Zig Zag pattern

I have these and have had them for years.  They are called Scintillating Scotoma, in case you'd like to Google more information.   Sometimes I don't get them for months on end, and then there will be times where they happen once a day for a week.  I have not figured out what my trigger is -- probably stress!

Hi NuttyNan,  this happened to me last month. Looked like my left eye got smaller and right eye had gotten bigger, horrible vision change and kept testing right eye then left eye by closing one then the other to see if I could still see, went on like this for hours.  Yes, that horrible blurred edge especially in right eye (the one that looked mad and wide open).  Going to sleep was a nightmare, kept opening eyes over and over to see if I could see the lights outside the window,  put me in an awful state of panic and hoping for daylight.   This is awful, thought it was just me, and so glad others have experienced it, although I wish none of us were.  thanks for this post and this forum. x

Hi nutty nan

Zig zag pattern across the eyes is normally related to the first signs of a miraine starting up, ive had migraines for years, but i never use to get auras, which, some people dont same with you, however, when i became peri, my migraines changed, and now i get other neurological symptoms, but without the pain, just have to recognise it as part of menopause, for a min there i thought i was having a stroke...........ha but because they came on 3 times in one week, dr said it was sign of cluster migraines, and sometimes when you dont get pain, its deferred to somewhere else, so you get other symptoms, it can change at any time, but menopause is when it can start happening differently, but i was given a head scan just to be sure it was nothing more serious, i also lost my sight.