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Were these migraines or tension headaches?
I used to get migraines as a teenager--2-3 per year. The symptoms were a throbbing pain in the back of my eyes (like there was incredible pressure on my eyes from inside my head). I would get tunnel vision and bright lights were extremely painful. I also felt extremely nauseous. Every single one ended with me throwing up, at which point the headache immediately subsided (this took about 1-2 hours).
I always assumed they were migraines. However I think it might have been related to my astigmatism. I always had 20/20 vision but I complained about not seeing the board clearly in high school and I got glasses which I used only during class at first. I initially thought the glasses were making my vision worse because every time I went to the optometrist, my vision was worse. At one point, during college, I noticed that I flat out couldn't see the TV clearly from about 10 feet away. So during college I started wearing my glasses on a regular basis (rather than just during lectures). My eyesight has since stabilized and I haven't had a migraine since I started wearing my glasses regularly (about 15 years since my last migraine).
So I wonder now whether or not I was having true migraines (even though the symptoms seemed to fit). I suspect that I was straining my eyes to compensate for my astigmatism. I think as I started wearing my glasses more and more, the muscles I was previously using weakened and I was no longer able to "force" myself into 20/20 vision.
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- Serene ELv 73 years agoFavorite Answer
The symptoms were a throbbing pain in the back of my eyes (like there was incredible pressure on my eyes from inside my head). I would get tunnel vision and bright lights were extremely painful. I also felt extremely nauseous. Every single one ended with me throwing up,
THIS IS CLASSICAL MIGRAINE SYMPTOMS.
- 3 years ago
Classic migraine involves unilateral throbbing headache(one-sided headache), visual aura (it could come as seeing flashes or flickering light, seeing zigzag lines or waves,seeing spots, stars, halos,blurry vision,shimmering effects,
temporary loss of vision), Scintillating scotoma (seeing dark areas, ) and nausea (feel like throwing up and in extreme cases throwing up.
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