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Flash every time I blink

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JW1991AW · 22/01/2026 15:13

Hi, my daughter shone a bright light bulb into my eyes for about 5 seconds. It's left me with a flashing light when I blink and bad eye tension. It's been 6 days now and I'm worried it's permenant. Opticianshave checked my eyes and said all OK. GP have no idea why it's lasting. I have dry eye anyway but didn't think it would last this long. I'm finding it hard to work and just look at anything in general. I've been wearing my sunglasses a bit to block out light. Any help at all would be appreciated.

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DustyMaiden · 22/01/2026 23:15

I’ve had similar for 3 days then turned into migraine. Started when I accidentally looked into a bulb whilst putting up Christmas decorations.

JW1991AW · 23/01/2026 09:16

This has been a week now. Its really affected day to day life. It's disorientating

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NugsNotDrugs · 23/01/2026 09:22

maybe try taking a painkiller. When I had an ocular migraine I didn’t have any pain. My only symptoms were flashing lights and weird zig-zag things in my eyes.
I thought that I was dying but luckily my optician knew what it was!

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JW1991AW · 24/01/2026 08:25

I've tried paracetamol and ibruofen. I get the odd slight tension behind my eyes with it. Just csnt believe it's still happening after a week. My optician and GP have no idea!

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