For the record

[lederhosen]

This is a little bit like what the first stages of my migraines looks like.

Not exactly like; mine tend to start out very small, in the middle of my visual field, and often they don't grow very much from there. And the colours aren't quite as bright - it's a mix of colour and a blind spot, like you'd get if you looked at the sun for a moment. But still, it's a bit like.

The good news is, I don't get them often.

Comments

[frou-frou.livejournal.com]

Thank you: you've just confirmed that I get migraines too because that's what I see, except not as bright and with a big blind spot in the middle. How bizarre - thankfully I don't get the pain, just the aura - which in itself is incapacitating but I'm very glad not to have the pain.

[lederhosen]

That sounds a lot like the visual part of mine. Usually the first I realise I've got a migraine coming on is when I'm having trouble reading, which at least gives me advance warning.

Afterwards, I tend to feel quite disoriented and spaced - it might just be my natural reaction to a headache and visual problems, but it feels like a separate effect in itself.

[supermouse]

Mine are like that, except it's a yellow that isn't actually a yellow, and black. And 'nothing'.Usually all across the bottom of my visual field. And I get migraines every day.[1]

[1] It's true - you can get used to *anything*.

[winterkoninkje]

Mine are a bit like that too. Though, mine tend to be impossible "colors" rather than actual colors per se (I'm not sure how else to describe it).