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Visual aura without migraine vs. Monocular scintillating scotoma
Anyone else have experience with this?
I have had only 3 previous experiences of kaleidoscopic/scintillating visual disturbances. Yesterday was the first time having had it in a single eye, and it lasted no more than 5 minutes. Earlier episodes involved both eyes and were chalked up to it being benign visual aura without migraine.
As luck would have it, I already had an opthalmology appointment scheduled for that day, and the doctor did make a note of the visual disturbances, but did not seem all that concerned. He was unable to map that portion of my eye with the OCT machine.
Doing a brief AI search, it seems a monocular scintillating scotoma may have a more sinister etiology than visual disturbances involving both eyes, especially in someone beyond middle age.
Should I have gone to the ER? Could it presage a stroke?
Just feel silly, like it was a non event.
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not silly. one sided anything is not good. I have the same pre migraine scintillating with no headache always in both eyes. I alternately blink left right left right to make sure it's in both eyes. good luck.
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2 ReactionsHi shmerdloff,
What a helpful comment, thank you! And thank you for sharing. 🙏
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1 ReactionI have had this for years. (Not sure if it was in one eye or both.) I always get it within 24 hours after having msg (monosodium glutamate) which I diligently avoid, but restaurants do not. I never experience pain, but the first time it happened I was performing as a professional musician, and reading the music was tricky!
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2 ReactionsI found out a few months ago about a migraine I never had before..
I had three of them in a very short time. I had a severe sharp flashing pain in one eye that seemed to come from the back of the eye A minute longer, and it was gone.
I asked my doctor when I saw him about it and he called it a migraine.
It scared the daylights out of me
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1 Reaction@ivannafeelgood
That’s interesting—a possible food sensitivity! Never thought of that.
And reading music is tricky enough, even without the shimmering rainbow effect! 🎼🎶🌈
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Did your doctor rule out a retinal migraine? And was the eye pain considered a headache symptom? I would also wonder about the three short bouts.
I’d be pretty concerned myself! Yikes. 😳 Hope that’s the end of them!
Yes I told my doctor.
I don’t know why they came, but I was under A great deal of stress at the time so I’m thinking it was caused by the stress. My stress level is much lower and I never want that highest stress.
Thank you very much you have a great
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