PLEASE DOESN'T SOMEONE JUST HAVE AURAS WITH NO HEADACHE

THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT JUST GETS AURAS AND NO MIAGRAINE HEADACHE. I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE .

Hi!

I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. I am a member of another message board/forum and there are several people who deal with the same thing. I'm not sure what they take as far as meds are concerned...

Hang in there

Yes, there is someone else! My Grandmother has these all the time. She thought SHE was the only one! Her doc. tells her that it is just a migraine without the pain and she is one of the lucky ones. I wish I could have just the auras.

Krom~

I have read some 30+ books on migraine and headaches. There was one that went into pretty good detail on migraine with aura and no pain. I am going to dig through the books and see if I can find it for you. I know I have seen it in at least a few of the books I reviewed.

give me some time...but I will post it here as soon as I find it.

Hang in there...

Yep, they're called ocular migraines.  My complicated migraines turned to ocular for about 5 or 6 years, but now they're back to their old tricks again.  I was on aspirin therapy and it helped.  If I took an extra dose of aspirin when I saw the first signs of distortion, it would decrease the length of the attack.

Hope this is helpful.

~Lauren

I dont know if this helps, Im not a doctor either, but when i get unbearable migraines i go to the chiropractor, and usually that fixes the problem! after an adjustment i can even see better, and that pressure you cant get rid of usually is gone, the reason for my migrains is tense muscles in the upper middle back and the muscles in the neck.

 Mikeym. In response to your auras with no headache yupppp me too. Except I have a gp that thinks its psycological. But my auras are like black diamonds and squares danceing around sometimes they shoot in and out or seem like they dance over my head sort of.I know it sounds weird but try explaining this to a neurosurgeon.Im on topamax but its helping with the headaches and vertigo but the depression is horrible,are you taking anything?I also take maxalt if they get really bad.

Dear dizzy,

I get dancing diamonds too... only they appear after a grey blob obscures one entire field of vision.  Then they dance up and out of sight in the upper right quadrant.  My neuro says that's classic.  Isn't it interesting how one doc gets it and one doc doesn't?  I HATE the whole psychosomatic dx... BTDT, but finally found a neuro who takes me seriously.

 

Hello All,

I am a regular in the Lupus forum here at HW.

I get (rarely) a crescent shaped starry pattern with no pain (can't see out of that eye) and the doc calls them "ocular" migrains . . . but its not exactly an aurora. I am happy to report that my lifetime of painful migrain headaches came to a long lull . . . but has recently increased again . . . am hoping they will go away for good.

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In His grip,
AlwaysRosie
Psalms: 139

Im just passing through here from the UC section,..I would get many aura attacks while on Prednisone but the migrane would always show up 30 minutes after I would see crazy colors (when I shut my eyes),.and blurred vision . I would always get to a dark room and take a painkiller and a sleeping pill (Tamazapam) and I would sleep it off. Otherwise it felt like my brain was on fire. I am now off Prednisone and see a chiropractor and so far my migranes are gone.

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Yep, I've heard of it, when talking to my family doc. about my migraines, my doc. said he just gets the aura, I think its called ocular or something, I can't believe your this would be something new to your neurologist, weird.... 

You are not alone. I have had ocular migraines for years. Beware that a year and a half ago I woke up with one in the morning. It didn't clear up. The perifrial vision in my right eye disappeared. It was diagnosed as NAION. That stands for (Non arteric Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy) This a sudden, painless, and permanant stroke of the optic nerve. I don't know if they are related but they both started the same way.

 

I have had auras but the migraine ususally follows. However, I wanted to help you. So this is what I did today when my aura started. I took one capsul of feverfew herb and downed a small bottle of gatorade and had a half a cup of coffee. I massaged my forehead, temples, eyebrows, neck and the back of my head. I had already had breakfast which was healthy and complete with protein. I have a mild headache now with no auras, no sesitivity to light or noise like a migraine. I was getting the auras every month right before my period. I do not take any prescriptions, not even the pill. Someone told me they took feverfew every day to prevent their migraines so did it for a few months. I don't have to take it anymore preventitively. I get an aura followed by migraine maybe once a year. I don't know if feverfew works after the fact, but you know what it's like, you're desperate! So I hope something there can help you. I know you mentioned that you just have auras and no migraine, but still something seems related to me and maybe some of this could help. Gatorade for electrolites, coffee for caffine - pain killer, feverfew herb for whatever it does I don't know, and massage to help with circulation and tension. Good luck.

