Weird "flashing lights" - Health + Injury

Hegs

11/10/2006 at 13:44

I have recently had a couple of times (usually if i wake during the night) where I get "flashing lights" in my vision - quite off putting when it's otherwise pitch dark in the room. Should I be worried? And if so, is it one for the doc or the optician??

any advice welcomed.
thanks in advance
Hegs x

Plodding Hippo

11/10/2006 at 13:46

Id get a check at the optician anyway hegs
could be a migraine without a headache type thingie
is your blood pressure ok now

Ultra Kazzaaaaah!!

11/10/2006 at 13:47

Yep, get to the opticians. Best to get it checked.

Dundee.Runner

11/10/2006 at 13:54

I would get it checked asap

I do not want to worry you, but I had a detached retina a few years ago and was told to go back immediately if I ever had this sort of effect in my vision. May be nothing, but better be on the safe side.

A Princess - fitartist.wordpress.com

11/10/2006 at 14:19

Hegs, I used to suffer from migraines and one of the first signs for me was 'flashing lights', usually to one side.

As the others say, get a check-up.

Wilkie

11/10/2006 at 14:42

Sounds like migraine.

Mine start as a small blob of light in one eye, then grows into a coloured zig zag, which is curved round, and gets larger until it disappears out of the edge of my vision.

It's usually followed by a headache, but not a particularly bad one - I get off quite lightly compared to some people.

If I catch it early enough and concentrate on watching the blob (with my eyes shut), it will sometimes disappear and not develop into the zig zag or the headache.

Hegs

11/10/2006 at 14:55

Hmm. Am a prolific sufferer of migraine and it doesn't fit my normal symptoms.

I have also had quite a few "floaters" recently (black floating specks) - in the past my optician always said that was nothing to worry about but one of my friends has had a detached retina and I don't want to go there :o(

PH - haven't had the BP checked for a while - did cross my mind as I started a new job last week and am putting myself through a lot of stress and uncertainty as I settle in (always a good excuse for the old BP to go through the roof).

thanks everyone, think I'll get it checked out.

hegs x

SuperCaz

12/10/2006 at 09:34

I get tunnel vision with my migranes, and the inability to focus except at one point in front of me.

Not everyone gets flashing lights with migranes but most people get some sort of visual impairment.

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