tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post1653746670822328391..comments2023-10-09T04:11:47.358-07:00Comments on Not A Potted Plant: What A Migraine Looks LikeBurt Likkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-25299169317604075542011-01-14T23:14:56.752-08:002011-01-14T23:14:56.752-08:00I've been getting opthalmic migraines since I ...I've been getting opthalmic migraines since I was a teenager. My parents - not without reason - were *sure* I was faking just to get out of school until I got home and had no interest whatsoever in watching TV and instead chose to just lay down in an empty room. I remember when the doctor first showed me the illustration and how astonished I was at how perfectly it matched what I had been seeing but was unable to describe ("It's like these yellow zig-zags all across my eyes" sounds like "I hate biology class. A lot.")<br /><br />I am very fortunate that they are silent migraines, meaning that there is no headache associated with it. But they're pretty severe, preventing not only reading but driving. I count my blessings that I don't experience the headache, but boy is it a real inconvenience periodically going functionally half-blind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-71866702923691164082011-01-13T22:02:24.463-08:002011-01-13T22:02:24.463-08:00Yeah, I get those sometimes, too. They're the ...Yeah, I get those sometimes, too. They're the most frustrating.Burt Likkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-90802772667813162632011-01-13T12:14:26.981-08:002011-01-13T12:14:26.981-08:00Mhm. That video is helpful, though the realizatio...Mhm. That video is helpful, though the realization of the aura does vary significantly, as you say. For me, the aura appears primarily in the center of my field of vision, making tasks that require visual focus (such as reading) impossible. <br /><br />That the aura remains in the same spot on your field of vision no matter what you focus at adds significantly to the nausea, I find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com