![]() The test is a cakewalk, you sit with your head in a hemisphere, there's a button you push, when you see the dot you push, release when it goes away. ![]() If the test comes out good, then you'll have a baseline for future exams. Each eye has a blind spot (where the optic nerve connects to the retina) offset by the other in binocular vision. author/oliver-sacks/Īlso, ask for a visual field test, they map the extent of your vision, and map your blind spot. When I was plagued with visual symptoms, I read his book and was thoroughly enlightened.Īn article by Oliver Sacks on the topic of visual migraines follows: There is a neurologist, Oliver Sacks (I believe the movie Awakenings was about some of his work) has an interesting book on migraines, written for the layperson. The links in her article to some of the things didn't work on my Android tablet either. I found the parallels quite interesting in that article. Here's possibly a relevant find, interesting.Ĭheck out the above link, it's more interesting than I initially realized. My neurologist says that there can be a fine line between the two. I felt cheated.Įventually it was discovered that I was having seizures, my tongue and lower lip would go numb (and other seizure stuff as well), and I was put on Phenytoin, an Anti-Epileptic-Drug (AED), and the migraines stopped. He was 1 week from career retirement and didn't have any advise that the other ophthalmologists hadn't already offered. In my years of struggling with visual (ocular) migraines a few times a week, after exhaustive tests and retests, I finally saw a neuro-ophthalmologist. If something in the migraine the causes the numbness in the facial area, as you described as being the tongue, I was wondering if the migraine might interfere with the nerves to the muscles that adjust (accommodate) the eye to permit viewing things clearly that are close, thus contributing to blurry vision.ĭid you see an ophthalmologist or optometrist? Ophthalmologists are medical doctors. Here's an informative article I found when researching my answer to you pertaining to how the eye works when focussing. The reason that I asked about the blurriness is to see if it was refractive (pertaining to your relaxed eyes' ability to correctly focus the light on the retina), or if it pertained to your ability to focus that light on your retina when you are looking at close objects. There is an informative article on Wiki about them. I've read that floaters are more common in nearsighted (myopic) people, and I have a lot of them. Has anyone ever experienced this? Thank you for listening. I had a scan about a year ago and I assume they'll order a new one at my next appointment. The doctor there gave me an IV of 4 different things to try and brake the migraine cycle but he sent me home and I still have blurred vision. ![]() I had 2 migraines again yesterday and went to the emergency room after work because my neurologist appointment can not be made sooner than a week from now. I agree when I look at something it's clear but then goes in and out of focus etc then I strain to see it until it's clear again. But it was the opposite, after a complete evaluation he said I have nearly 20/20 vision and very heathy eyes. 1week ago I went to the eye doctor thinking he would say I need glasses and that's why I'm getting migraines. ![]() Even more so when reading or on the computer. I'm seeing floaters like and dark shadowed areas just enough for me to feel half blind. I had a migraine about 3 weeks ago that wasn't quit as harsh but my vision never restored 100percent. Hi I am a 27 yr old male and have Been getting migraines for around 6 years usually get the aura, numbness of arm and tongue, and blurred vision. ![]()
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