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Has anyone had distorted vision before other symptoms of TIA or Stroke
Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases | Last Active: Sep 17 12:14pm | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
Yes, I have.
I was initially diagnosed with CLIPPERS Syndrome on the second of May. However, the medications for it have not lead to any improvement of the lesions in my PONS. So, now the docs will look, again, at differential diagnosis.
That being said, I had visual distortions, all very brief, 30 seconds to 1.5 mins. This looked like everything slanting to the left, then everything looked pixelated and all the little pieces kind of vibrated… then by a min later it stopped and I felt a bit foggy headed and tired. Some with CLIPPERS get double vision (diplopia) and some get oscillopsia (kind of like I described, though it probably varies). Of course, CLIPPERS is not the only syndrome/disease that have vision changes of distortions in their list of symptoms. While I do not yet know what my diagnosis is, I can tell you that my MRI reports have not once indicated signs of stroke.
Kristy in Oregon.
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@kristyinoregon
Glad it wasn’t a stroke but a CT or MRI won’t pick up on a TIA unless it’s in progress.
With my first incident my vision became completely pixelated like yours and colored. Couldn’t see, so confusing, thought I was having a stroke, quickly did self-tests for stroke and then vision was suddenly normal within 30 seconds. No other symptoms. An NP friend convinced me to go to the ER because she feared I would have a stroke knowing about my afib. Waited 3 hours, busy ER, finally took me into a room like a closet and the doc said, let me save you time and money. You stood up too fast, you’re fine, go home. He was busy.
Well I was in the kitchen when it happened and it was nothing like things going black for two seconds from low BP and standing up too fast. That has happened a million times. I also was already standing when it happened.
After I got home from the ER, I was standing in my bedroom and suddenly just fell backwards. Not dizzy, not off balance, no warning, didn’t bend as I was falling, didn’t try to catch myself. I fell like a tree in the forest as if someone just flipped the off switch on me. No control. It was the weirdest thing. Luckily I didn’t hit the floor or hard furniture but fell back mostly into my recliner and just about broke it I landed so hard and fast. I thought, “Nice catch God!”
My neurologist suspected ocular migraine. I didn't make the afib connection till I had two more incidents. In hindsight, I believe the pixelation and falling were both TIAs post afib. Also, the short duration and sudden onset and ending are more indicative of a TIA than ocular migraine.
Good luck with your situation.