Hi Paul,

- Is it possible for you to describe these lights?
- Have you ever had a headache during or after an episode?
- Have you ever experienced severe headache's ?

The lights are white, curved strings of light. They float across my field of vision. They start very slow with just a hint of some light that I can't quite detect, and then get worse. The most recent episode (today) left me with a slight headache. As a general rule, I don't suffer from headaches, though.

Hi Paul,

It is very possible that it is a migraine. Migraine's doesn't necissarily cause headaches. The lights that you see, is what is called a "Migraine Halo". I always only get the Halo's and never the headache's... (If you ask me, I would rather live with the pain than the visual disturbance )

How often do you experience the ligts?

It's not known what causes Migraine's but factors such as eye-strain like for instance staring at a computer screen for an extended period of time, can trigger a Migraine. The best rule of thumb, for eye strain, is to break away from the screen from time to time and keeping the screen's refresh rate above 70mhz. Apparently, the "flickering" of the screen can set off Migraine's or sometimes even Epilepsy.

I have been having the same experience as you describe, with temporary blindness for which can last as long as 1 minute. Then the sight slowly returns with dark like pixels and sight returns to normal within 5 minutes. Could these symptoms also be described as a Migraine halo.
John W

I have experienced everything written by each of you, including temporary blindness while driving my car. Try SYBELLIUM or SIBELLUM, These are purple & red pills by prescription only. It's a muscle relaxant that restores normal bloodflow to your brain. Don't ask me how it works that's all I remember, it worked for me 9 years ago... hope it helps.
Although the headaches are GONE, I've had a recurrence of tiny bright lights, hundreads of them flying all over the place particularly when I look at the sky (computer screen, white background). I've gone back to Sibellium (spelling?) last week to see if it will clean this up. I'll keep you posted.