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I get these regularly, but luckily they don’t go on to be actual migraines. Drs have referred to this as “pre-migraine”. I’m glad that they don’t go on to full

I get these regularly, but luckily they don’t go on to be actual migraines. Drs have referred to this as “pre-migraine”. I’m glad that they don’t go on to full migraines as other members in my family have experienced debilitating episodes over the years. I have tried to explain what I see to others but never had much luck. The best example I could come up with was this: imagine sitting in a cinema where the screen is what you see out of your eyes (an obviously bad metaphor). Then imagine that someone behind the screen has stabbed thru with a knife and slashed a portion of the screen so that there is a flap that no longer holds any image. That’s kinda what I see when I get one of these.

slibhb 3y ago
They're called auras (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_(symptom) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_(symptom)). An aura without a migraine is called a silent migraine. I have a couple silent migraines a year. When I was a teenager, an aura was followed by migraine headache and nausea which could last hours. These days, an aura lasts ~30 minutes and is annoying but no big deal. It ends when the visual disturbance leaves my field of vision (which I find quite interesting) and afterwards my head feels a little sore.
bicx 3y ago
Same with me. I don’t get a full migraine, just an aura. When it first happened, I thought I had a detached retina and started freaking out a bit. Interestingly, it seems to trigger for me when I’m staring closely at a bright computer screen, with my neck strongly arched. Usually that happens with a non-ergonomic position like sitting on the floor with my laptop.