visual migraine symptoms

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Q: Migraine-like symptoms without the intensity of a migraine…?
I used to have migraines frequently as a teen, but thought I “grew out” of them (I’m 21) as they became few and far between. During the past few months I’ve had headaches with migraine-like symptoms (one-sided, nausea, visual stuff, serious fatigue) during PMS. The headache itself is pretty uncomfortable, but not nearly as bad as some of the migraines I’ve had in the past. Anyone else experience headaches like this? Is it possible to have migraine-like headaches with less pain?

A: Absolutely. I had minor headaches which were real headaches but not that bad, but also dizziness and nausea. The neurologist said it was migraine without a doubt. Sent me in for an MRI just to be safe and put me on Topamax which is something I hope you do not have to take.

Q: How do you guys feel during and after a visual migraine?
The first time I ever got a migraine was when I was 13 I use to experience numb hands and lips also tongue a lot of confusion couldn’t talk right and of course visual issues like zig zag. Then time passed and they got better just some visual issues that would go away in 30 min and then I would normally get a light headache. Now I’m pregnant 37 weeks to be exact and today I experience strong symptoms just when I was a teenager I feel pain on the back of my head and feel a little out of it. Tell me how do you guys feel during and after. Thanks

A: omg i am 13 and i have suffered sinse i was 12 and i fall asleep. i get that aura and i hate it! i use ice to get rid of the pain and to relax me ecause i get stressed and hot and ice relaxes me for some reason maybe it will work for you! good luck with the delivery when he/she/ comes into this world. i wish you the besst!

Q: whats the difference between migraine & ‘cluster’ headaches?
i have recently had the ‘aura’/visual symptoms associated with migraine..but it doesnt go into full blown migraine…really unpleasant & dibillitating all the same.

i had blood tests, checks at the opticians etc., and i am all ok. optician says its migraine and the doctor says ‘cluster’ headaches…what it is the difference and what on earth is a cluster headache? forgot to ask the doctor…just relieved when he told me i did not have anything more serious..i.e. i thought i had a tumour or was going blind. does anyone know about clusters?

A: Cluster headaches are attacks of severe pain lasting 15-180 minutes and occurring from once every other day up to eight times in one day.

Q: Constant migraine with visual aura or neuralgia?
Every time I start and suddenly stop antidepressants I get a constant pain on the right side of my head and a shower of constant black eye floaters in my right eye. Sometimes the right side of my neck is also sore. I went to the eye dr. and he didn’t see any floaters in my eye. The CAT scan was also clear. So I went to a neurologist and he said it is most likely atypical neuralgia or migraine disorder. Has anyone ever experienced these symptoms? Maybe the starting and stopping of antidepressants trigger chemical changes in my brain which then cause these symptoms. It usually clears up in a few weeks to months. Does this sound like neuralgia or migraine? The pain on the right side of my head and floaters in my right eye are constant for weeks or months. My right eye also waters. It feels as if the blood vessel or nerves on the right side of my brain are sore.

A: http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr_feb04_foramen.html

Q: Ophthalmic Migraine?
“spots of light, halos, or zigzag patterns are common symptoms prior to the start of Migraine headaches. An ophthalmic migraine is when you have only visual symptoms without a headache.”

I have been diagnosed with the symptoms of ophthalmic migraines, however, my symptoms are permanent and are not episodic. Does anyone know of any similar cases or where I could even start to look to get evaluated by the right people for this?

A: http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr_feb04_foramen.html

Q: Migraine with aura symptoms After??
I woke up with a migraine yesterday morning and took my meds for it (1 Zomig). I was fine the rest of the day, aside from the side effects of the meds. Later on around 5PM I fell asleep for an hour, woke up and my head started to hurt a tad, not enough to make me take another Zomig, but I also had some visual disturbances. A thick line with zig-zags going around it followed by dizziness (I almost passed out so I layed down again). The aura got a little worse, now I could see an electrical field, it was only on the left-most side of my eyes though. It went away a few minutes later.

Is it normal to have this after a migraine? I though it was only something you get before?
I may have brought the dizzy spell on myself as I am very squeemish – I was looking at various medical explanations online so I think I may have just freaked myself out.

A: Migraines symptoms are so variable that there is no normal pattern. The sequence you are describing is not as common as having auras toward the beginning, but there is nothing abnormal about having an aura at the end of a migraine event – at least not abnormal in the sense that you might suspect that something other than a migraine is the underlying cause.

