I've never had a migraine before, and I think thats what my symptoms describe. Please give me your thoughts on the following incidents.
Last week on a two different days(maybe three?) my vision in my left eye deteriorated, then returned followed by a dull headache(not too painful, but noticable). I had great difficulty reading as my vision was obstructed by zig zag lines, but just in the left eye. The lines are hard to describe, it was like the actual line was completely out of focus, kind of colorful, and anything in my field of vision that wasn't obstructed by it was out of focus depending on its "vincinity" to the "lines". Then yesterday I had the same symptoms except in the right eye, and the visual disturbances lasted longer, and I had some speech problems. During the visual problems I found my self at a sudden loss of words, I knew what I wanted to say, but my vocabulary was suddenly very limited. The headache afterwards was more intense, but not unbearable and the speech problems slowly went away as the day progressed. A nap followed by a couple of beers seemed to help matters greatly.
So, is this symptomatic of migraine? I think I should see a physician, maybe a neurologist?
It occured to me yesterday that all this started happening after I got hdtv set up in my home theater room. I have a DLP projector. I used to only watch a movie on occaision, and browse the web pretty frequently with the projector. Anyway, after setting up the hdtv, I started watching in 3-4 hour sessions. I'm pretty sure the evening preceeding each of these incidents included 3-4 hours of DLP HDTV viewing. DLPs are supposed to trigger migraines in some people, and maybe the extended viewing of moving pictures, as opposed to web browsing, on it could be causing problems. Could this be triggering my problems the next day about 10 hours later?
In the meantime I've decided to stay away from the DLP. If that turns out to be the problem, it will be for sale soon, though I'm sure the none of you want it.
Judy.N@Gmail.Com 18 May 2006 17:25:41 [ permanent link ]
It sounds pretty classic for "classic migraine with aura": definitely visual stimulation can be a trigger. Here's a web site devoted to aura: http://www.migraine-aura.org/EN/index.html For basic information, you could look at Teri Robert's site: http://headaches.about.com/ The National Headache foundation, or the patient site of the American Headache society: ACHE, are other good resources. It's really interesting to me, because my husband and I have migraines, and he is desperate to get a HD TV. I'll need to let him know. He was thinking of a plasma screen. One consideration, migraines can become apparent at any age, but if this is a new phenomena for you, it's best to run it by your doctor--also because there are effective treatments. Feel better. Judy mastshake@gmail.com wrote:> I've never had a migraine before, and I think thats what my symptoms> describe. Please give me your thoughts on the following incidents.>
Last week on a two different days(maybe three?) my vision in my left> eye deteriorated, then returned followed by a dull headache(not too> painful, but noticable). I had great difficulty reading as my vision> was obstructed by zig zag lines, but just in the left eye. The lines> are hard to describe, it was like the actual line was completely out of> focus, kind of colorful, and anything in my field of vision that wasn't> obstructed by it was out of focus depending on its "vincinity" to the> "lines". Then yesterday I had the same symptoms except in the right> eye, and the visual disturbances lasted longer, and I had some speech> problems. During the visual problems I found my self at a sudden loss> of words, I knew what I wanted to say, but my vocabulary was suddenly> very limited. The headache afterwards was more intense, but not> unbearable and the speech problems slowly went away as the day> progressed. A nap followed by a couple of beers seemed to help matters> greatly.>
So, is this symptomatic of migraine? I think I should see a physician,> maybe a neurologist?>
It occured to me yesterday that all this started happening after I got> hdtv set up in my home theater room. I have a DLP projector. I used> to only watch a movie on occaision, and browse the web pretty> frequently with the projector. Anyway, after setting up the hdtv, I> started watching in 3-4 hour sessions. I'm pretty sure the evening> preceeding each of these incidents included 3-4 hours of DLP HDTV> viewing. DLPs are supposed to trigger migraines in some people, and> maybe the extended viewing of moving pictures, as opposed to web> browsing, on it could be causing problems. Could this be triggering my> problems the next day about 10 hours later?>
In the meantime I've decided to stay away from the DLP. If that turns> out to be the problem, it will be for sale soon, though I'm sure the> none of you want it.>
Judy: I would think that a plasma would be fine. The way a DLP works causes some rainbow effects that some people notice and headaches in others. It consists of a tiny chip with, in my case, an array of 800 x 600 mirrors. Each mirror is mounted on a tiny motor. A white light shines on it and the mirrors are moved in and out to reflect the appropriate amount of light. This is sync to and directed through a color wheel with red, green and blue filters spinning quickly. So, the red, green, and blue parts of the picture hit the screen at different times, but quickly enough that your eyes aren't supposed to notice. This is all a recipe for a headache for me and probably many others.
mastshake@gmail.com wrote in news:1147956820.112291.313910 @g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
I've never had a migraine before, and I think thats what my symptoms> describe. Please give me your thoughts on the following incidents.>
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So, is this symptomatic of migraine? I think I should see a
physician,> maybe a neurologist?
Consult your physician as soon as possible. New headaches or sudden changes in headaches need to have more serious problems ruled out. (It does sound like a migraine to me but I am not a physician.) A neurologist may be better at diagnosis than a GP (but some GPs are very well-informed and keep up on the latest research).
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In the meantime I've decided to stay away from the DLP. If that turns> out to be the problem, it will be for sale soon, though I'm sure the> none of you want it.
I wouldn't rule it out. I'm a bit surprised that web browsing wouldn't give you the same effect as watching for three hours in a row. I guess your movie preferences might give extra problems (see the recent comments on MI3).
Thanks.>
Cindy Wells (who has an HDTV system available but it's a picture tube type. I still limit my viewing based on the flicker issues for some shows. Losing the ability to watch the July Fourth concert programs was annoying - but high def doesn't change my brain's problem.)
My fiancee' just had her first-ever migraine, lasting four days with the exact same symptoms you described, plus heavy vomiting, lasting headaches, etc. We went to the emergency room and they thought she may have had meningitis or a stroke; after two days of hospital admission and heavy hospital bills, we realized it was from her sitting too close to the 2X DLP projector surface we had, watching at a 45 degree angle.
For anyone who is susceptible to migraines, or is considering a slower-wheel DLP projector, watch out; this is a real problem.
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