Migraine

[PINKIE]

myself mate

Kinky

 

[Commachio]

So peskys headache has gone, must have been the moss over the eyes.

 

[PINKIE]

So peskys headache has gone, must have been the moss over the eyes.

I won't be doing that again.

 

[Dier Hard]

Anybody else on here experience them ?

I get what are called silent migraines, no actual pain, just massive visual disturbance and then feeling completely washed out for the remainder of the day. Starts off with a sort of blind spot in my right eye, almost like when you've accidentally looked directly at the sun, it then develops into a zig zig snake like pulsing and flashing band, that gets bigger and bigger until it fades out of the periphery of my vision.

Whole thing lasts about 30 mins. Sometimes I can get along with the visuals, but often they happen at the most inopportune moments, like driving the van. So I just have to pull over and wait for it to pass.

Anyway, anybody got any tips ? I got prescribed some nasal spray thing from the GP once and it was ****. I've also used Feverfew which helps a bit. But I'd be keen to hear other people's experiences and anything that's helped.

Yeah I get them, mate. Called retinal migraines I think.

I get roughly three a year give or take, ****ing annoying ****y things and they seem completely random, nothing seems to trigger them. Not sure there's anything that actually 'cures' it or decreases the time of the blurred/ zig zag vision but I tend to just try and sit/ lie down depending on where I am and drink a cold bottle of water. Doesn't really do much but the water just keeps me nice and cool as I generally get wound up at getting the things so I try avoid getting too hot and bothered.

 

[PINKIE]

Yeah doesn’t seem like there’s much you can do to prevent or manage them really. I don’t get any warning or precursors.