Pete. (l33t FS) said:
I've had one or two where my arms went numb, but it's usually where I can't see center vision or to the right, with a big sparklies causing the blockage that I can see with my eyes closed. If I try to keep looking at things, then I get a massive headache around the same time my vision comes back. If I keep my eyes closed, glasses off, anything to keep me from trying to focus on things I can't see, then generally there's no headache.
What's interesting is that I also have hellacious visual snow, which they find also tracks with migraine enjoyers. They don't know what CAUSES it, but there's a correlation.
Arm going numb would scare me a lot, have t had that yet *knock on wood*
Antihero said:
Thought if I closed one eye it would be less distracting, turns out it just covered half of my right eye too .
That's the good part - because it is neurological and not actually an eye problem, it's always in your field of vision no matter what you try.
My MOM gets migraines (or used to) and I was trying and failing to explain this.
I only get a headache (like cranial pain, get me a drill to let the demons out) if I keep trying to see through the blind spots. I was explaining that when I start to see that I can't see, I take my glasses off so I don't get a headache.
"Sounds like you need new glasses then."
No... if I take my glasses off, I can't see. Being able to see but having big blind spots is what causes the headache.
