Thursday, October 22, 2009 Tracy asks

Q: Have you ever heard of someone having visual disturbances constantly for 2.5 months?

I have been suffering from visual disturbances constantly for 2.5 months. I have a constant flickering light and flashes in my right eye as well as a blind spot. When I say constant, I truly mean it has never stopped.

I have seen Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmologic Neurologists, Neurologists, and a large neurology team during an inpatient hospital visit. I have had MS, Lupus, Retinal, and Optical Nerve issues completely ruled out. Doctors believe that I am either still suffering from a complex migraine or experienced an extremely small TIA in only one artery behind my eye. I believe they are strongly leaning towards complex migraine.

I do not take birth control pills (for a month now). I am on a vasco-dialator (veramapil), two regular strength aspirin a day (to thin blood), and Fiorcet for pain as needed. I should say that most of the headache pain has been under control since I began taking veramapil. But I am still confused and scared. I have never heard of another person suffering from such a migraine for this long without one break.

Have you ever seen or heard of anything like this?

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Answers (1)

Nancy Harris Bonk, Health Guide

10/23/09 10:35pm

Hi Tracy,

I saw your SharePost in our other section of MyMigraineConnection and answered some of these questions there. I can tell you that it is not typical to have visual distrubances for this long with a Migraine attack. As I said, you have seen every doctor except a Migraine specialist and I would now start there. You can find one on our patient recommended specialist list.

A diagnosis if Migraine requires symptoms other than headache -- nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light or sound. You can read more about the phases of a Migraine attack and their symptoms in Anatomy of a Migraine.

At this point, stopping this headache or Migraine that you've had for two and a half months needs to be a priority. When oral medications have failed, IV infusions will often break the cycle. For more information about this, see IV Treatment of Refractory Migraines.

Good luck

Nancy

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