I agree! by the time I was figuring out if it was a flash, and I clicked, we have moved on to the next light, and I have to play catch up. I was frustrated and working hard. I would go a loooong period with NO clicks, and then think to my self about how long it had been since I clicked! then I got worried, and then frustrated and thought "now its been even longer!" I kept thinking I knew I should have seen a light in that time, but couldnt find one!

It wasnt painful, just annoying to look into a bright white screen while having a visual migraine. I asked if we could wait to do it, but since my visual field is so screwy anyway, we decided to just do it.

I have an appointment with the lead Eye Surgeon. She is quite careful, thorough, and will comb thru my eyes with a fine tooth comb.

What I hate is when they dilate your eyes, and then use that hand held magnifying glass like a lazer beam! eeek!

I went to a Neuro-Opth and they did it backward. They dilated my eyes, had me wait until full dilation, then did that eye test.

It was cruel. When you eyes are dilated, bright lights hurt. You may where sun glasses going home,right?

Any way they did the visual test and the bright lights in the box hurt my eyes so bad. The pain was awful. Tears were streaming down my cheeks from the too bright light and the pain of it. The water just poured out of the corners of my eyes like I was crying.

I had this test before.They should not have dilated me first. She just gave me tissues, but my eyes felt blinded and caused a headache.

Dej, I, too, thought I had missed some of the lights since is was so random and I was not too fast on the clicker. Apparently I did okay, but he found a Vitreous detachment in one eye that caused my cobweb black floaters.

They went away in two weeks so he said to just watch it annually since it just tore a little bit away from the back of the eye, not a full detachment.

This is not a retina detachment, this is a vitreous detachment, a little different, but not good either. If it gets worse they put a frozen thin tiny steel rod into the center of your eye and freeze-scar the back of the eye ball to the wall again. So the fluid doesn't leak out. It doesn't sound pretty.

Ok, Lady wins! Yours sounds much worse than mine. My eyes were not dialted, and while visual migraines are not painful, they are distressing. Its after the visual stuff stops that the real painful migraine comes along.

Ever have someone stand too close to take a flash photo? all those dots and spots after? That is what a visual migraine feels like. Not painful, but annoying! its when the flashers and wigglers stop that the real fun begins. I tried to tell them I didnt have enough visual accuity to be able to pick out their flashers from my own. They said to just do my best.

I can't believe they did that! They should have known better and I am so sorry you had to go through that.

I went to the ophthalmologist last week to get my eyes checked. Good news was, my vision is getting better as I get older. But, I do need a wee bit of a bifocal. I have my visual field test coming up this week. Part of my peripheral vision is gone in my left eye. Then I have to go back for the dilation part of the testing.

Dej - Thanks for starting this thread and I hope things work out for you. Let us know.

I'm recovering from a bout of Optic Neuritis - and it's slowly getting better - but the past few days I've been having episodes of seeing green and blue in my field of vision. I can be sitting at the computer typing on the keyboard and look down and I see a blue or a green hue. Is this a visual migraine?

yep! thats a visual migraine. They said some folks see colors, and others just see black and white.

Keep a journal of when it happens, how long the colors stay, and if its followed by a regular migraine. you have a 50/50 shot of not having a regular migraine follow it.

If its only in one eye, its an eye thing. If you see the colors in both eyes, its a brain thing. It needs to be recorded, and reported. Hang in there.

My visual migraines (or at least vision issues I've had that have definitely linked to migraines) have been seeing a slowly emerging crescent moon shape in my left eye, which almost looks prismatic, then it fades away (the rest of the eye's cloudy gray, which also comes and goes) - all within the span of 20-30 min.

Otherwise, seeing a seemingly centered halo of white light with a black center. THAT was scary.. and came immediately following a horrible charlie horse in my leg (that was during my 3 month stint on Yasmin - evil pill).

I've seen these flashes of blue/green hues that you're referring to though as well, I just never linked them to the MS, I thought they were related to looking at TV/PC monitor too long (white background to darker area, for example). I noted them within the past couple days happening with more frequency, and last night my left side (arm/hand) started the tell-tale pins & needles, and I ended up in bed with a left side migraine throbbing in my temple, that spread a good portion of my forehead. It took everything to think about something to distract from the pain and nausea. Luckily I was able to sleep, but I still have pins & needles a bit in my left side and fingers today, and a bit of a headache still left.

So that's interesting that the flashes of 1 color can also be migraine. Good to know!

I am impressed with my recent research and proof of how many MS patients have visual migraines. i suppose its an optic nerve thing. I have an appointment with the big eye surgeon on Friday. The MS center also is talking about an MRI to check for new lesions on my optic nerve.

Is anyone else having panic/anxiety attacks with theirs?

Im tired of this!