I've gotten them for years - particularly auras. Tonight DD10 just had her first aura, which prompted me to search these threads and leave this comment...
I always start with auras, that last anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. They start small and then grow and spread to the point where I have very little functional vision - I can't read, drive... anything like that. I've gotten them while driving home from work and had to pull over and just wait.
Sometimes there's no pain, and sometimes there's a dull aching, usually accompanied by nausea. They usually come in clusters... I'll have none for months and months and then get three or four in one week. I haven't figured out a trigger yet.
After DD10 complained about her zig-zaggy lights, she came back out of her room a few minutes later and said her head hurt, so I gave her Tylenol. Hopefully she won't be too badly afflicted in the future...
Last edited by CCN; 02/13/13 07:57 AM.
