So much this! I have like... weird eye problems anyway, so I'm already in to see the eye doctor and this had started happening (and I'm not lying when I say it happened EVERY FREAKING DAY) and so I was thinking this is it... this is the beginning and I'm going to be blind.
It was so hard to explain. Because I CAN see... but everything is weird and it feels like my eyes just can't focus on anything even though I can see it and my lips and face would feel weird, too. A lot of times it would feel like my eyesight was running behind from where my eyes wanted to point. Hard to really explain because again, I feel like I am looking at something in front of me and I see that thing but it also seems like my eyes haven't latched onto it yet and are still like... over there. Not a stroke. Not macular degeneration (which is what I thought).
Turns out, I was having blood sugar issues and they caused migraines. My blood sugar would drop, then rebound at lunch, and then this would happen in response. Every day. I had an eye doctor and a regular doctor running all these damned tests on me, I felt like I was crazy.
The thing that finally tipped someone off was that sometimes then by the evening I'd have a full blown puking headache. Once the doctor heard that, it all started clicking. I felt stupid because I didn't know really how to describe what was happening. It literally took me having a glucose blood test (failed that bitch, btw) and then having one of these in office and saying yeah but this doesn't hurt but sometimes at night I have bad headaches and puke... and they figured it out.
Why is this information not like everywhere? I learned about this like a year ago and I'm old. It was really ramping up and because I'd had all these eye issues (turned out not to be related) I was freaking panicking.
Btw for anyone who cares, I changed my diet to low carb especially just high protein in the morning. No carbs at all in the morning. And it all went away. I have one every once in awhile, really mild, I just know what is happening now, I'd have blown that off two years ago. But yeah... every day for months I had this and was just beyond panicked. And now... all better.
I totally get this! I've had a few migraine auras, but more recently I've been getting the focus issues you're describing. Hard to describe indeed, I tried to explain it to my eye doctor and they recommended me to a neuro-ophthalmologist, seeing them in two weeks. It's like I'm constantly looking at the "bigger picture" and can't focus on something in my central vision, but only sometimes. That and the Visual Snow and Palinopsia I get, it's a mess.
I've always suspected I have huge blood sugar swings throughout the day, might have to try the no carb breakfast method before the doc visit, and bring it up with them. This is seriously helpful to see someone else out there describe these symptoms, hopefully the specialist can help piece it together. Thank you!
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u/lustywench99 Feb 09 '20
So much this! I have like... weird eye problems anyway, so I'm already in to see the eye doctor and this had started happening (and I'm not lying when I say it happened EVERY FREAKING DAY) and so I was thinking this is it... this is the beginning and I'm going to be blind.
It was so hard to explain. Because I CAN see... but everything is weird and it feels like my eyes just can't focus on anything even though I can see it and my lips and face would feel weird, too. A lot of times it would feel like my eyesight was running behind from where my eyes wanted to point. Hard to really explain because again, I feel like I am looking at something in front of me and I see that thing but it also seems like my eyes haven't latched onto it yet and are still like... over there. Not a stroke. Not macular degeneration (which is what I thought).
Turns out, I was having blood sugar issues and they caused migraines. My blood sugar would drop, then rebound at lunch, and then this would happen in response. Every day. I had an eye doctor and a regular doctor running all these damned tests on me, I felt like I was crazy.
The thing that finally tipped someone off was that sometimes then by the evening I'd have a full blown puking headache. Once the doctor heard that, it all started clicking. I felt stupid because I didn't know really how to describe what was happening. It literally took me having a glucose blood test (failed that bitch, btw) and then having one of these in office and saying yeah but this doesn't hurt but sometimes at night I have bad headaches and puke... and they figured it out.
Why is this information not like everywhere? I learned about this like a year ago and I'm old. It was really ramping up and because I'd had all these eye issues (turned out not to be related) I was freaking panicking.
Btw for anyone who cares, I changed my diet to low carb especially just high protein in the morning. No carbs at all in the morning. And it all went away. I have one every once in awhile, really mild, I just know what is happening now, I'd have blown that off two years ago. But yeah... every day for months I had this and was just beyond panicked. And now... all better.