[AlexB]

Originally Posted by 21C

I used to get migraines quite regularly in my twenties. I would get the onset of the blurriness/aura/halo and I knew that I would be shithouse for the next few hours with the whole aversion to light, splitting headache and finally vomiting. I was reasonably lucky compared to many migraine sufferers in that my entire length of suffering only lasted between 4 and 6 hours.

Since that time, I moved on to less severe headaches (but still painful) in my thirties that would start with soreness in my neck and eventually move to my temples. Fortunately I haven't had one of those for about 15 years.

What is funny is that I have had a couple of recent episodes where I started to get the aura/halo and that was it. I got the exact same blurriness of the migraine experience and nothing else. I'm just glad that it didn't develop into anything else but it was really weird.

I’ve had four of those aura only headaches in the last couple of years, no history of migraines before.

Doc told me they’re ocular migraines, and triggered by eye strain (screen time) or stress… if they’re the same as mine, they last 20-30 minutes and then gone (although I do feel a bit drained for a day or so afterwards)