I seem to be dealing with this problem and want to share on here in case anyone else is dealing with it and see if any of the resident eye people like @Lilou and @Arwenn have any tips or if @Gaby or @Keyhole can give me any other suggestions. So twice in the last few months I've had a distressing eye issue that lasts for about 30 minutes and then goes away. It doesn't arrive with any pain, but all of a sudden my eyesight gets blurry and what I can best describe as zig-zagging flashing lights, both in a central location. It happened a few months ago, and then this past Saturday when I was at work and couldn't do stop working because I was the only supervisor around it happened again and this time a headache followed it. Here's a few pics that I found googling which best show what I was seeing. It was like a combination of the two pics.
I wasn't sure if this was due to some nerve inflammation or something worse, like something pressing against my eye. But the eye doc showed me the images of my eye and while I have some minor cataract, sun damage, and signs of low triglycerides, he diagnosed it as an ocular migraine. Although I think visual migraine is more correct since this was not contained to just one eye. You can read about it here. It doesn't seem to be a particularly concerning problem. The doctor said I need to spend less time on the computer and more time looking at stuff that's farther away. He said something about for every 20 minutes on the computer, take 20 minutes looking outside. That meshes with what I read on the Lasik thread here on the forum by @flashgordonv who improved his eyesight by spending time looking on the horizon. Although my first thought is, there's so much to do that taking time away from the puter is going to be difficult.
I am going to look into purchasing a different computer monitor. Mine has a 60hz refresh rate and I can't change it, while a 120hz refresh rate is recommended for people who spend a lot of time on their computers. I also ordered a few supplements that Arwenn recommended on the Lasik thread, Eyebright and Bilberry, along with Lutein. I had been using the lowest color ranges on f.lux for a while but I actually changed it last year as I was finding it hard to see at night when it would go down into the candle range. I am going to switch back to letting the program naturally change the display colors again.
Also, I remember that @fabric had found a website that was for eye exercises or something and if that might help here I would be interested in checking it out. Dunno if there's anything else I could be doing aside from time away from the computer, looking at stuff far away, taking some supplements and getting a better monitor. I'm gonna get blood work to see about the low cholesterol/triglycerides which showed up as clear spots on the retinal image thing he took. Also doesn't help that I have hereditary issues in the family, with my Mum having cataract surgery and recently being told she has macular degeneration. Hopefully this helps anyone else who may have experienced this and didn't know just what was going on as well.
I wasn't sure if this was due to some nerve inflammation or something worse, like something pressing against my eye. But the eye doc showed me the images of my eye and while I have some minor cataract, sun damage, and signs of low triglycerides, he diagnosed it as an ocular migraine. Although I think visual migraine is more correct since this was not contained to just one eye. You can read about it here. It doesn't seem to be a particularly concerning problem. The doctor said I need to spend less time on the computer and more time looking at stuff that's farther away. He said something about for every 20 minutes on the computer, take 20 minutes looking outside. That meshes with what I read on the Lasik thread here on the forum by @flashgordonv who improved his eyesight by spending time looking on the horizon. Although my first thought is, there's so much to do that taking time away from the puter is going to be difficult.
I am going to look into purchasing a different computer monitor. Mine has a 60hz refresh rate and I can't change it, while a 120hz refresh rate is recommended for people who spend a lot of time on their computers. I also ordered a few supplements that Arwenn recommended on the Lasik thread, Eyebright and Bilberry, along with Lutein. I had been using the lowest color ranges on f.lux for a while but I actually changed it last year as I was finding it hard to see at night when it would go down into the candle range. I am going to switch back to letting the program naturally change the display colors again.
Also, I remember that @fabric had found a website that was for eye exercises or something and if that might help here I would be interested in checking it out. Dunno if there's anything else I could be doing aside from time away from the computer, looking at stuff far away, taking some supplements and getting a better monitor. I'm gonna get blood work to see about the low cholesterol/triglycerides which showed up as clear spots on the retinal image thing he took. Also doesn't help that I have hereditary issues in the family, with my Mum having cataract surgery and recently being told she has macular degeneration. Hopefully this helps anyone else who may have experienced this and didn't know just what was going on as well.
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