Ocular Migraine? Aura without headache?

Posted by esikora @esikora, May 24, 2023

Anyone else experience aura without headache? Please share. Thanks.

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@mikaylar

Have you had MRIs and Scans of your brain? I get auras sometimes 2x week, but I already have the migraine that is persistent now for 6 years every day/all day.

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I have had MRI and scans, I also have AVM. I have been trying to find treatment for without surgery.

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I experienced it twice or three times and while it is not absolutely awful it’s very annoying.. I don’t know what caused them and haven’t had one for a while 🤞 my GP sent me for a brain scan and thankfully it didn’t show anything, sorry I can’t be more helpful

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@remfanlouis

I should add that I’m not a doctor. This is just my personal experience.

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Doctors don’t seem to know what to do. That’s the reason I am here asking people who live with this. Thanks

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@shivey

I experienced it twice or three times and while it is not absolutely awful it’s very annoying.. I don’t know what caused them and haven’t had one for a while 🤞 my GP sent me for a brain scan and thankfully it didn’t show anything, sorry I can’t be more helpful

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You are sharing and that’s all we can do. Someone out there has something that might help us. Thanks for the reply

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@jeffelmer

You are sharing and that’s all we can do. Someone out there has something that might help us. Thanks for the reply

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Yeah, I hear you. This has always been a mystery to me. I can only share my own 40 years of experience. That’s all.

Back in the early 2000s I used to take a high mg aspirin daily as a precautionary measure (to avoid having one). I later learned that wasn’t very wise because of how NSAIDs can cause internal bleeding.

Now I take an NSAID as soon as symptoms begin.

For me I probably experience one of these maybe once every 45 to 60 days.

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@remfanlouis

Yeah, I hear you. This has always been a mystery to me. I can only share my own 40 years of experience. That’s all.

Back in the early 2000s I used to take a high mg aspirin daily as a precautionary measure (to avoid having one). I later learned that wasn’t very wise because of how NSAIDs can cause internal bleeding.

Now I take an NSAID as soon as symptoms begin.

For me I probably experience one of these maybe once every 45 to 60 days.

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The triggers are a mystery. Mine lately have been more frequent due to stress from my diet, increased exercise and current stress. I have no forewarning and just suddenly have a tiny blind spot in my center field of vision. It is eventually c-shaped (can be right or left facing) and slowly expands until it exits my field of vision, about 20 minutes later, no pain. Thanks for reply

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@jeffelmer

The triggers are a mystery. Mine lately have been more frequent due to stress from my diet, increased exercise and current stress. I have no forewarning and just suddenly have a tiny blind spot in my center field of vision. It is eventually c-shaped (can be right or left facing) and slowly expands until it exits my field of vision, about 20 minutes later, no pain. Thanks for reply

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Exactly my aura experience...Same visual ,same approximate time frame. I've learned from my research that this phenomenon is called Corticol Spreading Depression (or Depolarization).You may want to Google it-kinda fascinating.

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@esikora

Exactly my aura experience...Same visual ,same approximate time frame. I've learned from my research that this phenomenon is called Corticol Spreading Depression (or Depolarization).You may want to Google it-kinda fascinating.

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This is great info. I have done, as we all have, a lot of reading about our condition but somehow I never came across this info. THANK YOU!!! I will be looking into this and if I have any ideas based on my own situation I’ll pass it along here.

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@jeffelmer

This is great info. I have done, as we all have, a lot of reading about our condition but somehow I never came across this info. THANK YOU!!! I will be looking into this and if I have any ideas based on my own situation I’ll pass it along here.

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I have had ocular migraines for decades. Sometimes I get a headache, but usually not. It lasts about 30 minutes. Had MRIs and all the other tests which showed nothing.
I think they are brought on by stress or too much light.
I had one a few days ago as I was sitting in chair at dentist receiving bad news. I was facing out a window and the sunlight was so bright I had to wear
sunglasses. Ocular
migraine.

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@susanfalcon52

I have had ocular migraines for decades. Sometimes I get a headache, but usually not. It lasts about 30 minutes. Had MRIs and all the other tests which showed nothing.
I think they are brought on by stress or too much light.
I had one a few days ago as I was sitting in chair at dentist receiving bad news. I was facing out a window and the sunlight was so bright I had to wear
sunglasses. Ocular
migraine.

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I live in the tropics and spend at least 2-3 hours a day out in the sun but wear sunglasses. But I installed a new light in our stair area last week and it was pretty bright. That evening I had an aura. I too considered light might be at least one of my triggers. Thanks and keep in touch

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