The_Barnacle wrote on Mar 19
th, 2014 at 10:22am:
... wrote on Mar 18
th, 2014 at 8:04pm:
I don't believe in migraines
They are real.
A lot of people claim to have a maigraine when all they have got is a headache (just like people claim to have the flu when all they have got is the common cold).
The symptons of a real maigraine are, blurred vision, nausea, aversion to bright light and also a headache.
I always know when I'm coming down with one because I develop a shimmering blind spot in my vision. It then enlarges over time and I develop the other synptoms.
Luckily I only rarely get them but there isn't much that can be done about them. Apparantly they are related to a mild epileptic fit.
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That sounds like my type of migraine that I get almost every day.
'Acephalgic migraine'.
Visual changes
Bright lights and blobs
Zigzag lines
Distortions in the size or shape of objects
Vibrating visual field
Scintillating scotoma
Shimmering, pulsating patches, often curved
Tunnel vision
Scotoma
Blind or dark spots in the field of vision
Curtain-like effect over one eye
Slowly spreading spots
Kaleidoscope effects on visual field
Temporary blindness in one or both eyes[5][6]
Heightened sensitivity to light
Auditory changes
Hearing voices or sounds that do not exist: true auditory hallucinations
Modification of voices or sounds in the environment: buzzing, tremolo, amplitude modulation or other modulations
Heightened sensitivity to hearing
Someone speaking at a level and normal tone sounds like they are shouting loudly
Other sensations
Strange smells (Phantosmia) or tastes (Gustatory hallucinations)
Heightened sensitivity to smell
Déjà vu or Jamais vu
Cephalic aura, a perception of movement of the head or inside the head
Abdominal aura such as an epigastric rising sensation
Nausea[6]
A sudden feeling of anxiety, fear or foreboding
Numbness or tingling sensation (Paresthesia)[6]
etcetera.
I used to have this about twice a year, but ever since I've been put on aspirin and Ramipril every day it's almost a daily event.