Weired Vision Attack
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A very strange thing happened to me last evening which was quite frightening. At 9pm I was watching the tv when suddenly the picture blurred slightly and there were like bright white hoola hoops to the left, right and in the middle of the picture. I got up to go into the kitchen and it still persisted and I felt strangely disorientated. However, after about 20 minutes, it all disappeared and sight came back to normal. I was in bed later on reading my book without a problem.
Today I felt perfectly ok and drove 40 miles for lunch with my son and back and to observe a private pilates class on machines. Felt absolutely ok.
Should I go and see the GP as can't help feeling she won't have a clue about this. It made me feel a bit panicky inside.
Has anyone else had something similar?
I am on 8mg for the last 4 weeks quite successfully and I don't have pain and I am fairly active. Grateful for any comments please.
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ViktoriaH diana21296
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A little late to your discussion, but just to add to others' experiences I had a 'swarm' of ocular migraines for 5 consecutive evenings, never had them before, which was extremely frightening. I did have bad headaches afterwards and so I called NHS 111 around the dreaded 3a.m. followed by a visit to A&E for total eye check which found no evidence of GCA. The headaches responded to paracetamol.
I also experienced something VERY weird, closed eye hallucinations which are as though looking at a very clear pool across which float all sorts of images (Aztec masks! huge fish and leaves) all scrolling inside my eyelids in very bright colours - beautiful, but couldn't stop it.. this was after 3 days of lying in a dark room because of the migraines.. Straight back to opthalmologist who had heard of it, related to sensory deprivation he said, sometimes called The Prisoners Cinema! We live and learn.
The only trigger I can think of was a very energetic game of table tennis which probably punished body and eyes much more than I realised. I hope you don't experience another bout, but having a diagnosis other than GCA is always reassuring.