What Is An Ocular Migraine? Eye Doctor Explains
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- What are ocular migraines? Worried you might have one? In this video, Dr. Rupa Wong, board-certified ophthalmologist and eye surgeon, explains the 3 types of migraines that many people call ocular migraines and when you should see your eye doctor. 🤕
#migraines #ocularmigraines #aura
00:00 : What is an ocular migraine?
00:23 : Who is Dr. Rupa Wong?
00:59 : Are there different types of migraines?
01:12 : What is a migraine with an aura?
01:25 : How long does a migraine with an aura last?
01:28 : How common is a migraine with an aura?
01:59 : What are the symptoms of a migraine with an aura?
02:12 : Do I need to see a doctor for a migraine with an aura?
02:47 : Is a migraine with an aura dangerous?
03:06 : Can I have an aura migraine without having head pain?
03:26 : What is a retinal migraine?
03:52 : Do I need to see a doctor for a retinal migraine?
04:02 : What are the symptoms of a retinal migraine?
04:11 : What does an aura look like?
04:23 : Are floaters associated with migraines?
05:30 : Is there treatment for floaters?
05:36 : Do blue light glasses help with migraines?
05:51 : Is visual noise dangerous to overall health?
06:10 : Why is eye pain associated with migraines?
07:13 : What are common migraine-inducing triggers?
08:42 : Is there a link between migraines and dry eye syndrome?
09:12 : Are corneal nerves different in people who experience migraines?
09:18 : Can treating dry eye syndrome help treat migraines?
09:54 : When should I see a doctor for my migraines?
10:13 : What treatment methods are available for migraines?
11:33 : Conclusion - What is your experience with ocular migraines?
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Have you ever had an ocular migraine? What is it like for you? 🤕
Yes, I've had several occular migraines. As you pointed out, they disappear within an hour, but they're still a bit disconcerting.
@@rosemorris7912 They can be very disconcerting! Have you identified any triggers?
Just had 2 not had one for about a year feel sick now probably from stressing my brain
@@leighwatson1861 So sorry, Leigh. Stress can definitely cause it! When did you have your first migraine?
@@DrRupaWong iv had them years I'm 48 had first probably at 10 but my first aura was at school reading my eyes went could not see then banging headache I always thought it was because of my injury till the Internet told me what it was now I don't panic but not nice when one comes on without notice thankyou for response
I get the streaming zigzag aura. Found it interesting that my ophthalmologist said if you see the aura both when your eyes are open & closed then it’s not an eye issue but a neural & sensory issue. Thank you for a very informative video. It surprised me as to how many people never heard of this. I was having difficulty explaining the experience to others.
I see them with both closed and open eye. That is interesting what your ophthalmologist said...Id never read or heard that before and I'm still so confused by whether this is something occurring in the eye or in the brain. If it's a neural and sensory issue, did your doctor say what could or should be done to help it, or to stop it from happening? I too have been surprised by how many people have never heard of this or had it happen to them. It is definitely hard to explain to someone who's never had it happen to them .I find it scary still even after experiencing it off and on for many years now. I hope yours lessen/go away. Take care
Not sure if this how I’m supposed to reply. My doctor said since it’s not a physical eye problem there is nothing to do & it’s not dangerous or damaging. I find it happens less when my health is stronger.
I suffer from the zigzag aura (no headache) as well. I am a designer and sometimes if I look at a bright screen after looking at a dark one (or white type on black background), or even if I look out the window and catch a glint of sun coming off a car, it sets it off. I can't see my screen for about 45 minutes and afterwards I feel like someone has punched me in the eye. Took forever for me to convey to someone what I was suffering. I finally drew a picture of the aura and someone knew what it was!
@@stephanie4569 One thing I found helps, but isn't super practical, is to look at a random pattern. Basically I discovered this while sitting in a restaurant. I looked outside and a car door reflected the sun into my eye and the aura started. The restaurant had one of those bumpy walls with a waterfall running down it. When I looked at the water bubbling down, I couldn't see the aura and my eyes didn't hurt. I looked away and it came back. I've found a video of a waterfall played on a very dim iPad can do the trick nearly as well!
@@EricaGamet I get the exact same thing from the same trigger of bright lights and anxiety. :(
Apparently I get the ophthalmic migraine. It’s usually without pain, I can see it with my eyes closed or open. It stays in the same area of sight and it looks like a half moon shaped kaleidoscope of colors.
Thanks for the explanation 👍
I am glad it doesn't hurt you. I'm happy to share!
I seem to have had the same just 2 or 3 times tops. My 'thing' is a straight across zig zag line in the upper right 'corner' of my right eye. Weird.
I too experience this type of migraine all my life.
I too have had these migraines all my life. They started around the age of 8. 71 years later I still get them. I was lucky enough to find out what they were many years ago. Nothing dangerous, but very annoying.
Mine starts like that but the half moon has jagged edges. Then it goes into a full on light show for a few minutes. No pain
when I’m stressed out, and have really bad Anxiety and panic attacks i noticed my eye floaters, i also used to get a flash of lights on the corner of my eyes
Wow thank you for sharing!
I get ophthalmic migraines once every few months. It’s super annoying but definitely not painful. This is incredibly helpful. Thank you!
Glad it helped! I'm sorry you have to deal with these too. Thank you for watching!
I get them occasionally as well. Scared the crap out of me the first time.
drink coffee! works. sometimes you get it after drinking coffee, just drink another one , works every time. been doing it for years.
I get them a couple of times a week but I don't find them super annoying just mildly so while the visual artifact is in my focal point. After it drifts to the side it no longer affects my vision significantly. Getting them diagnosed took a while. the first time I mentioned them to an ophthamologist he said it was just floaters. The next was an optometrist who said no not floaters, it sounds like retinal migraines. And that led me to a wiki page for Scintillating Scotoma and Ophyhalmic migraine. None of that gets rid of them but it's nice to know that they aren't something to worry about.
I've only had the visual aura, but not the pain. It scared the hell out of me the first time I experienced it. I was relieved to discover that it only lasts for 20 minutes or so and was not permanent. I've had them for the last 30+ years at it has never gotten any worse. It also only happens a few times a year. It starts off where I notice I can't read as well, like some of the letters become invisible, then a little geometric, zig zaggy flashing lines appear, they pulsate and grow larger and then gradually they disappear. If you experience anything like this, I still recommend going to a doctor to make sure it's nothing more serious. But I want people to know that it is not necessarily a permanent thing. I've noticed that things like drinking coffee, getting exposed to excessive glare, or spending too much time looking at my computer, iPhone, TV screen can be an issue. I recommend just relaxing, getting away from any monitors for a bit and letting it pass without freaking out is the best thing to do. I still drink coffee and have not had to change much of my habits as it is not a constant, debilitating thing, just a temporary and infrequent phenomenon. Also, I think it's genetic as my mom and a cousin on that side of the family had the same thing.
So sorry you have had to deal with this! Thank you for sharing!
