Retinal migraines? Anyone had these?

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Hi all

First post here. Since my teens I have suffered with headaches, some mild, some severe etc. Anyways yesterday I was doing housework and was bent over for a good 5 mins clearing something off the floor when suddenly in the corner of my eye I was seeing wiggly lines, at first I thought what’s crawling around and stood up to see nothing there and realised it was coming from my eye. It lasted about 4-5 mins and then stopped. Terrifying. Looking up on nhs I’m convinced it was a retinal migraine as it only happened after bending over and nhs says that can cause it. Sod’s law it happened late afternoon when my opticians was closed and now with Xmas I assume will be closed until maybe end of next week so I plan to make an appointment ASAP.
Just wondered if anyone has any experiences of these :( I’m a little scared, also read they put you at higher risk of stroke which runs all through my dads family (he has 6 siblings and 5 have had stroke)
Im feeling a little worried today.

I had one after bending down in a shop to get something from the bottom shelf. It started as a swirly black blob which got bigger very quickly and I lost sight in the eye for 10-15 mins. I didn't really panic at the time. I had my DD with me and as I had no other pain or symptoms (no headache) I didn't want to scare her and just waited for it to go away.

I went to GP about a week later and he was really quite concerned that it might have been a mini stroke and suggested I should have gone to A&E when it happened. He referred me very quickly to get it checked out. It was fine in the end - no signs of stroke or anything else sinister but I'd recommend talking to your GP if this has never happened before.