Q: Does anyone else have these symptoms with migraines?
I’ve been dealing with what I believe to be a migraine for the past few weeks.Never had one before and the pain and symptoms that went along with it were so intense I thought I was having a brain aneurysm/tumor.Luckily nothing showed up on the test results…I’m going to a neurologist in a few days for further testing.I was just wondering if these are signs of a migraine or possibly something else………..non-stop pulsating/throbbing in head, constant head pain(sometimes stays in one spot but can spread throughout head), EXTREME endless vertigo/spacey feeling(like walking through a fog),lethargy, visual distortions/double vision, sensitivity to light and a little to sound,short-term memory loss(which has been scaring the hell out of me), speech disturbance/slurring,loss of appetite, and just an overall high level of discomfort throughout each day which is inhibiting me to work or drive. Can anyone else relate to these symptoms? Has anything helped you gain relief in any way?

A: When i get migraines i know they are comming b/c i go completely blind in my right eye, its scary and when it comes back i see little fuzzies, and cirlces and just werid thing like when you close your eyes and press on them hard….I also Throw up the entire time i have the headache…Its horrible, Unfortunately i can relate to all your symptoms, Im glad your getting everything tested to make sure its not anything serious.

Q: Anyone taking Verapamil for migraines?
I have been taking it for 2 weeks and I am still getting symptoms of migraines (visual zig/zag lines). Can anyone tell me what their experience is with this medication?

A: I am taking now verapamil for the last 3 years and not for headaches but to expand my blood vessels to the heart and as well the rhythm of my heart . I have never heard anyone using it headaches and i just looked it up on winkipedia and apperently it’s being used for cluster headaches .

Q: Have you ever had a visual disturbance in one eye where lights looked elipsed?
Over the past couple months I’ve had two occasions that lasted for several days-week when all round points of light (street lights, traffic lights, points of reflected sunlight, etc.) looked like they were eclipsed, i.e., black in the middle with the corona around it. Optometrist suggested optical migraine, but primary care physician said the symptoms last too long to be a migraine.
I am meeting with a neuro-opthalmology specialist in a few weeks, but just wondered if anyone else had ever experienced this.

A: Don’t ask us, go see your doctor and he will tell you exactly what it is. Good luck and don’t worry!

Q: visual migranes or HPPD?
Does this sound like visual migraines?

Feeling dizzy, seeing visual snow or static, feeling kind of detached or hypnotized. Seeing movement in stationary objects, slight vertigo, And seeing lights when in a dark room” pulse” or expand and contract irregularly with my pupils doing the same thing. Having a lack of motivation and anxiety and low energy with a feeling of pressure on the eyes. This all happens frequently and lasts for usually a couple of hours but I have times when I have no symptoms. I have done salvia weed and coke before but not too much.. dont do anymore.

A: Those are classic migraine symptoms. Few people realize that migraines don’t have to manifest symptoms in the head only. I have know people to also have abdominal migraines. Its worth checking out with a neurologist. Make sure you are completely honest with any physician you see. They aren’t there to judge you, but to do their best to help you.

Q: What could my symptoms mean?
I know no one here can diagnose me but I am just after some advice about what my symptoms could mean.

For the last 3 days I have had bad dizziness, every time I move my head it’s like my eyes can’t focus. Almost feels like they are rolling round in my head and everything is off balance.
I have visual disturbances, seeing flashes of colour (I know these are symptoms of migraine but it’s been 3 days and no migraine yet).
I also have an insatiable thirst. It’s like the more I drink the more thirsty I become.
I have had the occasional shooting chest pain but nothing major and also palpitations.

I do have an anxiety disorder but this does not fell like any sort of anxiety attack I have had in the past.

Can anyone give me some tips? I will be consulting my GP on Monday but would just like to know if anyone has any ideas.

