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Has anyone had distorted vision before other symptoms of TIA/stroke?
The first sign of a TIA for me was that my vision in the outside of my right eye was distorted. It looked like ripples of light and made it hard to see or read. This happened before face drooping and the inability to speak properly.
I am just wondering if it is a tell or precursor and if there is something I can do to stop it going further.
I would like to know others experiences as to what was the first thing you noticed right before or the beginning of a TIA or Stroke. Thanks!
The picture is one I added kind of similar to what I saw…but it was moving in ripples where the white areas are.
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@b13moore
My experience was identical to yours. At the end of May, I experieced the distorted vision in only one eye; that night I researched the symptoms and decided I had had what was referred to as an "eye" stroke and immedicately drove myself to the ER. They did a CT scan and discharged me with low dose tatin and labeled it a TIA. Within the next week, I became disoriented, because I lost a great deal of depth perception. Because I was unable to obtain an appointment with a neurologist, I went back to the ER and after an MRI was diagnosed with a stroke in the occipital lobe. Like you, I have found it very difficult to obtain treatment because I have noone of the other standard stroke symptons; however, my vision has not restored itself although I am better in familiar settings. Another added barrier to treatment has been obtaining an appointment with a neruologist so I have no idea if the medications I am on are correct. They were prescribed by the ER doctors but I have little faith in them as after doing more research I realized they should have put me on anti-clotting medication. I am not on 40 mg of statin and Plavix (anti-clotting) 75 mg daily. My personal research indicates I will continue on these the full 3 month time frame. I have constant headaches, which is uncomfortable and frightening since the TIA was preceeded by a lingering head ache and now I cannot take other medications to relieve them. I would not describe my headaches as a migraine; they are just a continous dull ache.
Interested to know if others with this type of stroke are/were on the same medication protocol, if you recovered more vision, and what the time frame was? Any therapy regime that was helpful?
New to this area( am in discussions for PMR)Yesterday i was working in my yard and had something weird happen! My vision was jumping! Only lasted a few seconds but scared me I stopped what I was doing and went inside drank some water and ate a protein bar and called my eye Doc. She did lots of testing and found nothing wrong. She recommended follow up w my Family Doc and to get US of my neck. Also said it could be inner ear, or I might need to see a neurologist( I also am followed for a small menigioma!! Doc appt today🙏 and good luck to all☘️