Strange Visual Auras Could Hold the Key to Better Migraine Treatments
Strange Visual Auras Could Hold the Key to Better Migraine Treatments
Research on the visual patterns that foreshadow migraines may reveal clues on how painful headaches arise from the brain even though it has no pain receptors.
Are these the same as ocular migraines? I get them every few years.
Yes! I get started getting these a couple years back. Such a different sensation than a standard migraine. Like a march of color inversions across my field of view in little splotchies.
Thankfully, sleep is forever and always my go to treatment for it.
Tho, the first ocular migraine I had, I told my mom to call and check on me in a few hours to make sure I wasn't dead. Very scary the first time.
I occasionally get scintillating scotomas or whatever, like a stylized lightning bolt symbol had a cloaking device. Thankfully they've never led to headaches, just a weird vision thing sometimes