Same with me About five years now
You described my experience perfectly. I diagnosed myself a few years ago. Dr. Wong just confirmed it.
yes sun will trigger mine, stress i believe does too. These started around 12, with the headache, i was fitted with glasses to relax the nerves or muscles behind the eye…i can’t remember what the Dr said…the glasses weren’t for vision, it did help. Now I usually just have the aura, once in a great while I get the headache
@@Kate98755 I'm so glad you don't get the headache. I'm definitely happy I don't have the pain, just the occasional aura. Had one this morning, but as usual, it passed in about 20 minutes.
I just wanted to emphasize how important it can be to get new symptoms checked out. I have had chronic migraines for over 30 years. In the fall of 2019, I started noticing a gray curtain type effect in my left eye. That is the same side most of my headaches live on, so I thought it was maybe a new version of migraine aura. I don’t always get aura, but it has become more common as I got older. My neurologist suggested I get an eye exam to be safe. The gray curtain was not migraine related, it was actually a ocular melanoma inside my eye that was detaching my retina. Get your eyes dilated and checked.
Yes, when I was first diagnosed with ocular migraines, the doctor told me that the symptom they really worry about is the one you descibe, a grey or black curtain obscuring vision. Seeing lights but having otherwise normal vision is not generally a red flag symptom - that's what I was told anyway.
If by grey curtain you mean loosing the vision in the upper or lower part of either eye, this happened to me about a month before I experienced a series of TIA's. Just in case.
@@donk1822 losing the vision?
@@bethjeans3780 My bad, didn't see that one.
Yes, it is very important to get an exam. Thanks for reiterating that! I'm sorry you suffered from melanoma. How are you doing now?
I was born 1943. My sister and I had similar symptoms when we went through puberty in the mid 50’s. Mom always called them “sick headache “ and sometimes we stayed home from school. My headaches typically don’t have pain but the flashing zigzag aura is common. We sometimes would experience a numbing on one side of the body, arm,leg and face…even that side of my tongue would feel larger.
My menopause began early and the symptoms increased again, so I’ve always thought hormones were the cause.
I’m 80 now and rarely experience any symptoms except the aura which is very short in duration
This is how I self medicate. Drink a Coke or Pepsi and take aspirin or Ibuprophen. I do that as soon as I know I am having a migrane. This knocks down the migraine 90%. I used to have everything you described. I have been doing this for over 30 years. I have never had a problem since. I usually get migraines about 5 times a year.
A doctor actually told an aquaintance of mine this self medicating trick. Excedrine Migraine is filled with caffeine. The same thing. Just make sure you do this ASAP when you see this coming on.
I immediately take 800mg ibuprofen. I don't wait to see if I will get pain
I call these eye migraines “kaleidoscope migraines” because for me it starts with a tiny aura but eventually takes over my vision. Sometimes I get them with or without a headache or migraine.
Exactly the same for me.
Interesting video. I have been seeing these auras since I was a kid, around 3 years old, I was in kinder. When I told my parents about it, they didn't believe me. No one, not even the doctors believe me. I grew up and stopped mentioning it to anyone. Until about 15 years ago I went to a hospital for my daughter's ophthalmologist, the medical assistant, very nice lady apologized to me, she looked distracted, and she told me she was having an aura migrane (ocular migrane), then I asked what was it, and when she explained to me I told her I see the same thing but people always thought I was crazy (including the doctors). Since that day, I was a bit relieved that I wasn't the only one seeing things. I still haven't mentioned it to my new doctors. I had these episodes all my life. I have no headaches, I've had very few mild headaches in my life. The aura I see becomes so large it's like a portal to another universe, and the zig zag is more defined like an enlarged chase bank symbol in rainbow colors with white flashing lights spectrum all around and in the center I can see the tiny picture of the focal object I'm supposed to be seeing. I'm an older woman and I have had many of these episodes, I lost count. Thank you.
I'm so sorry you weren't believed! I am so relieved you were able to find a doctor that could help you and you don't have many headaches. Thank you for sharing your experience! Someone else may be able to relate.
I've had these too...yellow and blk zig zag lines that only go away once the circle is completed...no headache...also in lat 60's..my daughter gets them with the headache....I never told Dr..just thought I was lucky to not get the migrane headache
Damn this was exactly the same story i have but with headaches too and i had them since i was 11.Doctors didnt really understand (probably because i couldnt explain well) .Theyre painful and thought it wasnt big of deal as they would go away eventually.
I am so sad for your 3-year-old self. 😢
I had my 1st migraine in 8th grade. It started with aura, blind spots, loss of reflexes, temperature drop, and when I spoke, I didn't make sense. Then the pain- like my head was in a vice that kept tightening. Then the dry heaves. My mom picked me up from school, long story short, we ended up in the neurosurgeon's office. Classic migraine. I had one every 2 yrs. Until college. Then 1 a year. Finally abated in my 40's. I was on medication - for when I got a migraine, but had to take it before the pain started - otherwise I would throw it up. I want to mention bright lights are also a trigger for me, so I always wear sunglasses. I now get auras, but the headache is much more subdued. I usually get by with a migra-stick (essential oils). For some reason, even though my doctor writes my script, I can't get my migraine medication (Amerge). So I keep a migra-stick and hope I never get a classic migraine again! My eye doctor continues to monitor me for these.
I thought I was going blind the first time I had migraine with aura. I was about 15 and it was terrifying. Seeing the aura illustrations in the video actually made me panic and feel sick even though I'm not having a migraine right now, I just hate them so much! Thank you for the informative video.
They really are awful. I'm glad this was helpful. Thank you for watching and sharing!
me as well especially since i had eye surgery once before. i really thought i was going blind in one eye. but i’ve had them every couple years or so now.
Same for me but they started when I was 13 yrs old. I'm 56 yrs old now and still get the aura. It sucks so bad!
Mine first began when I was 15 as well! I laughed at your comment because I remember when I first had one I called my mother telling her I was going blind. So sorry you suffer with these too. 🤍
OMGGGG THE AURA that is what it is! I’m always telling people as soon as I see the blurring It’s over for me. Like I’m puking and stuff moments later.
I’ve had migraines since I was a child until approximately 10 years ago. I am 75 now. I got floaters a a few years ago in my right eye and started occasionally to have these zigzag, I guess, auras in the same eye which lasts for a max of maybe 3 minutes. I never new why. I had no headache with it. I thank you for this explanation. ❤
I will never forget being convinced that I was either dying or would be permanently blind the first time I had a migraine.
I was at school and started feeling really ill with this new type of pain in my head. My school principal wouldn't let me lay in the sick room, she told me to go home or get back to class.
I had a friend with a SAH mom who lived just up the road so I thought I would walk there and she'll let me recover in one of their rooms. I covered my head to block out the light and sound a bit and started walking. Halfway there I realised I was "going blind" with these dark spots closing in from the edges. It was so bad that I could barely see a few steps ahead of me. I ended up sitting on the side of the road with my jacket over my head crying for an hour or so until I could get up and stumble the rest of the way. I have never been so afraid.
