2021, 06:43 PM
May 2021

They showed up while I was in grad school and it was hell. They happened twice a month and would last for up to five days. I was knocking on the clinic door at opening every day of the episode. Sometimes I had to get two injections a day. After a year, I had to keep a self injector on hand because they happened so fast that I couldn't even walk from my bedroom to the fridge to get some yogurt to gulp down a pill, by then I'd be too nauseous to swallow the yogurt. All the meds were very expensive. And I was always afraid of having a heart attack whenever I had to have a shot.

Ocular migraine starting. [View all] redwitch May 2021 OP
Opthalmic migraine? trof May 2021 #1
Mine cause me to go blind in one eye. Fortunately, they are not frequent. tblue37 May 2021 #9
Same here SheltieLover May 2021 #18
That the spot that widens into zigzags? Then gone? Srkdqltr May 2021 #2
I had a medication do that to me once Bayard May 2021 #3
Haven't had one in years but minimal pain, thank goodness! redwitch May 2021 #7
Carvedilol? (It gave me visual floaties.) tblue37 May 2021 #8
I have floaters constantly, always have had them. blueinredohio May 2021 #10
I have also found that I get floaties from dehydration. If I drink 8 or 10 ounces of water, they go tblue37 May 2021 #25
No Carvedilol. I had to look that up! redwitch May 2021 #13
Yup, I usually get them when I'm stressed. Although sometimes they just show up for no reason. Biophilic May 2021 #4
Annoying but not awful Srkdqltr May 2021 #5
It seems to be gone already. redwitch May 2021 #6
Yes. They don't last too long and I've only had one or two while driving. First time, I thought Hoyt May 2021 #11
I do now intrepidity May 2021 #12
God bless menopause Freddie May 2021 #14
Same here... 2naSalit May 2021 #20
Yes MOMFUDSKI May 2021 #15
I do, yes.... Drum May 2021 #16
Yes NQAS May 2021 #17
Yes, quite often. consider_this May 2021 #19
My student had regular and very debilitating migraines for years. Then she fierywoman May 2021 #21
My husband does... His progresses to tunnel vision. Caffeine helps him. He used to just drink a Karadeniz May 2021 #22
Caffeine. The wonder drug. nt redwitch May 2021 #23
Oh, yeah... glad someone posted that coffee study out of Spain!!! Karadeniz May 2021 #24
I had one last year - scariest thing ever! Generic Brad May 2021 #26
Yes. Can't see at all. hunter May 2021 #27
I see little sparklies that cloud my vision when I'm really stressed Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #28
Yes, scotomas. Blurry spots in the middle of my vision. Laffy Kat May 2021 #29
I do XanaDUer2 May 2021 #30
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