Re: Scintillating Scotoma

A message from MedaValet, the animator of Scintillating Scotoma.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• scintillating
• scotoma
• visual-migraine
• aural-migraine
• migraine
• ocular-migraine
• Teichopsia
• seizure
• vascular
• spasm

[Barbsaja]

Thank you. I am going to try the Gatorade suggestion. I am female and I had 4 of these in the last 3 days. I instantly take a pain reliever the minute I see the blindspot. I get the headache in 30 minutes and nausea comes in waves for hours later.

[MediaValet]

@Barbsaja I sure do hope that both rehydration and raising your blood sugar and electrolyte levels, helps you. Those of us who suffer through these episodes, know how long and how severe they can be, and if we can even get any lessening of their duration or intensity, it is a definite victory. All the best to you! -M

[silicon212]

I happen to be one of those people who view the SS as a godsend, as it allows me to take steps to abort the headache before it happens.

[MediaValet]

@silicon212 Amen to that! SS by themselves are terrifying to most people at first. But, for those who get the migraines that follow, the SS truly are a godsend. Lucky are those who have only the SS, and no headache following, and, blessed that they do not have to "know" it..

[06skszac]

Any (mid brown+) burnt food,cheap burgers,red berries any citrus fruit(deadly), hot spicy foods, peppers,ginger(deadly),most cordials. Dont eat/drink any. Chocolate (only full milk) ok, dairy products ok but not coloured,exclude yoghurts.

drinking any energy drink (not red in colour) excellent add to this roasted salted cashew nuts (lots that is) and you are just about cured. 37 years of it. bad,total loss of vision 2+ hours, experiment and STAY SUGARY HYDRATED .magnesium rich foods blessing

[MediaValet]

@06skszac

Thanks so much for the great input! Sorry that yours last so long. It is really reassuring that even SS's that last this long are not necessarily a sign of any more serious pathology.

[stevedekorte]

Thanks for posting this. I just experienced this for the first time yesterday, followed by a dull headache that lasted the rest of the day. Will give your treatment suggestion a try if it occurs again.

BTW, for me, the edges look like rainbow colored crystals - something like an extreme closeup shot of a snowflake, but much more vivid.

[Shinhaquro]

Thanks so much for your video and the accompanying video explanation.

I'd been experiencing this phenomenon since I was in my early teens, but didn't really know what it was, and as I was distrustful of pharmacology, didn't report it and as I had never heard of it before, thought I was 'special', though not in a good way.

For me the blind spots aren't connected with the 'fortification', and the scotoma looks more like shimmering circuitry, not saw-toothed wheels.

[mdeckerLondon]

[...cont.] But I think you're right in that dehydration is playing a major part certainly in my own experience, as i'm extremely hot and dehydrated by the end of a session and I'm guessing that even a minor knock on the head is then sufficient to set off an SS attack. Perhaps is something to do with my brain being swollen through heat, and/or there's less protective fluid surrounding it at the time it suffers trauma, or there's some other mechanism at work? Thanks again, very helpful!

[mdeckerLondon]

Great vid, thanks. I didn't know what SS was until this morning - I've had three episodes over the past couple of years, all subsequent to boxing sparring sessions, and I'd previously thought it was entirely due to head trauma. However, I hadn't taken any really hard knocks during those particular sessions, and last night I had one after banging the top of my head really hard on a doorway (don't ask) during a training session (eg there were no blows anywhere near my eyes)....[more])

[hoytao]

Thanks, Media Valet.

the worst SS I had was immediately after chemotheray -- lasted abou 5 minutes. Ididn't have and have never had the headaches. The chemo is administered with saline for RE-HYDRATION, so, de-hydration may have been one of the reasons fo rthe onset of SS

[socue521]

Mine is a Zig Zag

[garygw]

mine is a "C" sometime and a "Reverse C" on others...

[kojinmalia]

I finished watching the video now. It's funny, just few days ago i thought this might be caused by (partially) by some deshydration... But you're talking about the headache, not the Scintillating Scotoma... Well, i'm not even talking about this but "flashes", but who knows...

[kojinmalia]

I recall that, a year before the 1st and only time i had this Scintillating Scotoma, during a day doing computer repair, i had a head ache like NEVER.

It started like an usual but grown quickly and still grow and grow... I had to go back home and go to bed with lights off, as i do usually in case of bad headache. But it didn't stop, it kept growing until i also get strong nausea.

All this lasted for many 4hours, last part being about an hour, that's it. Still ignore cause of my daily flashes..