My parents didn't believe me and I only found out years later what a migraine was when I started getting them more and more frequently and now I know that the blind spot forming over my left eye is a warning that the next few days will be hell.
20 years and still don't know causes mine most of the time. Most likely anxiety or sleep disturbance related.
I'm so sorry you had that experience. They really are scary! I am glad you know what they are now. Thank you for sharing with us and for being here.
I always get the blind spot in my left eye as well. My migraine pain is 98% of the time on my left side of my head. I’ve been dealing with these for almost 35 years now. I get Botox every 3 months and I take a monthly shot. Still getting them over 10 a month. Thanks for sharing this information with us
Mom and dad believed me because mom had them. The rest of the family didn’t, I was 13 and it was a family party. The consensus was that I was doing it for attention. I’m 58 now and today is not a good day,no aura but my eyes hurt 😔
I have heard that the keto diet can help migraine sufferers.
@@deedeeseecee9294 Anything is worth a shot!
Thanks to you, Doctor Wong, I now know why I have zigzag auras occasionally with no headache. Have had them for years and mentioned them to several doctors, including an ophthalmologist, but no one could come up with a reason or explanation. I was so relieved to find your video after all these years! Thank you.
I'm so glad you were able to find this video and get some answers. Next time you see your doctor show them this video. I hope your local doctor can help you out. Thank you so much for being here.
As a physician myself, I am surprised that your doctors, especially the neurologist, didn’t know those auras were migraines. I have had migraines with visual auras, without auras, and auras without the headache.
@@TheKinderdoc Isn't it strange, Nancy? Sadly, many people have commented this.
@silky smooth Did the glasses help? I have been experiencing the zig zags almost every day for the past week. Kinda freaks me out
I have had an aura migraine about 8 years ago and another one today, with no pain. So weird.
My daughter was diagnosed at 5 with ocular migraines along with two other types of migraines. Thank you for explaining.
Ugh! This is my 3rd ocular migraine in 2 days! 😞 I'm so glad you mentioned floaters. I have them, and you're right about the background visual noise. I started getting them about 10 years ago. It was better for a while, but now I'm perimenopausal, and they're back 😮💨 Thank you for making this video.
@monicahernandez9989 what does your Doc say about this, any treatment options you are doing?
It's super frustrating that no one ever mentions sugar or carbs as a migraine trigger, it took me YEARS to find my triggers because of that. I regularly partake of other 'trigger' foods and I haven't had a migraine in months, but before, it was bimonthly if not once a week. Pain relief never helped, even high dose ibuprofen. I've always had that zigzag 'racing ants' type of aura which is a helpful warning to finish what I'm doing so I can go somewhere dark and quiet.
Thank you for sharing your triggers! Hopefully someone else can relate.
Interesting. I am 72 and have had opthalmic migraines with no headaches since about age 45. Usually one a month. I eat a lots of the foods she mentioned as aggravating migraines. Seven months ago I had a lung blood clot and during blood testing they discovered diabetes. I love sweets and carbs. I mean big time. I have drastically reduced both of those because of the diabetes diagnosis. Here is the interesting part. I haven't had a migraine since my diet change,
My aura/ocular migraines (my dr called them focal point migraines)are 100% blood sugar related, been having them since I was a teenager. Swapped from combined contraceptive pill to progesterone only, didn’t really make a difference. Then a couple of years ago I went on a lower carb Mediterranean diet, incl Time restricted eating with 16 hr overnight fasts, lost a few stone, and they stopped.
Yes my migraines have been reduced since I started reducing my sugar intake...
Sugar alone doesn't guarantee a migraine for me, but it certainly makes me more susceptible to one, possibly because a large dose of sugar can cause generalized inflammation, and may interfere with your zinc levels (I don't know if that factor influences migraines).
A friend of mine in school was getting migraines progressively more often, finally quit drinking Coca Cola (she'd been drinking a LOT of it) and stopped having the migraines. Don't know if that was because of the sugar, some other ingredient, or the dehydration that comes from drinking lots of caffeine instead of water.
Dr. Rupa is such an intelligent and caring ophthalmologist. Fortunate are your patients.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing. Very helpful.
My migraines are always in my right eye and my eye twitches right before I get one. Bright lights, smells, and sounds are a trigger for me. I finally think I know what kind of migraine I get now - retinal. I've looked for eons online trying to find out what's going on. I've suffered with headaches my whole life and really bad migraines the last few years. Thank you for this video! Now I need to make an appointment with my eye doctor.
Thank you for making this excellent video. I have cerebral palsy and ocular migraines. It taught me more about my migraines in 12 minutes than any other doctor has told me in the last 50 years.
That really means so much to me. Thank you so much for being here, Andrew! I hope you can manage to get some relief.
Clearest yet most succinct and comprehensive explanation of these type of migraines that I have ever heard. I didn't even realize there were three types and I have been suffering since the 1990s and even my ophthalmologist did not differentiate between the three, thank you 🙏
Thank you so much! Glad to help. I'm sorry you suffer from these.
I has been getting an increasing degree of ocular migraines (which sometimes includes moments of blindness across my entire field of vision). Despite having almost normal vision (20/25) and only mild astigmatism, glasses correcting the astigmatism have been incredibly helpful to reduce my migraines down to those triggered by food and hormonal cycles!
The blindness is so scary. Many people have also said they are triggered by food and hormones. Thank you so much for sharing and for being here!
It is amazing to read that you have had total loss of vision. It once happened to me for about one minute and I never connected it to a symptom of migraines! It was terrifying. Darkness just came upon my vision.
Th😅is info with responses have been helpful & reassuring
I am so glad someone is speaking on this subject! I have retinal migraines and it was so scary when I first got them. They would come on so suddenly and it felt like no one could help me. I went to multiple drs and everyone was treating them as regular migraines. I had extensive tests and nothing. Luckily one day my glasses had broken during one migraine and I had an emergency appointment with the eye doctor. She truly saved my life because she was the only one who figured out how to help me.
Thank you for letting me know your experience. I am glad to share what I know. It has also impacted me and I know how hard it is! Thank you for watching!
So how did she help you?
@@sanyokitty3975 She explained the possible triggers of this type of migraine. When she did I started to examine my daily life. Found out I was extremely stressed and on the wrong type of birth control. Once I started to keep my stress down and changed my birth control I hadn’t had a migraine since. But that was for me because everyone’s body is different a different remedy maybe needed for someone else.
How long had you been experiencing retinal migraines?
@@charizard9735 I believe they started in 2009 and they just kept getting worse. I didn’t get to find out what they were until 2016.
Thank you very much for this information. I have had ocular migraines for over forty years. Thankfully, no pain, but occasionally feel slightly nauseous after the aura moves out of my line of vision. I rarely have a painful “regular” headaches. I am thankful for that!
I've had those auras intermittently with no headache since 2004; they come rarely and are very annoying when they're here. I like the animation you used for the auras as it looks exactly like how you've depicted it. 🙂
Thank you, Isaac! I'm glad this helped!
Do you know why they happen?
Me too. I experienced it last Wednesday and have been trying to figure out the cause. I live in the US so I can't get my eyes checked by a doctor.
