Migraine aura

[GingerFish]

I suffer from migraines, maybe a few a year. I usually never get any kind of aura before them.

Today I woke up with a headache, felt just like a tension headache as it was all over my head and I have been stressed lately. Its also been very hot here lately too. The headache mostly went away though.

About 2 hours ago, I was in the car (as a passenger) and I noticed a dark dot in my vision. I thought it was just from looking at something reflective and it was a sun spot but then I noticed it got bigger and I couldn't read half of reg plates or signs and then flashing lights and zig zags appeared. They took over my whole vision. It lasted about 15/20 mins. I was absolutely terrified. I managed to get an emergency GP appointment and he checked my eyes and BP and all is well. He said it was a classic migraine aura and he gets the exact same.

It scared the crap out of me. I still don't feel right. My vision is back to normal but I feel on edge now. Still have no headache really but feel sick.

Do you guys ever have an aura like this? Did it scare the crap out of you too?

[Cariad1]

Hi Gingerfish!

I have suffered with migraines for as many years as i care to remember!

I get an aura before every single one i have, thats how i know one is coming on :(

With me i get more of a zig zag in my vision and like you had i cannot read anything properly, find numbers/letters missing etc. From what i have read and what my GP has told me aura is something that is very common with migraine sufferers but i know that it can be very scary, i would imagine even worse if you are driving!

I also get the sickness with mine too, i find my migraine doesn't lift until i have actually been sick and once i have things start to improve for me.

Hope you get over the attack soon, they really are the pits!

[GingerFish]

I definitely know what you mean about missing letters and numbers when you look at them. That was my first sign. I noticed I could only see the '00' on the clock instead of the full '1:00' then the flashing and zig zags came about 5/10 mins after that.

I still have no pain, maybe a kind of burning and tense feeling in my head and neck. The headache I had this morning was a lot worse.

[Cariad1]

It's horrible isn't it, even when my headache has subsided i get what i call a 'hangover' feeling, i just feel exhausted and still not 100 percent right, it takes me a good day to get over a migraine episode.

[GingerFish]

I have no pain but feel quite sick and dizzy. I have a fear of puking so I'm drained from the anxiety that comes from that :(

[feelthelove]

yep its horrible i had one a month ago and i posted on here about it . Its frightening and even though i have had them since being 25 and im now 50 i still get petrified when i have one . I hate it that i can't see things properly and only see half of people and objects and the horrible zig zags .

Wish there was a cure but i haven't found one yet no matter what i try .

[sputnikmoon]

My wife had a migraine last week when we were on holiday.

She was in a shop and started getting zigzags and couldn't see a lot of peripheral elements in her vision. This led onto a whole evening and following afternoon stuck in the hotel room with her about to vomit and refusing any light...

She's perfectly fine now, though

[Davit]

I find since I think they are tied to anxiety that if I focus on them they last longer. Any one else notice this.

[.Poppy.]

I got migraines for years and years before I got my first aura. The first time was just like a sunspot and the headache that followed wasn't too bad. The second was more pronounced blindness and a headache so bad I had to go to the ER. Got it checked by a neurologist and everything was fine, just scary. Thankfully my "usual" migraines aren't this way and these odd ones are few and far between.

I think stress/anxiety can cause them. I find sleeping funny does as well.

Hope you get to feeling better about it I know how hard it is not to fret.

[feelthelove]

I find since I think they are tied to anxiety that if I focus on them they last longer. Any one else notice this.

I think you're right because the last one i had wasn't as bad as previous ones simply because i was a lot calmer during it and i think this lessened the symptom .