Not all migraines come with the telltale throb. Some are sneakier—disrupting your vision without much (or any) head pain. I remember the first time I had one. I was in a meeting, and suddenly, this weird shimmering zigzag floated into my vision like a screensaver gone rogue. No headache. Just that. A few hours later,…
It hit me out of nowhere—a sudden dimming in one eye, like someone had pulled the blinds halfway down. No pain at first, just a weird, eerie blackout that lasted for about ten minutes. I was mid-sentence in a Zoom meeting, and everything else around me was fine, just that one eye decided to take…
Woke up one morning with a splitting headache and could barely make out the text on my phone. Thought I was losing my mind—or worse, my eyesight. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. I’ve been down that rabbit hole of frantic Google searches trying to figure out if blurry vision during a migraine means…