Have you ever had an ocular migraine?

g5g5

I had one yesterday and it scared the crap out of me. I went to the ER and they did a CT scan of my brain to make sure that I didn't have a stroke. It was okay though.

This is just the way mine looked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV_37cao38U
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Aquafire · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject:

I have had my fair share of burst blood vessels in the eye, but nothing like that... Shocked

But you did the right thing by going to a Doctor.

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g5g5 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:42 am Post subject:

Turns out that it was more serious. It happened again on Wednesday of last week and my wife took me to the ER. They found I had a torn retina and did emergency surgery on my eye. Needless to say, I'm going to be walking around like a pirate for a while here. Sad

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Weee · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject:

I'm sorry to hear that g5g5. I hope it gets better for you soon.

devo · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject:

That doesn't sound very fun. I hope you have a speedy recovery man.

Wedge · Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2008 Posts: 325 Location: USA

Get well soon!

As for ocular migraines, yes, I have. I get them about 3x a year. That video does a fairly good job of describing mine, though the area inside the patch is totally blind to me. It's really scary at times, though I usually take a few ibuprofen, drink a bunch of water, and try to get a nap if I can. Within an hour or two, they've usually faded away, and the pain goes away soon afterwards.

Thankfully, they're fairly rare for me. When I got two of them in one month a few years back, I saw a specialist a few times, and he basically explained to me that the knowledge of the brain, and in particular, migraines is very limited. We tend to over-treat with heavy drugs, which just ease the symptoms. For deep sufferers, it makes sense, but for people like me, some dietary changes helped. I try to have a much larger intake of water through the day, plus be sure I snack fairly regularly to keep my blood sugar fairly level. He had me take a logbook and whenever I got a migraine, ocular migraine, or just headache, I had to record details like how much sleep I got the night before, water and food intake, stress level, etc. I found that food and water were my biggest variables I could easily control.

philiparcario · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:49 am Post subject:

cinnamon is a killer for me and my mom. When we figured that out both of us had a 90 percent reduction in headaches
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g5g5 · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:08 am Post subject:

Thanks guys! Smile

I'm finding it hard to look at the screen with one eye, so excuse me for being short.
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curt · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:16 am Post subject:

I think anything dealing with the eyes is a scary proposition. You take care man!
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Aquafire · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 6:59 am Post subject:

The Pontificator · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:21 am Post subject:

Aquafire · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:49 am Post subject:

philiparcario · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject:

cinnabun first time I went I had three. man they were good. worst headache i ever had. instant relief upon vomiting . So I new it was the bun. Wrote a letter to the company for a list of ingredients hoping for some wild card and not the cinnamon. No go after some experiments and research I found it is not the cinnamon but a mold that grows only on cinnamon so if you get a good batch fine if you get a bad batch migrane. Thailand has the best in terms of lack of mold. So sometimes I have some chai tea from the right companies and I am fine. Mexican cinnamon is notorious for the contamination of the crop. So if I don't know the product it is a no go.
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idave · Senior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 463

It's cheese, chocolate and peanut butter for me. I never really noticed anything with cinnamon. I'm going to take note though.
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philiparcario · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject:

every one of those products is subject to mold contamination. I have been Googling the link for it if I find it I will post.
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