Visual Disturbances

[rennur]

Well, recently I've been seeing strange colored dots in my vision, an occasional black line seems to shoot across my vision.  Now and then I notice weird shadow figures roaming around my vision.  When I look at light there seems to be lines of it  streaking everywhere, this all started after a bad migraine.  It's apparently "visual aura" I've had this for several months.  Am I going to have to deal with this the rest of my life?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

Visual aura's don't last several months. They are there max for about the duration of a eye migraine attack (say 30 minutes to several hours).

You need to see an ophthalmologist (Eye MD) preferably a neuro-ophthalmologist.

JCH III MD

[izzy71]

Actually, I am in the process of being worked up for retinal migraine with PERMANENT aura.

[OliverLevine]

what??? they don't last more than several months???? I've been having this for a whole year!!

[OliverLevine]

oh wait, permanent aura (sorry)

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

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[Noelle77]

I am finding that sometimes the doctors contradict themselves or each other. YES you can have a permanent migraine aura without infarction. This doctor HIMSELF said this, so I do not know why now he is saying ' NO. IMPOSSIBLE." It's so weird

[Drive55]

I have been noticing this in my eyes as well Rennur!! I do not know what it can be, some times the shadows look like lines when I turn my head left or right or sometimes they can look like cloudy circles! I do not know what they can be sadly I am cash strapped to see an eye doctor but I have heard it could be a range of things from Viterous floaters to Aura/Negative Photophisa to even a possible Retinal Detachment.

I also looked on this site and abroad  the internet and finding others with the same problems and no one can come up with why this is going on. I mostly notice these on a bright wall like you do.

weird.