Sincerely,
Krystina

Wow. This is interesting! I just came here for the very first time in search of migraine info. I have been having what I believe to be migraines without headache for some time now. Only recently they have become very frequent and bothersome to the point of beginning to seek help.

I have had exercise induced auras for years - mine show up as black and white pinwheels dancing around in my field of vision. I am a triathlete and swim practice almost always produces one - but no other symptoms.

For the past few years though I have had also had bouts with dizziness, and have had brain MRIs and other things done to try do determine the reason - with no improvement.

For about 2 months I have been having regular auras - both yesterday and today upon waking I had an aura, but I am also dizzy and nauseous. Recently I have been noticing a bit of vertigo, and computer games make me dizzy when they never did before, and last evening my wife and I went to a movie and the movie made me dizzy - first time ever for that.

It is 1pm and I'm still nauseous - I rose at 5am. I was looking around at migraine trigger info today and found that dairy and cheese can be triggers - here is an interesting coincidence - I've been lactose intolerant for 20 years, and about 2 months ago I discovered a product that with 1 pill per day allows me to eat dairy like a normal human - so I've been going crazy eating milk, cheese, and other dairy items! I cut out the coffee a few weeks ago and am on no other drugs or alcohol.

My mother has been a lifelong migraine sufferer. She gets the debilitating headaches, too. Hopefully I don't have that to look forward to. She told me that sometimes her migraines make her feel exactly like she has a virus or a cold but she knows she does not. THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL! No one could have described it better. She also told me my grandmother has had aura without headache for her lifetime as well.

I guess I got migraine, eh? Looks like I'm not alone. I'm going to see her neurologist soon.

If it turns out that this is what has been causing my odd symptoms for the past few years, it will actually be a relief.

  i was just recently diagnosed with ocular migranes through my retinal specialist.im 26 and have live with macular degeneration since birth and they had believed that my lose of perifial vision and black outs in my left eye were signs of another diesease.its good to know they werent but my doc said they were caused by spasming blood vessels in my eye.if there anything anyopne else can tell me about it????i have enough problems with my eyes already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks, starry eyes

Hi, I have suffered with these since I was 11 and my periods started. I get a crescent shape in one eye that grows, its rather like looking through a diamond, inside are so many angles of the prism shape. It grows and then I cant see. It seems to be linked to hormonal changes with me. When I got my periods in my teens I got this, then when I went on a certain type of pill, the same happened.
I got my last one an hour after having an emergency c-section in September,,,,,yuck!
Parcetamol gets rid of it, and cooling down!
Take care everyone!
tigertiger from UK xxxxx

THE AURAS ARE THE GIFT. CONGRADULATIONS. I THINK IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE, & ANYONE CAN DO IT. AFTER 5 YEARS OF PAINFUL & DEBILITATING MIGRAINES, I HAVE EXPERIENCED 35 YEARS OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AURAS. I'M GLAD TO KNOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME EXPERIENCE. GOOD LUCK.
-RVB3D

my auras are similar to others on this page. usually cresant shape, but simetimes full circle. diamond shapes, shimmering colors of bLUE, yellow, red. last abour 20 minutes. i'm glad to know other people have similar experiences. i haven't talked about this for 35 years, since i gave up on the doctors.

ANY RESPONSE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

I too have had auras and migraines for over 35 years - they started when I was 11. Over the years I have used the auras to predict migraines and to pre-medicate to stop them. I have also had auras without the migraines.

I too feel blessed to have the auras. 1st because I prevent migraines and second because I have fortification auras which are absolutely beautiful. I wish I was an artist and could draw them because they are sometimes stunning. I even hate to take my meds because I don't want to lose the beauty.

I have always wondered if Pueblo Native Americans have auras and migraines because my fortification auras are often repeated in Pueblo pottery art.