First time experience with aura

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You might also find helpful information at this website for the "Migraine Aura Foundation." Here's the link:

http://www.migraine-aura.org/content/index_en.html

Explore the tab entitled "Migraine Aura." It has some great images migraineurs have submitted depicting what their visual auras look like to them. It also has descriptions of the many other types of (non-visual) aura experiences.  I found this site very helpful when my aura symptoms became more alarming (to me) about two years ago. In my case, my PCP thought I was having panic attacks. Not so, just new aura experiences....

Good luck to you.

My son who is now 30 has had migraines since he was 6 or 7. When he first started having them, there was no aura. We had him tested for all types of things: brain tumor, hypoglycemia (which we later learned can cause a migraine), etc. Finally, by the time he was older, he began to notice the aura. The medications have come SO FAR in the last few years that they are literally a lifesaver for him. An aura is really a good thing now - it is an indication that he needs to immediately take his meds. Pills don't work for him because of the nausea, he would usually vomit them up so we went to Imitrex nasal spray. This med has literally changed his life! If he takes it as soon as the aura starts, he experiences no pain whatsoever. So the aura is maybe a little scary but it is very helpful at the same time.

Last year, I experienced my first aura after years of migraines (without knowing they were migraines). Just like you described, I saw a vivid bright yellow in the center of my vision with wavy zigzag lines. There was no pain either before, during or after. It lasted about 20 minutes, so I didn't really know what it was. It was a little freaky.

Now, I am on a migraine preventative that seems to help a lot. The only aura type experience I have now is what I call fireflys. When I blink, sometimes I see bright spots that quickly dissapate.

I experienced my first aura when I was in high school, over 30 years ago and it really terrified me because I have one good eye, I only see movement and colors in the other one. I had what appeared to be lighting bolts that came on slowly and covered the eye. It lasted about 15-20 minutes then dissapeared and I had no headache before or after. My ophthalmologist called it eye migraine. I have had a few since going sometimes years between one. When I have one I have a grey area in the middle of my eye and I can't see very well. I am so lucky I have not had one while driving. I do have enough time to pull over if I do but it would be scary. I had migraines about one day a month until I had a hysterectomy 13 years ago. I then had daily migraines for about two years and now I have about one a week. I have been on Inderal as a preventive and use Aleve and Imitrex during an attack. I do experience a loss of peripheral vision before a migraine but the vision loss does not extend over the whole eye and I do than get a migraine so I know the difference between the two symptoms. It is nice to know others are going through this too and can relate their symptoms and results.

I started getting auras when i was 18. I'm 52 .Perhaps some meds you might be taking. I noticed if i take  Decongestants, cold meds  etc,. it seems to trigger more of them. i once got an aura in the 2nd song of a show ,I am a drummer, Lights flashing, loud music, and the aura, I kept going, much to my suprise, it went away like it always does. So now I don't panic anymore.My brother gets an aura about ONCE A YEAR!! He is lucky . I hope you are too JG

I am 36 years old female.  I have suffered from migraine headaches for the past 23 years I know what that feel like. I hope you find something to control your pain.