weirdness

I had a strange episode today,  had been up for a coupe of hours, and had showered and tidied up and was just sitting down to watch tv when I noticed I had some vision changes. It started out just like I had looked at a light and that in my vision field and then it changed to a 'c' shape and it was prismatic and sparkly, it seemed to be moving from right to left and finally moved completely to the left and sort of faded to a cloudy spot in my up left field of vision. Then it went away and left me with a headache. Is this some new symptom or just a fluke or a side effect from the meds. Another question for the docs.

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oxfordns
oxfordns

Could that be one of the infamous \"floaters\" that occur in a person\'s eye on occasion??????
THey are sort of \"C\" shaped.......but I didn\'t think they normally went away as such...
brunob
brunob

no this was different, I\'ve had floaters before. It was really strange. I still have the headache and it\'s been hours since it happened. It seems to be just one more weird symptom to add to my collection....lol
deleted_user
deleted_user

I have had these also. I couldn\'t have described it better myself, mine did not fade to a cloudy spot, it just went away. I think they are called optical migraines. Be sure and ask your doc.
brunob
brunob

do they hurt like a migraine? Cause I only had a headache, not a migraine.
deleted_user
deleted_user

I don\'t think they hurt at all, it\'s the optical effects only, but seems like a headache can follow if I recall, my daughter had them years back.
mom-of-3
mom-of-3

It\'s a migraine. I used to get the C shape imagines followed by a headache but now.... just the imagines and eventually they go away.
deleted_user
deleted_user

Next time this happens, close one eye and see if it clears. If you still see the prisms with both eyes close, then it probably is a migraine; at least that is what my opthamologist told me. The MG causes a lot of vision problems so I hardly ever know which is causing my issues. There doesn\'t have to be pain with a migraine, I also asked that question.