@@i2pjd6hRw5P I'm so sorry you are experiencing this and not able to see a doctor. I hope this video helped you some!
@@i2pjd6hRw5P coud be a stroke aswell
Having my very first ophthalmic migraines right now. No pain at all, just realized I could not see sharp enough to read in both eyes. Gradually, over the last twenty minutes or so, the kaleidoscope moved away from the center of my eyes to the periphery. I can now read with my glasses, and the aura is heading out of my field of view. Very scary having never experienced it before.
This is what happens to me. It's been since age 18 yrs. I'm now 66.
I get aura with migraines.
I usually get the pain After the aura
This is helpful. Experienced my first ophthalmic migraine this week and was very strange. Already scheduled an appointment. 👍
Very informative!! I’m using the monoclonal antibody tx for migraines and it’s been hugely successful for me after over thirty years and trying everything! This is so comprehensive. I learned things I didn’t know even from seeing a neurologist and pain management specialist. Great video!
Thank you for your experience and knowledge on this subject. I've been suffering from aura ocular migraines for about 3 years!
I am glad this was helpful. I am so sorry you have been suffering from this. It can be so hard.
When I first started expirencing visual migraines I was just getting towards the end of high school, I genuinely thought I was going blind and was terrified. Thank you for this video, it was very informative and helpful 💜
Glad to help!! Thank you for watching. :)
The exact same thing happened to me, in high school. I'm 65 and I still get these opthalmic migraines. No headache. Last about 15-45 minutes. Just the symptoms described in the video. No eye doc has seen anything unusual.
Me and my mother have both only had migraines in one eye our whole lives, definitely getting an exam asap! Thank you
I started getting ophthalmic migraines around the time of puberty. I am now 73 and still get them on occasion. They last exactly 20 minutes and I can clock them. There is no associated headache. I worked in ophthalmology for about 30 years. Even my boss got them! I even had an MRI and MRA of the brain and everything was perfectly normal. I’ll get a silvery shimmering ball at first and then it breaks into a half moon shape, gradually getting bigger until it fades away to the side. Sometimes the zigzagging thing is on the right side and sometimes on the left.
I'm sorry you have had these most of your life. That must be hard! I am glad the MRI and MRA were normal, though. Wishing you a happy and healthy 2023!
This is exactly what happens to me !
That's exactly the same as mine even down to the length of time.
Exactly what happens to me! No headache but the next day I have a bit of a sore head
You've just described my symptoms! I too started getting them around the time of puberty (I'm now 76).
It is amazing that you are describing this as an "eye doctor" I have found myself in the past having to describe what they are to opthalmologists and neurological consultants alike! I guess the world is at last catching up, and it is not a bad thing.
WOW! Thankyou! That was very helpful & informative!😃👍
I'm so glad to help! Thanks for watching!
Dr. Wong, I am entering into my fifth decade as a migraineur and I want to thank you for providing one of the most succinct and impactful deliveries of knowledge I've ever heard. My migraine symptoms are extensive and as I age they are changing. I now have horrific pain on the surface of my left eye which prompted me to see my ophthalmologist. He diagnosed me as having developed a new manifestation of migraine, but after hearing your video, I think I'm having dry eye issues which are a new horrible trigger. I'm making an appointment Monday. Thank you so much.
I'm so glad this was helpful. I hope your appointment goes well, Laura. Let me know what they say if you can. Thanks for watching!
I've had migraines since I was 14, now coming up to 60 & this is the best explanation I have ever seen. I have gone from head migraines to zig zag/aura, the ice pick in the eye is a brilliant analogy, to retinal migraines. These changes have occurred from teenager period hormones, to having pregnancy hormones to menopausal & all other triggers inbetween. As each stage of my life as affected my ocular migraines I will say that if I notice my sight is 'off' or a blind spot starts if I get those painkillers taken within 5 mins the migraine does not go full blown. Thank you for this vid.
My story is pretty much the same as yours. I started getting migraines when I was in my early teens. I get the zigzag aura (or the "light show" as I call it) and it's my warning that it's time to take a T3, which has time to kick in before the pain starts.
I've been on antidepressants for anxiety since I was 25 and after I started taking those the pain and occurrence of these headaches eased up. I started keeping a "diary" of my headaches, the date and time that they start, the things I was doing or eating at the time. It helped me to realize that they mostly seem to start at the same time as "time of the month". I'll be 52 in August and am at the beginning of menopause and last month was the first time I had a headache since June 2021.
That's good to know. I didn't know that. I been having migraines for over 20 years. Sometimes with an aura but mostly without. I hate auras. I'm so glad I don't have them with all migraines. I take maxalt 10mg. for mine and it works. I really don't want injections or infusions to prevent. I average 7 migraines a month or sometimes less.
I'm so sorry you have had this experience. I am glad to share! Thanks for being here!
I'd had regular migraines every couple of years throughout my life. Then, during perimenopause, the ocular migraines without pain started and occurred frequently. They stopped after a few years so I think hormonal changes were key, at least for me. Thank goodness for sage advice from a good doctor. It saved me a lot of worry.
@@DrRupaWong Thank-you ♥️♥️
Thank you so much for this video! I experienced an aura out of one eye with no headache, and no one knew what i was talking about. I called my eye doctor’s office and just received very little concern about it. This explanation really helps me; I have floaters, occasional migraines with pain in one eye, etc. The triggers you’ve mentioned and some of the solutions to help manage really add some context for me and help me to understand how to be my own best advocate. It’s also nice to know I’m not dying or seeing something supernatural 😂. I’m joking but very serious. Thanks again. I’ve never heard of this before, so it was hard to find information at first.
I'm glad you have a name to put with it now. I hope you don't have another migraine. Thank you so much for sharing! 🌸
My daughter of 7 complained about pain in her eyes and throbbing headaches. As a migraine sufferer myself I recognised this as a migraine, the same steps helped her and after a day resting it was gone. I'm glad I came across your video, I do think it's better to get it checked out.
Sorry to hear that. Its so hard when our babies are hurting! Yes, it is always better to get checked out.
I was starting to freak out before watching your videos. I feel better now. Explains a lot! Thank you! I have had temporary clouded vision loss in one eye at a time. I have had migraines almost every day of my life!
So glad to help! Let me know if you have any other questions.
The 1st time I had one I freaked out. Now it's just more of a nuisance.
This is the first time I actually felt someone understood my migraine symptoms! Excellent video with so much helpful information and details! I definitely suffer from ocular migraines and mine seem to stem from hormone changes, stress, and anxiety.
I'm so glad you were able to watch something that you can relate with. Thank you for letting me know. I'm sorry you suffer from this.
I had a serious brain injury 24 years ago but I still have very weird side effects. Ophthalmic migraines is a new one to me but I was quite relieved to know I wasn't going blind. For me it was like the right side of my vision in both eyes was a kaleidescope. Since it was equal in both eyes and remained regardless of whether my eyes were open or shut, I knew it was a brain issue and not an eye issue. I'm really lucky because at least at this point there's no related pain. I had a friend who used to get cluster headaches and that was horrific.
