[claritan]

i know ive read like 2-4 people here who had flashy vision and im wondering if they got over it and if so how. its my last symptom left it seems and it wont budge and its a constant annoying factor. its in my peripheral vision and kinda in my direct vision its a low constant flicker like a flash/aura migraine

ive taken migraine meds and seen a few eye doctors who say its all in my brain. the thing is almost 2 months after i got my initial concussion it went away for a week then i partied hard and it came back 2 days after and its been with me almost a year

i need this to go if i didnt have this symptom id feel almost normal lol

[Lui]

Do you mean like visual snow, pixel moving and stuff. I am having that and if that would be gone I would feel almost normal...Got it after I started playing sportss with concussion symptoms. It's so annoying and caused my axierty!

[Brain patch]

I get this but only before a migraine headache. It is a warning to me that one is coming on. I get total vision loss of my central vision (everything I look at directly is completely black) or a loss of peripheral vision (sides of vision field are totally black) . I do get wavy lines and like snow vision before that happens. Do you have this vision problem constantly? When I accidentally overdosed on Tylenol due to my chronic pain and forgetfulness (inability to manage my own medication) I had the exact kind of vision problem you are explaining and it was constant. It was due to my body being toxic. Liver was failing. Are you taking medication? You mentioned partying. Maybe you are overloading yourself with toxins. I am now healed from liver and kidney failure (yeah! This almost killed me). Seriously, I had a near death experience and everything. But now I have some vision distortion like if I see a patterned rug I might think one of the colors is a piece of paper instead of part of the rug, just things like that now other than when I have the migraines. That is the only advise I have for you. Try drinking a lot of water, could also be you are dehydrated. Good luck. I know how
bothersome that is.
Brain

[Peter11]

HI Clar. I have these. But not often at all. Mabey once a month or something and they arnet very apparrent, meaning i barley notice them. I sometimes get them when I have changed from a dark room to a light room or vise versa.... or when I am really anxious.

How are your symtpoms now clar? so no headahces etc... only these flashes?? Its such great news that this is your only symptom left!!! I think if all your otther symptoms dissapated over time then this means eventually the flashes will also pass

[claritan]

Originally Posted by Lui

Do you mean like visual snow, pixel moving and stuff. I am having that and if that would be gone I would feel almost normal...Got it after I started playing sportss with concussion symptoms. It's so annoying and caused my axierty!

yeah kinda. its visual snow in a pitch black room when i go to bed like a static tv.

Originally Posted by Brain patch

I get this but only before a migraine headache. It is a warning to me that one is coming on. I get total vision loss of my central vision (everything I look at directly is completely black) or a loss of peripheral vision (sides of vision field are totally black) . I do get wavy lines and like snow vision before that happens. Do you have this vision problem constantly? When I accidentally overdosed on Tylenol due to my chronic pain and forgetfulness (inability to manage my own medication) I had the exact kind of vision problem you are explaining and it was constant. It was due to my body being toxic. Liver was failing. Are you taking medication? You mentioned partying. Maybe you are overloading yourself with toxins. I am now healed from liver and kidney failure (yeah! This almost killed me). Seriously, I had a near death experience and everything. But now I have some vision distortion like if I see a patterned rug I might think one of the colors is a piece of paper instead of part of the rug, just things like that now other than when I have the migraines. That is the only advise I have for you. Try drinking a lot of water, could also be you are dehydrated. Good luck. I know how
bothersome that is.
Brain

ive had test and my body is fine and my blood work is good. i drink a ton of fluids so im convinced its all in my head unfortunately and no i dont take any medications other than Advil once in awhile

Originally Posted by Peter11

HI Clar. I have these. But not often at all. Mabey once a month or something and they arnet very apparrent, meaning i barley notice them. I sometimes get them when I have changed from a dark room to a light room or vise versa.... or when I am really anxious.

How are your symtpoms now clar? so no headahces etc... only these flashes?? Its such great news that this is your only symptom left!!! I think if all your otther symptoms dissapated over time then this means eventually the flashes will also pass

my symptoms right now are good except my vision. its 24/7 i dont get a break from the flashes and its impossible to ignore but i just deal with it in hopes it will go away. ive been posting here for almost a year and have had all the symptoms and they have pretty much all went away except for my vision and some fatigue but i can pretty much do anything i want now

its been over a year so its about time but im not out of the woods yet until my vision clears up. the vision problems let me know im still concussed

[Peter11]

Originally Posted by claritan

yeah kinda. its visual snow in a pitch black room when i go to bed like a static tv.


ive had test and my body is fine and my blood work is good. i drink a ton of fluids so im convinced its all in my head unfortunately and no i dont take any medications other than Advil once in awhile



my symptoms right now are good except my vision. its 24/7 i dont get a break from the flashes and its impossible to ignore but i just deal with it in hopes it will go away. ive been posting here for almost a year and have had all the symptoms and they have pretty much all went away except for my vision and some fatigue but i can pretty much do anything i want now

its been over a year so its about time but im not out of the woods yet until my vision clears up. the vision problems let me know im still concussed

Great news Clar, I am about 6-7 months with symtoms, have goten alot better over the last few months. Starting to see afew more good days than bad. Im so glad you can almost do whatever you want. But yea I agree just dont over do it until all your symptoms are gone! keep us updated

[thedude58]

Lui,

Wow, I have the same thing. Back in the 80's when I had no idea what was going on, I went to see a vision surgeon, sorry can't remember what they are called. This is what he told me: The symptoms I described indicate ocular migraines without the pain. He said my eyes were healthy and the cause was internal, meaning the brain.

I still have the problem and it gets worse if I'm too stressed, but mostly I've learned to live with it.
Jamie

[Lui]

So I am not the only one!
Thanks for the information! I just hope that I'll recover from that...Did your doctor back then tell you that this is an life long lasting symptom or that there is a chance of recovery? Beside that I am having green flashes of light or black spots! Went to eye doctor who told me that I am having the best vision he has ever seen and my eyes are not damaged...

[thedude58]

When he said it was internal he inferred that there was nothing he could do. It seems permanent but I'm really not sure if anything can be done. For me, it becomes more pronounced at times, indicating what I call a migraine, but the pain is more of an irritant, everything gets mixed up and my work suffers. Luckily, it does not happen often and I take a sick day. Stress triggers the ocular migraines I get and I'm better at controlling the stress. No flashes, but black spots I got too! My doctor at the time called them 'floaters' and she said it was common. As far as I know, nothing can be done. Perhaps someone else can provide more information... back then PCS was not a recognized ailment.
Jamie