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mynm156
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BLACK SPOTS
« on: May 11th, 2004, 5:28pm » |
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Does anyone else have "" in their vision? I get these sometimes during an attack some times they are little spots sometimes they are bigger but they freak me out either way. Just wonder about the rest of you.
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I go completely blind in the "affected" eye. And all during my cyle, I have "blank spots" in my vision, that comes and goes, a real pain in the ass, for golf, pool and bowling. 
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #2 on: May 11th, 2004, 5:50pm » |
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Never...
Are these the "auras" some people say they get?
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on May 11th, 2004, 5:50pm, Prense wrote:Never...
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I always thought auras where lights.
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #4 on: May 11th, 2004, 5:56pm » |
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They could be, I have no idea. Someone had described them to me as "spots" once...so I was wondering.
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Well, I hope they're auras, then that means I have migrains and I wont hurt as bad anymore. 
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #6 on: May 11th, 2004, 6:42pm » |
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You could be "seeing" what is called "floaters". What I see looks like a piece of lint. Damn thing comes and goes.
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #7 on: May 11th, 2004, 6:57pm » |
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Just got back from my neuro. (his office is right next to the hospital where I work) he says yeah those are the Auras some ppl get, or floaters, he took me off the imitrex and put me on Zomig NS.
WOO HOO another new drug
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #8 on: May 11th, 2004, 7:40pm » |
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I guess you have migraines Thomas.
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #9 on: May 11th, 2004, 11:05pm » |
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D gets them in his affected eye .. . sometimes they don't last long. . .sometimes it's as if that eye is 'blown' and he can't see out of it for awhile . . .
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on May 11th, 2004, 7:40pm, 9erfan wrote:| I guess you have migraines Thomas. |
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Cool, just send me my 75.00, and I check you guys later, I'm outta here. This is sooooooo awesome, no more praying for death, banging my head on the shower wall, not sleeping for days, I can save money on all those triptans now, I can just take an excedrin and sleep it off. btw, did you ever hear from t_h_b, Virginia?
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I get heavy duty aura, but it has never been associated with migraine or cluster headaches. Mine involves a blind spot in the center of my vision, and flashes, lightning bolts, and jaggedy lines in the peripheral vision. The blind spot usually starts out as a blink, but can park itself for 10-15 minutes. Somebody posted a link to a graphic a while back that gave a good picture of what aura is like.
Aura is not in the eyes - its caused by a 'spreading depolaraztion' of the visual cortex in the brain. Kinda like that part of the brain falls asleep (though its not normal like sleep).
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It is forbidden to me. 
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Admit it, Thomas ... you are a Migraneur!!
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on May 12th, 2004, 10:41am, floridian wrote:| Admit it, Thomas ... you are a Migraneur!! |
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Don't I fucking wish.
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #16 on: May 12th, 2004, 11:46am » |
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on May 12th, 2004, 9:41am, thomas wrote:
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uh, no...was I suppose to?  hmmmm
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on May 12th, 2004, 11:46am, 9erfan wrote:
uh, no...was I suppose to? hmmmm
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I thought you were supposed to meet him and never did. I may be mistaken, sorry.
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #19 on: May 13th, 2004, 7:23pm » |
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Thanks for the links for the visuals. Nope, I've never seen anything like that. Now I know what an aura is. Still...wtf is a cycle? 
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Never seen that before
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #21 on: May 14th, 2004, 9:56am » |
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No just a bunch of . . . . . . .. . . ... in my vision. Some of different sizes but its like having those little Nats flying around your head.
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Usually cycle refers to an episode of cluster headaches - like "my July and August cycle" that I get most every year. Or are you chronic and making a joke?
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #23 on: May 14th, 2004, 12:09pm » |
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what you're referring to here is phosphenes and they are a common prelude to migraine but some cluster sufferers experience this as well.
for a migrainer, it's usually a signal that they've got about 20 minutes to get into a dark room and ...uh...get the bucket ready. For classic migraine, this is indeed the start of the aura phase, next comes numbness of face/hands, general confusion, and fear for what lies ahead in the next 12 - 72 hours. Seeing those spots is similar to looking at something too bright, a flash camera, shiny chrome on a vehicle or the sun. But you don't recover in the same way. Floridian's exactly right though - it's not in the eye, it's in the brain so closing your eye doesn't make it go away - you can just see the "shimmeries" brighter with your eyes closed. It's a horrible feeling. I had it last for about 45 minutes yesterday and was trying to figure out how I could make the 30 minute drive home (not being able to see completely is sometimes not a good idea when you're driving in heavy traffic!). Lucky for me, yesterday I was blessed with only an occular migraine as that link describes instead of a full blown one. It still scares the crap out of you and the ONLY thing that makes it go away is time.
Good thing to tell your boss though - "you'll have to excuse me for half an hour. I'm having a vascular event at the moment". It's a feeling you can't put into words, really, without experiencing it and even just seeing those pictures is enough to make a migrainer cringe. It's not fun.
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Re: BLACK SPOTS
« Reply #24 on: May 15th, 2004, 10:59am » |
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on May 14th, 2004, 10:28am, floridian wrote:| Or are you chronic and making a joke? |
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Yeah...
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