I have had Ocular Migraines since 1995. I have blurry vision and blind spots. If I am driving, I immediatley stop and have to wait them out. Fortunatly I dont have them very often but enough to know what they are. You are the first YT Doctor to mention them and I thank you.
Definitely best to pull over. That must be scary. So sorry! I'm glad to spread awareness.
My first migraine occurred around age 12-13. Key hormonal time in my life. Auric migraine's have been few and far between but quite disturbing and have usually been triggered by stress. Hormones and stress.
Stay well my fellow migraine sufferers.✨
Thanks for sharing! So sorry you have had to deal with that.
Wow this is so helpful. I started having ocular migraines 15 yrs ago and was just told it was hormonal. The computer aura images you show are exactly what I see and for the first time I could show my husband what I was experiencing. The dry eye connection was mind blowing because I have Sjogren’s. Thank you! I now understand what has been a mystery to me
I'm glad to help, Paula! I hope linking the dry eyes and migraines can be helpful in some sort of way. Wishing you all the best in 2023! 💘
That hair color looks fabulous on you.
I had an ocular migraine about 25 years ago. I had a retinal detachment about a year earlier and it really scared me because I thought it was detaching again. I was so relieved when it went away about 30 minutes later. I did not have any headache, just jagged red and green lines across my field of vision that moved from right to left and eventually disappeared off to the left. It was in both eyes. I have had reoccurances from time to time over the years. I have described the symptoms to eye doctors who have told me absolutely nothing about it. I did not know what they were until now. Thank you so much for this video.
I'm so sorry you suffer with this! Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
You always share such helpful information -- thanks!
Thank you!
Thank you for this video! The pictures of auras and the underwater view is exactly what I have, I've never seen any other video show it so realisticallly. I've had painful migraines all my life, with auras usually. Now I'm 71 and in surgical menopause and when my hormones dropped my painful migraines went away but I still get the ocular auras. They start as a tight ball in the center of my vision and I also sometimes have the underwater vision. I usually can't see whatever I am looking at, but have peripheral vision. Then as time goes by (20-40 minutes) the tight ball starts widening out to a ring that gets bigger and eventually works itself into my peripheral vision and the straight ahead vision returns to normal. Then the aura leaves my peripheral field of vision entirely. If I am driving I know to pull over and wait it out. I am so glad you are getting some relief finally. None of the things you mentioned worked for me when I was younger.
Clear ,concise,helpful.
Thank you 😎
I'm so glad to help! Thank you for watching!
Thank u!! My eye Dr just told me it was an eye migraine, nothing to worry abt & sent me on my way. I was so overwhelmed that I accepted that until my next one.
I experience the aura that looks like a kaleidoscope ring. Sometimes I get a slight dull headache with them, sometimes not. Haven't really found anyone that explained it well until now, so thank u.
So sorry you struggle with these. I'm glad this was helpful! Thank you for sharing and for watching!
I started having these after suffering a vertebral stroke due to a dissection in my brain stem artery between C1 and C2. Totally misdiagnosed by 4 doctors. After experiencing an ocular aura along with hindered speech I thought it was another stroke. Since then my neurologist has prescribed me to increase my magnesium and add B2 and also Alpha Lipoic Acid. Happy to say two years later and through trial and error I have learned my triggers and the auras are under control. Good luck to everyone who suffers from these. One major factor is to stay hydrated.
I'm so sorry you were misdiagnosed. This is already a difficult condition and to be not understood can be very stressful. I am thankful you identified your triggers. Thank you for sharing.
Been suffering with them for about 35 years. You answered questions I didn't fully know how to ask. Thanks for posting
I'm so sorry you suffer with this! I'm so glad to hear that this was helpful. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Hi - did you figure out the triggers? How exactly are you dealing to reduce the frequency, any medication etc? Did your Doc recommend any scans etc?
@@RG....... Cut down on sugar if not totally. I don't get em now.
@@chilledchad How often were you getting auras? And they just stopped after you cut back sugar? Anything else you did or did not do
@@RG....... Exercise. I've always had hypertension and exercise has always had a relaxing effect on my body afterwards.
Thank you so much for this video! This is the first video I’ve seen about ocular migraines. I’ve suffered from migraines for a really long time (I think about 15 years) and just recently I just started getting them with severe, achy eye pain in my sockets as well. Yesterday I thought I was going blind because I couldn’t focus on anything, everything started to get blurry and I felt like I was going cross eyed trying to focus. I threw up shortly after this. Then I took myself to the hospital and all they did was give me shots of lidocaine in my neck. My migraines have definitely started to affect my vision more and it’s really depressing and makes you feel like you’re aging very quickly, which I really hope is not the case.
I suffer from ocular migraine since I was born. I always feel it's coming usually, I see a bright spot moving in my eyesight from one side to another and then it's just matter of when it starts. When I was younger, I had migraines like 10 times per month. After consulting my doctor, I have started to do everything regularly sleeping, eating, sport activity, and now I have like 2 migraines per month. The worst part about ocular migraine is that you can't even see in 3D, you just partially see space around you. It's dangerous when you drive a car for example. I can't even read properly because those stuff I see during aura doesn't allow me to. The aura lasts about an hour, and then there is 10 minute window before my head starts to hurt.
I'm so sorry you have suffered from these since you were born. They are so hard to live with! Thank you for being here and for sharing with us.
That is exactly what I was diagnosed with today. I wish there was anything to help that. I just stop everything I am doing when it starts and go to bed till the following day.
I’ve experienced the aura w/o head pain. I had it a couple of times that really freaked me out but it wasn’t often. Then in the early part of my second trimester of pregnancy I was getting them at least once a week. Super scary but I talked to my doctor about it and she helped lessen the worry. I haven’t had one in a couple of months now and I’m very grateful.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! FINALLY I know what those eye episodes are. And your video interpreted it visually so accurately! I can’t tell you how relieved I feel. Thank you!
I've had a few, it starts out a few blinking pixels, then proceeds into a rip in the matrix across my vision. Freaks me out every time.
It is really scary! I'm so sorry you have these migraines. Best wishes. Thank you for watching!
I have same problem 😭
Thank you for all this great information!
I started getting migraines since I was 8(when I first got my glasses) so I just always assumed everyone with glasses had them too😆
Turns out its been retinal migraine 😵💫
I'm so glad you got diagnosed. Migraines are the worst. I hope you find some treatments that help.
I had the same. Migraine stopped when I quit using my glasses 🤓
I get the sparkly zig zag variety, no pain. I drew a bunch of pictures for my doctor, and that's how she diagnosed it. I used to get the horrible painful ones before menopause, with the only visual symptom being that shadows might be more purple than usual. Thanks for this video!
Reading the comments has been really reassuring
Drawing a picture is a great idea. I'm so sorry you have suffered from this. Thank you so much for being here and sharing with us. I'm so glad the comments gave you some peace!
