Have you ever had a visual migraine?

@monsieuricon The first one of those I had scared the crap out of me...now I just wait until I can read my screen again.

@corbet @monsieuricon I've only had two. That was two too many.

@corbet i know. First time is "oh, god, am I having a stroke?"

@monsieuricon @corbet I had my first one in January (primarily loss of peripheral vision for ~20 mins), ended up with a trip to A&E and several follow up tests to confirm that I was indeed not having a stroke.

@monsieuricon yes. I've had many, and they always freak me out.

@monsieuricon most recent several weeks ago. 🌈 indeed!

@monsieuricon @Saltssaltgirl Just nasty seasonal cluster headaches over here. No auras with those.

@monsieuricon yuup, eventually escalated to loosing almost all vision in one eye for an hour or so and me in the ER the first time it happened because I thought I must be having a stroke. At least they recognized immediately that it was a migraine and were very nice about it and just gave me some painkillers and put me in a silent and dark room until it was gone.

@monsieuricon first time I had a blind spot I thought my retina had detached (a friend who had her's detatch had been talking about it a couple of days before).

Had them whilst driving, that's always fun when cars just vanish into the rainbow.

A couple of times I've lost all vision on my left side.

I usually describe them like a broken LCD monitor with nothing in the middle.

@corbet @monsieuricon not sure why, but I just fully ignored them as "idk happens sometimes i guess?" for the first few months until talking to someone about it. visited a doctor and yep, migraines!

@monsieuricon
yes and it was terrifying

@monsieuricon just your regular splitting headache with a side of throwing up 😔

@monsieuricon for me, it's like a kaleidoscope on crack