What was that?!?

[Shannon Nelson]

My daughter had a really odd episode this morning, and I wonder if
anyone could shed any light on it? Basically...

She left for school about 8 this morning, no sign of anything amiss.
but not enough to think of leaving.
it as what you see after you've looked too long at a bright light--a
bright patch I guess--but it didn't fade away. And the left half of
her field of vision more or less disappeared. She describes something
like waving and shimmering color, couldn't make out much shape. She
fussed with her contacts, and about ten minutes later it seemed better
(and later went back to normal).

By about 9:45 she was on the couch whimpering, said headache felt "like
a clamp", a crushing sort of pain in temples, and also above right eye,
that being the strongest. She described a sort of squeezing and then
releasing. She said it hurt constantly, but had paroxysms when it
became much worse (whimpering, shaking).

On trying to drink a bit of cold water, she vomited it back up, and
then fell asleep. I'd given Bell. shortly before, but it hadn't seemed
to work--but then again, maybe it did... She woke up about an hour
later and (huh?) went back to school. Leaving me to ask, "Who *was*
that masked man?", or some such.

Does this sound like some sort of a migraine, or ??
Thanks!
Shannon

[Diane Ruzzi]

Shannon,
I think this is called an ocular migraine.
Diane

Robert & Shannon Nelson wrote:
My daughter had a really odd episode this morning, and I wonder if
anyone could shed any light on it? Basically...

She left for school about 8 this morning, no sign of anything amiss.
8:45 sitting in class suddenly head started to hurt, quite disturbing,
but not enough to think of leaving.
9-ish suddenly found she could not see her paper very well. Describes
it as what you see after you've looked too long at a bright light--a
bright patch I guess--but it didn't fade away. And the left half of
her field of vision more or less disappeared. She describes something
like waving and shimmering color, couldn't make out much shape. She
fussed with her contacts, and about ten minutes later it seemed better
(and later went back to normal).
9:15 ish headache became much worse, and she came home.

By about 9:45 she was on the couch whimpering, said headache felt "like
a clamp", a crushing sort of pain in temples, and also above right eye,
that being the strongest. She described a sort of squeezing and then
releasing. She said it hurt constantly, but had paroxysms when it
became much worse (whimpering, shaking).

On trying to drink a bit of cold water, she vomited it back up, and
then fell asleep. I'd given Bell. shortly before, but it hadn't seemed
to work--but then again, maybe it did... She woke up about an hour
later and (huh?) went back to school. Leaving me to ask, "Who *was*
that masked man?", or some such.

Does this sound like some sort of a migraine, or ??
Thanks!
Shannon
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[Joy Lucas]

Sounds like the action of the perfect simillimum to me

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[Shannon Nelson]

Thanks Joy, Simon and Diane!
Hm, learn something new every day... I've met migraines (well, two
people), but not the visuals. Ah, "the perfect simillimum".... I
*loooove* that phrase ) , and I *looooove* to see those remedies
work. It didn't give the quick relief that I tend to expect (which is
why I thought it wasn't working), but heck, it was only 30...
Anyway--onward in search of the chronic one! And I'm relieved to know
that it sounds like something that simple (even if unwelcome!).
Thanks again!
Shannon

[Susan Archibald]

Sounds like an ocular migraine. The vision disturbance sounds like the aura
preceding the headache. I get the aura but not the headache - I'm lucky.

Susan

[Sheri Nakken]

Yes, it sounds like a migraine - the first one I ever had was something
like it. Couldn't read a menu as part of hte letters would be missing in
my field of vision and sudden head pain - also had numbness of my left arm.

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[Rosemary C Hyde]

The fact that she apparently went to sleep fairly soon after the remedy is a clue that the remedy probably really worked -- this os iften a really positive response in acutes, that the patient falls asleep, then wakes up much better. So Joy's comment seems right on. ))) Very interesting acute case. Thanks for sharing. Rosemary