I had complete vision loss in left eye , went black for just under five minutes start to finish, 2am in morning. I walked into bathroom again just to make sure what I was experiencing! It was scary for sure. No pain, did see some bursts of light when my vision returned. I went back to bed, but in morning over coffee, I did the google search and everything told me ‘go to ER immediately!’. It was a Saturday so I did. They kept me on temporary hold overnight, and ran every possible test, told me it looked like a TIA.
They didn’t find anything, except I do have some moderate plaque in a couple arteries in my neck.
They told me to line up all my specialists starting Monday and I did, thank goodness I already was a patient or I would have been in trouble, as we have a shortage of doctors in my area.
I first saw my ophthalmologist (all clear, nothing). She wrote amourosis fugax /TIA. Sorry not sure of spelling.
Then my cardiologist, my primary, my neurologist.
My cardiologist set me up for a 30 day holter and a TEE test, and said most likely I have AFib, even though I had never noticed any symptoms. He says women may have different symptoms, not notice the fibrillation.
It turns out I do have AFib and they think, like others here have said, a small blood clot flew into my eye, and I was lucky it left no trace. I’m now on meds for this, and hoping I never have a stroke. The thought of a stroke is slightly terrifying! My friend was left paralyzed in a nursing home after hers.
Just a comment about the statin drug the hospital put me on. After two months taking it, I came in for a consult about the holter test to my cardio physiologist, told him I suffered from extreme fatigue since I had been in the hospital, could the meds I was taking cause this? Yes, he said stop it for a couple days and see if you feel better. It was the statin. I did not realize it could do that. I will pay more attention to the literature on my prescription meds from now on! He suggested I take a half pill, but I think I may try to watch my diet instead. I hope this helps someone else, your posts have certainly helped me!