Thanks

A: you need to go to the doctor and be tested for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. these symptoms are the early signs of someone being diabetic

Q: Migraine management please help?
I don’t know what to do I have all the symptoms down here:
- Visual snow
- memory loss
- loss of interest
- Upper peripheral vision loss in both eyes (randomly one day .. no migraine aura)
- I lost my way to think logically
- blurry vision
- horrible tinnitus (ringing in ears)
- random times when I cant hear anything
- Slurred Speech
- a bunch of eye problems like smudges of light / a black line when i move my eyes to the left or right
- when I move my eyes everything blurry
- slight eyebrow movent makes my vision blurry
-eyes sometimes move by themselves
I sat somewhere for 4 hours and watched south park but I do not remember any of the episodes.. like I was knocked out and woke up.. I forget most days of the week and my mind is too burned out from this to be good in school. my spelling is worse as well as my reading.. its really slow..
I do not have pain in my migraines or any aura.. its like I don’t have migraines
** it all started september 21st 2009 when I woke up I felt weird with most of the above symptoms accept the vision loss**
No I have been tested for EVERYTHING and it all points to migraine (especially the visual snow)

A: Sounds like you have suffered from a stroke. My great gramma suffered from the same thing and she still has those problems

Q: Can somebody explain these unusual symptoms?
what does it mean when everything looks like its melting and moving around me? I usually get these symptoms with a migraine but for some reason they have found a place within my everyday life. My ears also ring 24/7 and I see “visual snow” 24/7. It is extremely annoying and I seem to feel anxious and insane all the time. I have seen a psychiatrist and he doesn’t know whats going on aside from telling me I’m having panic attacks when clearly I’m panicking because of my symptoms and not a mental illness. I also experience vertigo fairly regularly, especially when I’m trying to sleep, the room spins for hours, or objects appear to be melting or moving backwards and forwards. I also get feelings of confusion for example looking at an object and thinking it’s the wrong way up or the room around me looking strange but not being able to work out why, or if somebody is talking either to me or in the background sometimes I can’t understand what they are saying even though I can hear them. I’ve had a CT scan also. I do not take any drugs and I rarely drink any alcohol. Has anyone heard of these symptoms or experienced them and know what they are?

A: Wow.. I’m really sorry but i can’t explain any of your symptoms except for the ringing ears – that is called Tinnitus, and usually there is a serious problem causing it… :/

I understand how u frustrated you feel, because I also have strange symptoms kind of similar to yours that no one can seem to explain (sharp, stabbing headaches; confusion, where i dont know who i am or where i am; i have tinnitus as well; and i also get dizzy frequently).

Of course your psychiatrist is trying to dismiss it on panic attacks, because that is something explainable and they find it easier to dismiss things like this on something simple and give you some medicine for it. I saw a psychologist and he was positive it was depression. He had my family doctor prescribe the 3 best depression medicines for me and was suprised when they did nothing. Hmm… -_-

I wish I could help but maybe you can type them into google and see what comes up? Hope you get better!

Q: Migraines, are my symptoms normal?
I have been getting at least 1 migraine a month. I usually feel weird before I get one then something will go numb e.g. my hand or my foot. Then I get visual disturbance and sometimes get really confused and found it quite hard to talk. I then get a headache. I have recently noticed that I keep getting headaches on the left side of my head nd whenever this happens I get a tingling sensation on the left side of my face. This suddenly came on for the first time when I was at school and the headache went but the tingling sensation in my face stayed but improved throughout the week. Since then (about three weeks ago), I have been getting the same tingling sensation in my face whenever I am tired, stressed or have a headache. I went to the doctor and he refered me to a neurologist, i have not been yet tho. The tingling sensation started after I saw the doctor. Is this normal?

A: Sounds like me. I’ve had migraines since I was 19 & I’m 31 now. They used to be all the time, but since my doctor put me on Verapamil I’m down to about 10 a year now.

Q: MIGRAINE with AUDIBLE aura?
I had found info on the internet before about audible migraines. My family doctor thought that I had tinnitus but the symptoms did not match at all. Before my migraine starts, I heard a deep whooshing sound like a freight train or heavy highway traffic that sounds like it comes from the left side of my neck. It gets louder in my ear and then abruptly stops. The longer the sound stays in my ears, usually 30 seconds, then I know I will get a migraine. I don’t usually have many visual auras the occasional black speck but I find that my eyes are very sensitive to light when I get a migraine. Can anyone help or have you had audible migraines?

A: As the medical consultations are quite expensive, the sufferers often do the self analysis and look for solutions based on that. Have your ever realised the sounds that you hear in the ear is not necessarily the problem in that area itself. It might as well be due to the problem in your occlusion/bite and resultantly TMJ disorder or syndrome. It may help to set up a consult with oral & maxillofacial surgeon, the one who adopts holistic approach. An advanced search could be: holistic tmj treatment in india