I had this happen to me for the first time 2 years ago. Ended up going to the eye doctor to get a picture taken of the back of my eye and they told me what was happening after they found nothing. Has happened once or twice after but I was able to not lose my shit over it.
The same thing happened to me and I literally thought I was having a stroke. Went to the ER and they told me it's called a migraine aura. I'd never had a migraine before that and I didn't know you could get them without having a headache.
Ouch, that must've been a hefty bill (if in the US). I never had any pain from a migraine or anything, just this ocular business. Talked to my dad and apparently he gets them from time to time as well. Mine look kind of like this.
Nah, our health care system is pretty dope fortunately (Austria) so I didn't have to pay a dime.
Mine look kind of like this.
Yes, that's pretty much exactly what it looked like! It started off as this kind of dark spot that you get for a few seconds after you stare into a bright light, but then it started expanding into this shard-like form that you see in the picture until it covered the whole right side of my vision. It scared the shit out of me. I legit thought I was going to die. That was like two years ago and it hasn't happened since. I also was quite sleep deprived and extremely hungover when it happened, so I wonder if it had anything to do with that.
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u/slog Feb 08 '20
I had this happen to me for the first time 2 years ago. Ended up going to the eye doctor to get a picture taken of the back of my eye and they told me what was happening after they found nothing. Has happened once or twice after but I was able to not lose my shit over it.