Thanks foe explaining all this as I have had many, many migraines in my younger years. Now, not so much but now I have aura headaches,ophthalmic, and floaters. I understand it all now. Thank you so much.
I'm so glad to help! Thank you for being here!
Thank you! The first time this happened, I went to hospital, thinking I had had a stroke. (No headache). This video was very informative, and gave me some peace of mind
I know it's been a while since this was uploaded, but I wanted to say that this was very informative. I get opthalmic migraines (aura - generally shimmering multi-colored lights - with no pain) a few times a year, but luckily I've never had a migraine with actual pain. The first time it happened, many years ago, I thought I was losing my vision! I had no idea what was going on, but smartly I went to my eye doctor and she explained what had happened. I find, for me, certain lighting conditions can trigger it, as can certain kinds of busy visual fields, but I don't really find the various foods you mentioned triggering (thank goodness!). Thanks for this!
I'm so sorry you suffer from this as well. Thank you so much for sharing and for being here!
Mine are more silent as well with auras that are triggered too with lights especially when waking up and seeing my phone in the dark, driving in the dark and catching the taillights/headlights or fluorescent lighting.
@DrRupaWong Thank you for such a great comprehensive video - it took me a long time to work out what was happening and find a medical term (aura) for it, and even then I've not found such a helpful video on the topic until I found your one today! I get ophthalmic migraines (silent migraine with aura) and have found that taking 25mg of Quetiapine (Seroquel) when they begin makes them stop - what do you think to that as a solution, Dr Rupa?
I'm autistic with ADHD and really can't cope with an hour of riding out the aura due to the sensory overload, as it's both eyes but also in my head (I can still see the aura flashing if I close my eyes, and my mind feels confused). My aura triggers are very similar to @neils123 and @starbucksjunkay, especially with sudden changes in light (particularly blue fluorescent light), flashing/strobe light, sudden changes in ambient temperature (e.g. walking in the dark/cold and then entering a warm, brightly lit place) ...and plain old stress. This means I have up to 7 in a week.
I get normal migraines as well (extreme light sensitivity, intense pain in my head and vomiting), though they're less frequent. The green liquid-gel capsule Advils (or any liquid-gel capsule ibuprofen) work really well for those, as long as I recognise it coming on quickly enough to take the Advil.
I've had my eyes dilated and checked by my ophthalmologist; and my psychiatrist has consulted with a neurologist: verdict from these specialists is my auras are caused by pre-seizure electrical activity in my brain, without going on to become a proper seizure.
(edited to correct spelling of ophthalmic and ophthalmologist!)
I have the symptoms of opthalmic migraine, an aura, shimmering spot in both eyes which grows into a crescent shape affecting significant areas of vision, lasting approximately half an hour, with no headache whatsoever. I've had these episodes since my mid teens, was examined by a consultant opthalmologist at age 16 but no diagnosis was reached. It's only recently I discovered that it's a form of migraine. I'm now in my 70s and have had more episodes recently. They were rare in my 30s, 40s & 50s.
Hey David! I'm sorry you have struggled with this for most of your life. I can relate. I am thankful you were able to get a diagnosis. Thank you for sharing with us. 💗
Mine were from working under the florecent lights at walmart
And dehydration
Same. I get them about once a year. I also think dehydration is what brings mine on. They last about 45 mins. If they happen when I’m driving I have to pull over because of the tunnel vision
Me too. Everyone seemed to know it was a migraine but they all refused to believe I wasn’t getting any pain
SO much to unpack in this little video! Thank you doctor, well done! I have suffered with general headaches since I was a child and specifically migraine for about 15+ years. I also have auras and dry eye, so that's my trifecta! If anyone out there is suffering from headaches when you get up in the morning, I highly suggest you get a sleep study. Turns out I wasn't getting enough oxygen and also expressing too much carbon dioxide. Since I've been on Cpap with oxygen therapy, I don't get the morning headaches, thank the Lord! I still get migraines, but not nearly as often. 😁👍🏾❤️
I'm so glad the migraines have decreased for you!
Thank you so much for watching.
This was really helpful. Thank you
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Thanks for clearing up this mystery for me. I have experienced what you have described as ophthalmic migraines occasionally for most of my life. The triggers are a mix of stress/anxiety and dehydration. Their duration is usually around 15 minutes, but can last as little as 5 minutes or as long as 45 minutes.
One thing not mentioned in the video is rather than pain, I always experience a feeling tightness around my skull at eye level, like there is a tight-fitting metal band around the circumference of my head.
I'm so glad you are able to put a name to what you are experiencing now. It can be so frustrating to now know what is going on with your body. Next time you go to the doctor let them know you are having these. Thank you for sharing and I appreciate you being here!
Yes! This!!
It's tough explaining that I have migraines "with no pain" because I feel like people think im making things up (or worse sometimes I think maybe It's all in my head)
Don't get aura per se but it feels like my eyes are trying to shut themselves down and that tight band feeling too!
Every once in a whole I get true pain, but it's something different for me most the time.
Stress/anxiety/(and I am starting to think dehydration as well) are major factors
I have had migraines for as long as I can remember. The doctor told my mother I just didn't know how to express myself. As I would get them around birthdays and Christmas really bad and would have to go to bed after all the excitement. As an adult taking CoQ10 200 mg not for migraines but because I heard it was good for your heart seemed to really curve those migraines. Now I would always get what I called Kaleidoscope vision, no doctor ever knew what I was talking about this is the very first time I've ever seen anything that address that. My mother had also always had the floaters and someone told her oh that your eyeball deteriorating I was mortified by this. This goes to show how little people really know. Thank you for this video clears up a lot of things
I am glad you were able to find something that helps lessen the migraines. I'm very sorry the doctor was not able to give your mother the correct medical advice on your behalf. I'm really glad to help. Thank you for letting me know. 💛
Ask you Doctor or Neurologist to consider the drug Propranolol. I suffered with migraines for 30 years...went to a Neurologist and he had me try a drug (forget the name of this drug because, well it didn't work for me) and then we tried Propranolol. It's been a year and a half now and I haven't had a migraine since starting on this drug. I know that everyone responds differently to drugs but it's worth a try.
I have had that kaleidoscope type of colors that resembles a fractal changing shape & color for as long as I can remember. I'm 72. One Opthomoligist told me it was because of doing drugs in the 60's! Never did that & never went back to him. In 2009, I was driving home through our small town (25 mph) and a gray 'curtain' came down in my vision in both eyes for what seemed a long time but maybe only 30sec or so. I went to a Cardiologist, Neurologist & Opthomoligist. Nothing certain but that was the first time I ever heard of an ocular migraine. Now I don't see the colors any more but when I get up at night I see concentric yellow circles on black background. Less often now. My first migraine headache happened in college after being at a hockey game - ice & bright lights. Those headaches only happened until I was 35ish. All of Dr Wong's video & everyone's comments are very helpful. (This may come as from Ron but this is actually his wife.) -Gaye
@@ronanderson5790 they are helping,Gaye! I couldn't understand why not one person knew what I was talking about.
