What Happens During a Migraine Aura. An Animated Exploration

First time I had one I thought I was about to die . Scared me to death

I have this type of migraine for two years my eyesight has been affected by this kind of disease.please anyone tell me what to do

Anyone else here with a scotoma that hasn`t disappeared for an entire week?? No headache though. I am so afraid.

i hate this shit. luckily i have it rarely. had one last night but it was 6 months since i had my last attack. currently in postdrome phase, really worn out and eye sight feels fragile.

This is the most accurate depiction of my migraine aura symptoms I’ve ever seen and brought me a lot of awareness around one of my scariest health problems, thank you for making this video

I get all but, the visual aura, (thankfully)... 😏

I just had my first migraine with aura this afternoon. I thought I was getting a detached retina, because I had 6 torn retina surgeries in 2019. Scared the daylight out of me. I STILL have a headache 12 hrs later, but I'm just happy to know it's only a migraine. Thanks for the information.

This is the closest representation of what my aura looks like that I have seen. There are very clear flashing black and white zig zag lines along the outside in mine however. Starts quite small and slowly increases in size, and is usually over in less than 10 minutes. Thanks so much for this - even my eye doctor didn't seem to understand what I was talking about and it's kind of scary.

I thik it happen in summer or hot temperatures which i feel because it happen to me in summers

I thought I was the only one on the planet that this happened to. Every time it happens I feel horrified that I will go blind. Every person who has this condition I feel a connection to. Just now doing research on it and started at 16 years old and now Im 40.

Cant see shit rn lol

Bruh moment

I got my first one when i was 10 ,i screamed alot my eyes were burning my mom thought that I'm gonna be blind 💔it was so hard now I'm 18 and still suffering

One day before I knew how to alleviate the symptoms, I had two aura waves, ate a full plate of chicken for lunch and proceeded to go to class in the afternoon. I threw up three times later that day and learnt my lesson.

I’ve had all of these, or similar my whole life but never knew what they were because I don’t have the migraine, just the odd sensations like half my tongue being numb, tingling hands and visual auras. I really like the visual stuff because as an artist I just find them interesting or pretty. Afterward I’m disappointed they stopped. Part of me is shouting “again!”. Kinda like being on an amusement ride.

I am feeling better right now, because i found some people which understand me, I had visited many clinics and I had changed many doctirs, I couldn't find my pain's name and treatment, I am having all of symptoms which showed in this vedio

Looking at the comments, its seems like this happens to women more than men.

Just in case this mite help, I've had aura migraines on and off for a few years now and recently have discovered that if I exercise/workout when I get it or even after getting it that working out helps me to rid the annoying after effects quicker.. Usually the aura comes on gets higher and bigger lasts for about 15 - 30 mins then the aura goes away and then I have pain between my eyes and a ugly feeling in my stomach for the rest of the day, and usually it ruins my day but now after I said stuff it I'm not gonna stop my day cause if it I'll do a workout and I feel better, not sure why, maybe cause it gets the blood flowing or endorphins or increase mitochondria.. Now in terms of triggers for the aura I'm not quiet sure I've but of recent times I'll write down when it's comes on and what I had done as in, looked at the phone for too long or bright lights like fluorescent lights mite be a trigger or sometimes I've noticed come in when I've had foods like oats/nuts/seeds, not all the time but often when I consume those kinds of foods and maybe from sulphites in those foods..

This happened twice when I was a kid and I thought I was going blind lol 😂 I remember my parents thought I was overreacting…

I had headaches when I was a kid, they went away and I had no issues until adulthood when I was hit by 240 working on an AC around 5-6 years ago and have been suffering these symptoms ever since. I saw a cardiologist and optometrist and of course a comp doctor who all dismissed the symptoms I had then and still have. Floaters appeared pretty much immediately after and tingling and numbness in hands or feet and sometimes limbs persist still at times . Usually on the same side of where the shock occurred. When visual aura’s occur it’s in the left eye. The optometrist said it was just birth cataracts that cause the Symptoms and the comp doctor blamed aging. The symptoms are becoming worse as time passes and I sometimes feel I no longer think, care or feel the same as prior. Neurologically I come back with positive results just like with cardiopulmonary tests. I’m at a loss of where to turn! Migraines are costly seeking answers and you always get stroke or heart attack treatment going to the ER. Symptoms are similar but no one ever checks the EMR for the history of the patients. It’s all about money and pushing people out the door to open the bed for the next guy. Test after test med after med with no cures and no real answers. The system is broken!

Had one of these for the first time staring at a light bulb. Got no pain after though. Had one again soon after, the pain is so bad and you cant see anywhere. All you could do was lay down 'cause standing up made you puke. Drinking water made me puke, heck even when I haven't got anything in my stomach, my body still wanted to heave when I stood up and walked.

