Vision not restored after migraine

When you have this problem, cover one eye and evaluate the focus, then uncover and do the same for the other eye. Take a few minutes to do this. The focus quality should be the same for each eye.

Evaluate what the nature of the blurred vision is. Light from 20 feet away is considered parallel, ergo the 20/20, which means you see at 20 feet what the average person would see at 20 feet. Light nearer that point is divergent and requires us to accommodate (adjust) our eyes to see it clearly. Do you find that things you look at in the distance are blurry (wearing glasses of course if you need them)? Or are distant objects clear but nearer than 20 feet objects blurry. Is the effect the same in each eye?

Thanks!!

I seen a ophthalmologist, and the office is said to be the best around. As I said earlier he had nothing but positive things to say about my eyes , maybe a minor stigmatism and since I was having issues regardless he sent out a 1.5x with a slight prescription for when I work on the computer or close up prints . I have not received them yet but neither myself or the eye dr. think It will solve much. The article u sent was truly interesting , that matches mine pretty close even our age and occupation, although I was unable to see her sketches of the floaters etc.. Thank you for your information and time.. I guess for now il pray this doesn't continue and that my eyesight restores.

Thank you very much for the help! I will do just that

Hi Seth 1056

Please can you let me know how you're doing now?

I've had the same kind of migraines as you described all my life, well, since puberty :/

I'm 45 now and thankfully, I don't have too many these days but yesterday I did.

Blurred vision and I'm 'Oh crap!' Ten minutes later I have the flashing zig zag type thing, I wait until I get actual pain and then I took a Maxalt Melt - Rizatriptan.

I then tried to sleep in off. I dozed for about 2 hours, the zig zag went but at one point came back again but the one sided pain stayed at bay.

I felt 'okay' so got up. However I still felt like my vision and maybe also my speaking - thinking of the right words etc -was off.

I hoped it would be fixed by the time I'd slept the night and woke up this morning but no :(

I've been to watch a kids film at the cinema with my little boy (who's called Seth) this morning - watching the film was okay (a bit loud mind) but trying to read anything that is text is just not right. Sort of out of focus and off - almost like viewing through tears? And things look almost detached? Like, I'm watching real life as a dream ... I sound like a crazy lady!

Anyway, did your vision right itself or did you find out what was going on? I realise this is an old thread but I can't find much else that fits what I'm experiencing.

Hi my name is Alex (not my real name) and I'm a 28 year old male who has been more or less living off his parents his whole life have been suffering from this condition ever since I was about 3, well thats at least when it was first recorded, perhaps it happened my entire life and thats just when I could communicate about it. This is the first time I've really opened up about it in a blog or form that has elements of therapy. I had one today while training for a new job and got penalized for it. The job does have terrible attendance mandates and I have the freedom to leave but as i'm getting older and realizing I am going to have to make it in this world on my own and realizing this migraine crap is not going to go away anytime soon and that it is a serious problem that i need to address outside my friends and family. My last one was about two months ago at the park where i had to take refuge in the back seat of my car for hours before the auras went away and I could barley drive home.

I sold drugs for a large portion of my life to avoid having normal work hours partially because I am a narcissist who doesn't ever want anybody telling him what to do but subconsciously didn't want a real job because I have been suffering from this ****ing brain malfunction for my entire life and i honestly believe this should be classified as a disability if it happens frequently for years at a time.. I stopped selling drugs when I was about age 20 and got a midnight shift job at a company that moves boxes all night. I was able to keep this job for 2 years because it had a strong workers union there and if i had to miss a day or leave my shift because of a migraine it would not be a problem. After that I went to college and that took 5 years of not having to worry about a job or this condition away. about 3 years after that now here we are and i have a job and the first week this condition has came back to show me who's really running this life.

Just about everyday for my 28 years of living all's i think about is whether or not today will be another migraine day. Now I only have about 10-15 a year but they are the ones with auras and they as you all here completely and almost instantly disable you leaving you useless for hours if not days. I often contemplate suicide in both frustration and depression. I also contemplate brain surgery even though im extremely phobic of that thought. But hypothetically if I was having a migraine and a surgeon just happened to be there ready to go I would say go for it. Even not after the headache has subsided but still here in its half life all's i can think of is I would do just about anything for this problem to stop.

When im on illegal drugs or extremely drunk are the only times I am not worried about the headaches happening. Because of this I am more or less a drug addict. The last two weeks I've been off of drugs for this stupid job and now on a a stressful day here comes the headache. My drug problem inst really a problem in my eyes because what i take is usually only a half of pill or just one. It is hydrocodone a semi synthetic opiate. This gives me a low high and numbs my consciousness taking "the edge" off. I've been doing this for about 11 years now, for a long time i needed two or three now its just a half or one. I frequently work out and run and believe this helps not develop a tolerance and also stop using them for a few days at a time to help keep my dosage at a minimum. I really believe that just a little amount of this levels out my brain. Of coarse I would only look like a drug addict if i asked a doctor to give me this drug for either depression/anxiety or migraines, which in my case is the same boat. I really wish we lived in a more "laissez faire" society, if we did I would be ok i think. Before hydrocodone I used Xanex alot. I never worried about migraines or anything at all for that matter while on Xanex but i would frequently have a migraine coming off it. So much so that i avoid it as much as possible. Unfortunately if i did go to a doctor or a psychiatrist they would be more than happy giving me some or some other kind of bullcrap new depression pill. I really want to be a police officer (a legitimate one) but I know this minor addiction would be a problem to them. I really believe hydrocodone helps. Not saying they cure migraines but when i'm on it they are less frequent and less violent.

To talk about what the original poster said I will say many times looking at a computer or phone does encourage a migraine. But that being said I have had migraines in my sleep. I have woken up from sleeping with auras in my ****ing eyes. Did the light in my dreams awaken you auras? I sleep in a pitch black room. But lights, tvs, computer screens and other bright objects definitely do provoke the auras. Another thing that provokes them in my case is large amounts caffeine and lack of sleep.

One of the worst aspects of this disorder is no one really knows what you go though when you have them and no doctor really knows why you get them.

Another thing I wanted to say is ive had bad eyesight for most of my life as well. I really believed thick glasses contributed to migraines. When I turned 18, the legal age to get lasik, I went to the doctor hoping to get this and really hoping getting this would solve the disorder. They told me my eyes were two bad to get lasik and offered me a free implant surgery. Free because it was FDA third phase approval study. I actually had a migraine the day of one of the surgery (each eye was done 3 months apart). For awhile these implant lens gave me 20/10 vision, yes i put 20/10. My eyes kept changing and they had to do lasik on top of the the implant surgery. The last time I went to the eye doctor my vision was not even close to 20/20 As of now i feel my vision come and go, sometimes its perfect then gets blurry, happens in both eyes. Its like the focus or perhaps the pupil is having a spasm. Sometimes when i look close at my pupil I feel its not completely round I really believe the human eyes and the human brain are partners in conducting migraines. Im thinking the way my way my eye intercepts light and depth perception has alot to do with the beginning of a migraine. I suppose what im saying is I believe there's also a connection with the optic nerve.

Hi, Seth1056,

I see that you posted way back in 2014, so, not sure how you are doing. But, I wanted to suggest that if you are still looking for answers, you may want to do as I have: 1) See a NeuroOpthalmologist, and, 2) See a Migraine specialist.

Please let us all know how you are doing now?