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Four people who experience different types of #migraine symptoms, with short videos showing the kinds of distortions they see.
The first one with the moving, glowing zigzags and blind spot is a perfect rendition of what I tend to get.
Washington Post, gift link:
https://wapo.st/3TvPlzp
I’m fortunate not to get the actual headaches, but I have other #migraine symptoms on a regular basis, including the visual distortions. For me it’s usually an open curve, with the line filled with zigzags flashing different colors, that starts at the center of my field of vision and moves to the periphery.
Last night I had one start *during a dream* and persist when I woke up. The weird part: the curve was rotated 90°: Open downward in the dream and leftward when awake.
Also I think it might have been grayscale in the dream (with full-color perception of the rest of the dream) and color when I woke up, but I’m not 100% certain
Yay, my visual cortex is done defragging!
Or whatever the heck is going on when I get a visual #migraine
A fascinating look at historical descriptions and illustrations either known to be, or matching up with, #migraine auras.
So, J apparently remembers something from when I tried to explain visual migraines to him a while back. Just… not very clearly. “You grabbed your medicine to make your brain go back in you.”
So, J apparently remembers something from when I tried to explain visual migraines to him a while back. Just… not very clearly. “You grabbed your medicine to make your brain go back in you.”