Does anyone get flashy zig zag's in your sight of vision in one or both eyes???

Question

Okay guys, I got one of these things like 6 months ago and I freaked the F out. Why wouldn't I? Who gets this c**p? I've looked it up and its called Scintillating Scotoma and these "light shows" last about 20 minutes. I get them only in my left eye. It could be so random too, like I'll have one one day and another a month from now. What is causing this!!!!! Please help guys! This doesn't seem normal.

Answer 1

Almost certainly it's visual migraine.

It's quite possible to get this classic migraine element without the headache or sickness that is frequently associated with it.

(there are about 8 main migraine symptoms, but few people are unlucky enough to have the full set)

If it's a new effect you need to report it to your doctor, just to eliminate any other outside possibilities.  There's no definitive test for migraine, so it can only be safely assumed once everything else has been given at least some thought.

Do you have any other migraine symptoms at about the same time?

Warning signs: sometimes "feeling too good", which can be difficult to spot as a *problem*.

Headache, classically but not always one-sided.

Nausea or sickness.

Oversensitivity to slight or sound.

Olfactory illusiions: smelling things that aren't  there (just like seeing the lights that aren't there, for the nose!)

Neurological effects, temporary blocked memory, especially for very well-known things, or an idea that locks into th emind and can't be dropped.  Sometimes a degree of out-of-body sensation.

"Pins and needles" : tingling and or numbness in a hand, or the sidfe of theface.

Post migraine lassitude: feeling exhasted after a migraine episode.

Again, some of these can point to more serious conditions as well as to migraine which is why, though it nearly always is migraine, that can't be simply be jumped to as an obvious certain explanation.

Answer 2

i used to a lot when i was little, but it went away now that i got glasses. you should just get a simple eye exam and telly our symptoms. see if you need glasses.

Answer 3

migraine