My son is 27yrs old I seems to have inherited my migraines but only when he is very stressed. But I can tell him what I found and about what good people like you shared. That sounded very scary when driving and a curtain came down. I'm glad you are well and found this video. Have a wonderful night. Thank you for sharing
@@dellzywillis3001 Thanks for your nice comment. Yes, the 2009 incident was terrifying as I was going through a school crossing. Thankfully school was cancelled that day& no one around except other drivers. When I could see again I sure got a lot of dirty looks. My oldest daughter (47) has had migraine headaches & ocular ones as well since college. She recently mentioned that she has been getting botox every 3 months and recently tried accupunture. With botox, she says she has a migraine only once a month now. I hope this may help your son and you, too. Gaye
So happy I came across this video! ❤
I'm so happy you did too! 💘 If you have any other topics you would like me to discuss feel free to leave a suggestion. 🥰
I am so glad I found this video. I have had only 2 ophthalmic migraines in the past 2 years - latest one was last night. I had my eyes checked by my ophthalmologist who didn't find anything wrong with my eyes, regarding floaters - my first ophthalmic migraine led me to see an eye doctor. I wish this information was common knowledge with doctors because it would've helped my anxiety about what was going on.
Happy to help! I also wish it was common knowledge. Hopefully one day.
Thank you so much. I have several ophthalmic migraines a year, but when the number increased to several times a week, I was directed to a neurological ophthalmologist and was reassured that all was benign. I suffer (and that is the EXACT term!) from migraines, first diagnosed when I was aged nine, for days at a time. Mine are on the right side, and I learned early on that when the vision blurred in my left eye, a migraine was less then an hour away. As I am now 70, I know that medications have improved, but at the time I was either violently throwing up, or in a darkened room for days. I have had many medical interventions for dry eye syndrome, and the ophthalmic migraines are back to about one a month. There was no cause found for the surge. I’m glad that you found some relief. Whenever someone says “Oh, I get headaches all the time.”, I know they have never experienced a migraine. It is not just a headache! If you are unfortunate enough to have migraines, seek medical help! It is literally life changing.
You are so right, Jeanne-Marie. Headaches and migraines are not the same. 😔 Thank you so much for sharing your experience. 💘
Very very helpful. Clear and reassuring. It is unusual to have a doctor giving advice about medical problems they know because they experience them themselves. Thank you so much, Dr. Wong. I suffer from ocular migraines, the aura kind, but not frequent and painless; otherwise I suffer from ARMD for which I get regular treatment. I have also started to experience a kind of numbness around the eye zone and I duly will mention the fact to my doctor at my next visit thanks to your video. Thank you for being a true doctor, caring about patients.
I'm glad to help. I love learning and sharing. I'm sorry you struggle with these. Thank you for sharing so we all know we aren't alone in this. ❣
OMG thank you so much for this video!!! Now I can show my children and my parents what I actually see when I get my ocular migraines!!! You are a life saver with this video!!! 🙏❣️
I'm so glad this was helpful, Elizabeth. Thank you for being here!
Outstanding presentation!!! Cleared everything up for me, a person who experiences Ocular migraines with aura (shimmering triangles) without headache.
I'm so glad this was helpful! If you would like to see anything else specifically, let me know!
This was a very informative and detailed presentation. I have had ocular migraines since age 19. Thankfully the headaches tailed off after about twenty years. The shimmering, squiggly, C-shaped auras continue over fifty years later without pain. I was shocked when you said you had up to 15 in a month! Perhaps time will afford you relief, also.
Thank you so much, Rick! The injectable medication has really helped me. I'm so sorry you also struggle with this. I appreciate you being here and sharing your experience.
Thank you so much for using visual affects on what I’m experiencing right now !!! I was frightened…. Thank you
I'm so glad this helped. I am sorry you are experiencing this!
@@DrRupaWong Wow !!! You actually replied back ❤….. all better now…. Many hugs 🤗… Your the Best !!!!!
@@felixfamily Awww thank you so much! I appreciate you!
I get the aura. Eye Dr told me I was having a migraine without pain. Thank God
Great news! So sorry you have this though.
Wow! Thank you SO much for this information! I have chronic migraine, I do have the aura, although for many years I didn't realize that's what it was. My headaches are not debilitating. However, they will last for weeks at a time, before I got medication. I didn't know what it was. You've explained so much and it really is a relief to know where these symptoms come from and it's "not all in my head", lol. Thank you again.
It definitely isn't "in your head"! I'm glad to share with you. Thank you for being here. Don't forget to subscribe to see more! :)
Thank you!!! I’ve been having migraines for about 20 years. They take the form of the ice pick through the right side of the forehead. They either go away with medication or they need me to go to bed and sleep it off. Never found a trigger :( but recently they’ve been getting a lot worse and the thing I’ve been trying to describe to my doctor is exactly what you showed in the ocular migraines part. The strange blurry band around the edge of your visual field. I can go back to my doctor prepared now :)
I'm so glad this was helpful! It can be really hard to explain. I hope you get some relief soon.
I am so glad I have found this video. My son (14) has been dealing with this for a year. We have not been able to get any help to find out what it is. Is has caused him so much anxiety. It scares him so bad when this happens. I am sooooo thankful you made this video.
I'm sorry you and your son have been dealing with this. It can be so hard when our kids are scared or in pain. I'm glad this was helpful.
@@DrRupaWong yes, I shared this with him and it has made him feel so much better. Thank you, Thank you!!
@@alittleSouthernBrothers 💖💖
I think mine is related to fall allergys. the tree fall elm, maybe.
I suffer from very bad recurrent migraine headaches including all three of the visual disturbances that you covered. I also had a stroke a couple years ago and mistook it for ophthalmic migraine, which I have frequently. The difference I wish I had been cognizant of is that complete blindness for an extended period of time (almost an hour) is not a symptom. In fact, I'm having ophthalmic migraine às I write this. After going through extensive testing I learned that the stroke was caused by atrial fibrillation which I am now being treated for.
My migraine journey has been a long and painful one starting when I was a child. I now know that children don't get headaches unless they have something physically wrong...mine were blamed on my very long, heavy hair and growing pains. I had my hair cut short and became almost fully grown by age twelve. The headaches became worse and longer lasting. They became more and more debilitating as I grew older. Eventually, I was overcome by nausea and severe vomiting and could not take a step without having a corresponding explosion occurring in my head. Over the years I had more and more and longer and longer migraines (often lasting as long as 36+ hours). The recuperation time could last for days.
Finally, after extensive neurological testing, I learned what I was suffering from and some of my triggers. But, I found that avoiding my triggers was not fully effective, nor were the many treatments tried, even prophylactic. I was told they would stop after menopause. Not a chance! I am 72 and still getting migraines. Thankfully not as frequent or long lasting. The only "fix" I ever found was hospitalization and I.V. dilaudid.....not practical of course. So, I retreat to my bed in my darkened bedroom with earplugs to quiet any noise and pray for relief.
I do want to thank you for the clear and concise explanation of optical migraine. None of my physicians has ever given me such an understandable explanation. Knowledge is power and understanding is a large part of the battle.