One thing that sorta works in alleviating it is when I get the aura, i lay on my right side and block my eyes so it's all darkness. Then I just lay awake eyes closed 'til it disappears. I usually avoid the headache with that but sometimes it doesn't work so I just power through the pain :') Sleeping helps and lotsa water after the headache.

The scariest type of migrane aura is Alice and Wonderland Syndrome. Which is what I have. The neurologist said it was a migrane aura. Imagine yourself just scrolling through your phone, then all of a sudden your phone gets really big, but everything around you is really small. Episodes like this last about 3 to 10 minutes. Short but scary.

best aura activity is watching videos about it

I have migrine aura visual loss.
Wich doctor consult eye doctor or nueralagist plz tell me

when an aura start to happen in my eyes I just close my eyes until it goes away takes like 5 minutes if i not close my eyes it gets worse and then my head start to hurt

I get tunnel vision and numbness that goes from my fingers to right under my nose. I've only had numbness in my tongue once I believe. I have no idea what my triggers are so I can't try to avoid them.

Exact symptoms happening with me since 1995, to till now,

my last migraine aura was 7 months ago thank God

why are there pebbles on the stove???

In the postdrome phase I feel a strange sense of euphoria. Maybe it's the relief that the pain is finally gone.

I hate these things . Aura is scary

My doctor has prescribed Sumatriptan. I take it as soon as the aura starts.

I'm 18 years and lve had migraines since 10 years ....l experience the auras.....l really need help

Good

THIS IS SO SCARY BECAUSE WHN IT HAPPENS TO ME...I THINK IM HAVING A STROKE.

I have had the Aura without pain quite a few times & feel yucky afterwards. If i can i try & sleep though it. It can happen every day for a week & have years in between. The video is the most accurate that ive seen.

just had two in the same day on my trip home to Hawaii, I live in Seattle, I think heat affects mine. I will usually see uptick in mine in summer so we visited Hawaii in December but it was still hot I used to get them all the time in Hawaii.

Cooking on electricity or microwave ovens makes this condition worse.

Visual aura =seeing pins+needles. The same as cross your legs get big toe pins+needles. 30yrs

I told my friend "I can't see you properly right now because I'm having a migraine aura" and she thought I was drunk
Hard to explain to someone who has never experienced

I was 16 years old when I had my first severe migraine.all my face,hand arm speech and tounge went numb.i also couldn't see and I was violently sick I've never been so frightened in my life

I get the fatigue just before and during the attack, I feel like a could literally go to bed and sleep all day but I can't sleep. Its like something has sucked the energy out of me.

Interesting. My Neurologist simply said to take Magnesium supplements for my Migraine Auras that I have been experiencing for over 60 years. Daily 250 mg Magnesium supplements have reduced my Auras dramatically. Instead of getting them 3-4 times a week, I now get them maybe once or twice a month. This was a sudden change that I can only ascribe to Magnesium.

Does anyone know if you should have your eyes dilated if u experience this or will the eye doctor want to automatically dilate u if you've had these? I've only had 1 so far...

I get the auras without the migraine part.

CELERY JUICE 3-5 times saved me from this, I have not had it since! Preferably organic celery. I used to get aura attacks weekly, and after I discovered celery juice Im 100 % fine. If too many days passes between my juices I may start to get pre warnings, I then drink a full glass and it goes right away!

Studies say take 4 supplements and after four months you will get less or zero migraines
1. Q CO 10
2. Magnesium glutamate 600 mg
3. Omega 3
4. RIBOFLAVIN B - 400 mg
Stay away from msg foods and additives. Eat a “Low Glutamate Diet”
Record your migraines in a special journal: attacks, what you are 3 days before attack and up to the attack, the weather changes and pressure, the season, your monthly cycle if your a real woman (XX), your stress level. Soon you’ll see a pattern of triggers oh and if you ever get prescription medicine give it 6 months trial period before you give up- it can take that long to work. Migraines are no joke. They damage white matter in brain and can lead to stroke and dementia. Go get those supplements. Research it, and use pubmed too - it’s peer reviewed journals

The truly worst thing about migraine auras is that I am constantly paranoid that any vision disturbance (like a blackspot from looking at a light), my limbs getting a little numb, etc. is another attack happening. My migraines are pretty rare compared to other people from comments (months or sometimes years), but the "wait" for the next one is what makes it the worst, especially if I haven't had one in a while.

i have this disorder, it make life hell sometimes i had to be hospitalized for a day because my small town hospital didnt know what was happing so that was REALLY fun and yeah this video pretty much says it all but the pain is unbearable sometimes