Any Eye experts/Opticians on NSC?

[brighton_girl87]

Good work Dingo!! this is almost exactly what has happened to me. I do feel a little heavy headed now though if that makes sense

I had the weird flashing zig zag thing a few months ago for the first time and once again a couple of weeks back. It is quite scary when you don't know what it is! It lasted about half an hour but I felt weird for the rest of the day, not a headache but like you said, heavy headed and tired. I still haven't been to the doctor but I'm hoping it's a migraine of sorts.

 

[DT Withdean]

If migraine, computer use is not good.

 

[moggy]

Why not give NHS direct a call?

Why this
They can't diagnose you from the end of a phone!
They misdiagnosed me at Xmas but a country mile

 

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

: QUOTE=Art Vs Science;4352789]My right eye is constantly flashing bright white lights i can see it more looking at bright light but it is there constantly. It moves wherever i look.


Or.............i am going clinically insane[/QUOTE]
facing your camera the wrong way

 

[moggy]

Migraines are well nasty, I've had them for 30 yrs now, I hate that disturbed vision called an aura, I get that for about 45 mins then that stops for 5 mins then I go into a 7-10 hour headache that can be pretty unbearable.
Hope you don't suffer these but agree with other posts and it does sound like that's what may be happening

 

[catfish]

I had the weird flashing zig zag thing a few months ago for the first time and once again a couple of weeks back. It is quite scary when you don't know what it is! It lasted about half an hour but I felt weird for the rest of the day, not a headache but like you said, heavy headed and tired. I still haven't been to the doctor but I'm hoping it's a migraine of sorts.

This is definitely an opthalmic migraine. I've been having these for years and while they can be quite disconcerting they are actually harmless.

 

[Broady]

Are you tired?

 

[Codner pharmaceuticals]

If it's still happening in the morning and not associated with any headache etc get it checked out as flashing lights can be a sign of retinal detachment which can be fixed.

 

[Art Vs Science]

: QUOTE=Art Vs Science;4352789]My right eye is constantly flashing bright white lights i can see it more looking at bright light but it is there constantly. It moves wherever i look.


Or.............i am going clinically insane

facing your camera the wrong way[/QUOTE]

Bugger..............i knew something was not quite right.

 

[upthealbion1970]

How are you now arty?

 

[Art Vs Science]

How are you now arty?

Fine mate. No more flashing(Ohhh Errrr) i think it was one of these optical migraine thingies. I did have a head a little bit like a hangover during the evening so it was almost def that, if it happens again i will pop to docs. It is a little bit freaky when it happens though

 

[upthealbion1970]

Fine mate. No more flashing(Ohhh Errrr) i think it was one of these optical migraine thingies. I did have a head a little bit like a hangover during the evening so it was almost def that, if it happens again i will pop to docs. It is a little bit freaky when it happens though

Lol, I've been having migraines for years and they don't get any nicer, I've worked out the triggers for mine are dehydration, getting too tired, too much coffee cheese or chocolate and also stress. Hopefully yours was a one off mate, but if you get another best bet is lots of fluids, couple of pain killers and lie down in a dark room with a wet flannel over your eyes as soon as you can

 

[Art Vs Science]

Lol, I've been having migraines for years and they don't get any nicer, I've worked out the triggers for mine are dehydration, getting too tired, too much coffee cheese or chocolate and also stress. Hopefully yours was a one off mate, but if you get another best bet is lots of fluids, couple of pain killers and lie down in a dark room with a wet flannel over your eyes as soon as you can

Okay will remember that thanks alot. Thing is though.....other than being a little heavy headed, the flashing in the eye was the only main symptom. Never really even had a normal headache before other than hangover so very odd.

 

[upthealbion1970]

Okay will remember that thanks alot. Thing is though.....other than being a little heavy headed, the flashing in the eye was the only main symptom. Never really even had a normal headache before other than hangover so very odd.

Then I'd say you've been quite lucky mate, I'm at the opposite end of the scale I have had attacks of 5 in 3 days but fortunately ended up with the same neurologist as the mrs, think I've had 2 in the last year or so now. How do you feel now?

 

[Art Vs Science]

All good now. Blimey your version sounds alot worse hopefully won't be worse than I had then

 

[upthealbion1970]

All good now. Blimey your version sounds alot worse hopefully won't be worse than I had then

For about day and a half after it usually feels like my eyes are falling out and I've got marbles rattling about in my head and I get a pair of black eyes too. The vision thing (docs call it aura, I call it the squiggles) is just the warm up for the main event lol. One of those things that docs know there are triggers for but don't fully understand why. I just like to be difficult

 

[Huple]

When I close my right eye, I can`t see anything out of it until I open it again.

 

[footychick]

I get that sometimes, think it's perfectly normal.

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