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Well that "feeling good" didn't last very long. Pooh. One of those Ocular Migraines found me. The jagged dancing lines... hate those things and I've never seen a cause, even from medical sites. What I know is that I've noticed over the years that often I'd been rubbing my eyes within the past 24 hours, and that applies this time, too... the Canadian wildfire smoke has been affecting my eyes, so I rub even though I know I shouldn't.

What surprised me is that it's come up a number of times here at SF and I was completely surprised at how many of us get these. It's not a literal migraine "headache" for me, but my eyes have an ache during and after.
 
CallMeKate said:
I've noticed over the years that often I'd been rubbing my eyes within the past 24 hours,
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Try preservative free eye drops. They might help.

Those ocular migraines always scare me. I was always told to go to a specialist right away if I saw flashing. I was terrified by these until finally told what they are. In fact it wasn’t the specialist who told me, it was the optometrist I saw two weeks later.
 

Jules said:
Those ocular migraines always scare me. I was always told to go to a specialist right away if I saw flashing. I was terrified by these until finally told what they are. In fact it wasn’t the specialist who told me, it was the optometrist I saw two weeks later.
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I remember how terrifying my first one was... it was like 25 years ago now. I just take them in stride now and wait for it to go away. Fortunately it's generally not longer than half an hour but the ache can last longer.
 
I feel great. I got my old fitbit out and working with the app. I'll be counting steps.
I also got back on myfitnesspal to track calories for a while. I've been a little off for a while so feels good to have some health trackers.
 

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