Occular Migrane

[OakLeaf]

I had a migraine episode once. They called it "acephalgic" which I guess is more generic than "ocular," even though all I had was the visual disturbance. It was like there was a line through one of my eyes and the halves of what I saw were offset, if that makes any sense - like it was a photograph that someone had cut more or less vertically and put the pieces next to each other but not matching. Yeah, they had to rule out stroke. That's when I found out I was allergic to IV contrast.

Actually, once in college I had a really awful headache. Took a couple of T3s to tone it down. After I had the acephalgic migraine, I got to wondering whether that might've been a migraine headache. IAE those are the two events I've had in my 52 years. Let's hope it's all.

But I agree - with disturbances in the sense of touch and in strength I'd definitely rule out stroke/TIA. Sooner than later, as in go to the ER if you haven't already talked to your doctor...