In wondered why everything suddenluy looks like I'm behind a cracked window/ inside a kaleidoscope?

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Just that really,l was just looked out of the window and all of a sudden there are bright zigzags in front of both wheels.

Called my eye doctor who wanted me to come straight in but ca't as it's a 4 hours round trip and nobody to drive me

Anyone had this??? It's really unnerving!!!

You are probably having a migraine. Pull over for a few minutes and take pain killers if you have any.

Sounds like a migraine aura.

Google search that and look at the images/gifs.

Migraine?

Migraine, probably. Is it spreading in a crescent from the centre?

visual migraine, hopefully will dissipate over an hour or so. then get check out.

Sorry, to add, if it is, they are a precursor to a migraine often - mine typically fade within 20-30m. They grow from a tiny speck into a huge crescent then blur out and fade away as the headache starts.

I hope you're OK - very unnerving the first time it happens, but I now find them a useful warning before the main event.

That's how my migraines start although I don't always get the headache afterwards. It usually starts in my left eye then moves to the right.

You need to get that checked. Can be a sign of high pressure in the eyes and you really don’t want that. Don’t mean to worry you I had this and needed it sorting ASAP. It can lead to blindness

Agree some sort of optic migraine. I had one once , didn't last very long but very scary

Take some paracetamol. Chances are your head is going to hurt

Can I just point out that if you’ve all ready spoken to an eye dr why would you take the advice of the mumsnet experts? See a GP or an optician at the very least if a qualified eye dr wants you seen urgently. Why would you risk your sight?

I get this occasionally. Like a heart rate monitor going across my eyes, and if I look at a page in a book, there are blanks where the words should be.

It's very unnerving the first couple of times, but now I've found that if I take ibrofofen as soon as it starts it tends to go right again quite quickly.

Eyes bit wheels, definitely not driving!

Also have loud whooshing noise in my ear which I get sometimes but haven't had for ages

Hopefully passes soon I've got a big meeting important meeting about DS's health issues at school in an hour . And he's home too. Argh worst timing ever.

I've only ever had one migraine. Can these visual things be caused by stress? I've been pulling my hair out today

I had this and discovered I have glaucoma. Best to get it checked asap.

@dontstep I can't psychically get to my doctor today. It's a four hour round trip and then can't see well enough to drive!!

I'm booked in for tomorrow but ds is off school with impaction issues so the last thing I can do is take him on a four hour car journey

Sounds like the start of a migraine. When you say 'my eye doctor's what do you mean? Are you under a consultant at an eye hospital or similar for existing issues? If so take their advice and go in.

If not and you mean you rang the optician, of course they will advise getting it checked, there isn't any way to tell otherwise if it's an eye issue or a migraine. I'd just book an appointment at the optician, they have all the equipment to check for serious eye conditions, a GP doesn't and you may as well rule them out at the very least. Hope it is nothing serious OP.

Optical migrAine?

@dontgobaconmyheart sorry i meant optician. They call them eye doctors in the states.

I can't get there until I can actually drive, I live very remotely, no options for taxis etc.

I'm booked in tomorrow morning,

Yes everything is bright and shiny and leaping around. There's are blank spots like a polo said. Fucks sake it never rains but it pours!

When this happened to me it was a detached retina. If you have a detached retina the sooner it is fixed the more chance you have of retaining full vision. If it detaches completely that can be very very serious.

You’ve had advice on here that one cause can lead to blindness, plus you’ve actually spoken to an eye doctor who has said they need to see you urgently. It’s in both eyes.

Yes, it could be a migraine, but you have an eye doctor, so clearly already have eye issues.

Why are you asking an Internet forum instead of trying to find a way of getting there to get it checked? None of us can diagnose you, and given the potential consequences if this is left you would be foolish to leave it when the medical professional - your medical professional - you have spoken to has told to go in urgently.

Sounds like a migraine aura - also known as a ‘scintillating scotoma’. I get it after too much coffee, and it fades after half an hour or so. For some, a painful migraine follows.

@BiscuitBarrels because as I've said three times now, including in my original post- I CANT GET THERE. There's nobody to take me. There's no taxis here. I live hours away from the doctor.

I'm booked in for tomorrow when I can hopefully drive.