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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Nov 11, 2022 | Replies (147)

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@lacy2

Good morning. Woke up at 6am with bright migraine aura and wondered if anyone gets this?
Started classic migraines when about age 12.... typical, but always with aura of bright zigzag moving curve in vision first then of course pain one side of head, then vomiting... in those days most they gave was one aspirin Had from 4 to about 10 but never kept note of. I even kept working in office through one as in those days you just did! But in I think mid 40s was getting the aura (lasts about 20 to 30 minutes) but just mild headaches after which was amazing (although thats when other numerous medical problems started)... but still get that aura. It starts with tiny "blind spot" and grows into almost letter ZZZzzzZZZs joined together in semi circle and that pattern gets wider and wider and moves and eventually goes out of vision and its hard to tell which eye as its brain not eye, I think. Could not drive when having one as vision obscured.... Still upsetting and never know when going to get one. I am just wondering if anyone knows what triggers these. Also sad to read when people are still getting the painful headaches.... honestly, I feel for anyone who has any illness , and these multiple illnesses are stressful in another way with combining and mixing several or many types of meds..... was given a new prescription yesterday for ibs-d to pick up today and am sure it will have either interactions with what I am already taking or side effects. Stress and more stress... Hank, hope you/your wife can find out some way to stop daily headaches.. J.

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@lacy2
Thanks JS. Linda thinks they are cause by change in the barometric pressure. She is absolutely convinced of it. What do I know, maybe they are? She occasionally gets ocular migraines. Her vision begins to disappear and sometimes does disappear. She see colors and striations as she describes it. These are never couple with pain as far as I remember her saying. Your childhood migraines sound horrid! Sounds like the pain from them has calmed down, which is wonderful.

So are things improving at all between your husband and yourself now that you both know that what he is exhibiting is likely caused by the heart surgery in some way? Knowledge is definitely power. Best, Hank