Comments on: right-side visual migraine

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:47:45 +0000

I have had visual migraines for years. I started taking a regular aspirin to reduce the length of time the visuals lasted by I am now on a baby aspirin. I get a mild headache after the migraine but the first time I had one of the visual migraines it was a bit unnerving.

I still get them from time to time but found over the years that bright lights (including sunlight), flashes of bright light, lack of sleep, and stress in general make me more susceptible to the migraines.

Transition lenses are great and will not turn dark when inside a car (even in bright sunlight) or when sitting in front of a computer screen. They turn dark due to the UV rays of the sun even on cloudy days.

By: etbe

etbe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:15:57 +0000

I’ve never been really scared by mine. It’s strange really, because the first time it happened I thought it was the start of a process that would lead to permanent and serious vision impairment but I didn’t freak out or anything. I think that my colleagues were more concerned than I was (it happened at work).

Apparently there are some other neurological affects that are related to it (some sort of general impairment of mental processes). So maybe I just lose the capacity for fear when it happens.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:46:51 +0000

Hi, I also suffer from visual migraines, it affects my left eye, i start off with flashes, then the visual shimmers, zigzag patterns start, it’s very scary, I am not sure what triggers mine off, so I can relate to what you are saying.