This was very helpful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! As a former migraine suffer and now opthalmic migraine sufferer, this video was very helpful.
I'm so glad. I know firsthand how debilitating they can be and worrisome as well. Hope you find some relieve soon.
I have the same thing:) it’s good to know people have this to
I had never heard about the migraine/floaters connection before! I typically get 6 migraines per month. I also have floaters that I find very distracting, especially when reading. Interesting to learn about the connection!
I'm so glad to share, Emma! Thanks for being here :)
This has been so informative! now I can understand what has been happening to my eyes. I now realize I've been having ocular migraines with auras. Thank you so very much for answering so many questions and easing my mind.
You're so welcome! Glad to help. Thank you for watching.
The aura usually starts earlier than a headache for me, but I’ve found if I can take a nap when that starts up, that I can bypass getting an actual headache along with it and wake up with no aura or headache. However if I can’t nap, the aura gets worse and worse and my vision gets to the point I can’t see well and then the headache sets in. If I am dehydrated or overly tired those are usually the triggers I have noticed!
I suffer the same thing as you. Mine starts with blurry vision, severe eye pain and then headache. If I'm able to sleep, it reduces and eventually stops hours after I wake up.
I'm an ophthalmic migraine sufferer but rarely have a headache (diagnosed by my eye doctor). They last about 30 minutes and it looks like when I was a kid looking up through a glass coffee table. Like there was a water drop that slowly spreads out and then is gone once it reaches the edge of my vision. I really appreciate you making this video.
I'm glad to share. Thanks for letting me know your experience with these migraines. If you have anything else you would like me to discuss feel free to leave a suggestion anytime. 😊
Thank you for your insight into Optical migraine I notice I get it in bright sunlight so now I use sunglasses in winter sunshine
I've had them for nearly 50yrs. I get the aura's usually with a dull headache but I take strong daily pain meds. Before I had pain killers daily, I'd get them with super bad headaches that last 2 days.
Anxiety with bright lights, phone screens, TV screens or bright reflections while driving triggers them normally.
Sometimes I get them just as I'm waking up so not sure what that's about. Great video, very helpful for my wife who has just started getting them, she was freaking out but I helped her through it.
I'm so glad to help. I'm sorry you and your wife struggle with these. Wishing you both all the best in 2023!
Thank you for the detailed info!
I have been having, what I have been told, are ocular migraines for years (about 30).
They start out usually about the center of my vision, in both eyes, and gradually grow in a somewhat irregular ring, and end up outside of my vision.
I explain it as if I am looking through a kaleidoscope with shimmering shapes and sometimes colors also.
After the ring disappears, I usually get a mild headache that goes away in about 30 minutes.
The shimmering can last 20-30 minutes.
I also have many floaters mainly in my right eye, but they are in both.
Frustrating, but I do try and live with it.
I have had this checked regularly as I am also type 1 diabetic.
Wow, so glad YT recommended this video to me, it explained so much more than my eye dr did! For years I have only had headaches on the right side of my head with pain behind my right eye. One day I woke up with my right eye being super sensitive, painful to the touch and feeling like I was being stabbed in the back of my eye or like something was pushing on the back of my eye. I was also really light sensitive. I got checked out and they did all the tests and said I was fine and it was an ocular migraine, no mention of their being different types. I was also told I had dry eyes and to use hydrating eye drops but no mention of dry eye being linked to ocular migraines. It was absolutely terrifying when it happened but fortunately it has not happened again. I always thought migraines were like these horribly debilitating, have to lie in a dark room for hours, horrifically painful kind of things so I never would have thought that what I was experiencing was a migraine. Thank you so much for this incredibly informative video!
This is exactly what I'm experiencing. My eye is a little swollen shut, and it's painful to touch. It's the reddest my eye has ever been. I'm going to buy some blue light glasses to help, and hopefully get some relief in the future.
Listen, this is the best explanation I have ever heard in the 15 years that I have been having these migraines, so THANK YOU Dr. Wong! I also had migraines more than 15 days a month. I have the aura, usually with no pain & that is a sign for me to take my meds. I usually also become very clumsy & I start dropping things and bumping into furniture. I also need a quiet, dark room. I would also get very weak in the knees, experience mood swings and general fatigue. I have tried Relpax, but nothing beyond that. Acupuncture would help a lot. The nausea would get so bad that I would end up in the ER because I would throw up everything and could not swallow the pain pills or even the water, it was bad. I also have Endometriosis and Adenomyosis, so just before and after periods, my migraines would be worse. I have since had surgery and my migraines persist, but I will say they are way less painful and do not last as long. I now just have about 4 Panadol extra strength pills & try to have a rest. Again thank you so much for the explanation. Love from Trinidad & Tobago.
I'm so glad to help! Thank you so much for letting me know this was helpful and sharing your experience. I'm sorry you struggle with these migraines too!
I don't get painful migraines as often as I used to but at one point, I remember having a floater that was particularly bothersome. It was the first time I'd encountered this and thought it was significant. A Co-Worker had also noticed that one of my pupils was dilated much more than the other. So, I made an appointment with an ophthalmologist.
He did the whole works, dilated exam, everything.
He asked me if I suffered from migraines.
At the time I was still encountering pretty painful ones and answered affirmatively. He explained that my floater and the unilateral dilation of my pupils were related to my migraines.
I've never heard anyone else mention the dilation thing before.
Did the floater resolve? If it did, did the migraines also resolve once the floater resolved? I'm so sorry you had such painful migraines. Thank you for sharing.
Floaters are not related to migraines. You have been misinformed.
I've been diagnosed with these. Looking forward to the video (at the beginning)
So sorry, Richard. Thanks for watching!
This is the most accurate video I've seen on this topic. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
I've always had migraines with aura and occasionally have ophthalmic migraines so this was interesting to see that the term "ocular migraine" covers both. When I was younger they thought they were food triggered, then hormonal, then eye fatigue...then I started getting them only between midnight and 4am while sleeping (so weird having my aura come through in dreams and knowing before I even wake up I'm going to have a bad time), then back to hormonal, and now trigger unknown because they are super inconsistent. Will definitely keep watch for only having issues with one eye though because that was new information.
I'm so sorry you have these migraines too. They can be so hard to live with! Thank you so much for being here and for sharing.
Just got my first Ophthalmic migraine today so scared until I saw this video thank you
I'm so glad this helped, Adriana! I appreciate the feedback.
Note the time it starts and again when it ends. It helps to understand it's a timed experience. Best to you!
Thank you Dr. Wong!!! I've had multiple ophthalmic migraines but didn't know what they were until I saw this video. So informative!!!
💗💗 Thank you for watching! Best wishes!
Awesome information and Great Video Thank you 🙂☕👍
Very powerful information! Thank you! I do get the aura version of this bizarre condition without the headaches. I'm 64 and it started about 8 years ago. This video has answered so many questions I had about this. Thanks so much for putting it out there 🙂✌
I am glad to help! Thank you for being here. I'm sorry you have these migraines as well!