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allytjd · 02/05/2009 10:30

DS2 ,who is eight and has AS, has recently told me, more tham once, about his vision going funny at random moments. He describes it as being like a telly that isn't working properly with fuzzy lines etc. and once said that the ground had gone all whirly. He has had his eyes checked twice recently and they are OK but he tends to describe things in an idiosyncratic way and often complains about his vision in a melodramatic way, "I'm going blind Mummy!". It has occurred to me to wonder if you can have strange visual symptoms with sub-clinical epilepsy or mild migraine (my mother and siblings have migraines sometimes). I don't know much about this, anyone have any ideas?

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sarah293 · 02/05/2009 13:20

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allytjd · 02/05/2009 15:55

Thanks Riven, he doesn't get headaches or feel sick...yet! I will mention it to the doc .

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anonandlikeit · 02/05/2009 16:00

You can get migrane aura (sp) its the visual disturbances that some migrane sufferers experience but without the headache.
Perfectly harmless but can be scary, especially as it can come on suddenly.

Ask your GP about it or have a google & see if the examples are as your ds described.

troutpout · 02/05/2009 17:02

I get the 'telly lines' in an arc about an hour or so before the pain starts with a migraine.The arc starts small and then expands.Also have the blindness in part of the field of vision
I would def get him checked out

jabberwocky · 02/05/2009 17:08

It does sound a lot like ophthalmic migraines. They usually last around 20 minutes.

Some children with ASD also have visual spatial perception issues. A behavioral/developmental optometrist could test for that.

allytjd · 02/05/2009 20:45

Jabberwocky,how would you get referred to a developmental/behavioural optometrist, DS2 is a poor reader and some of his mistakes strike me as being because he finds it hard to see the text in a normal way.

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jabberwocky · 02/05/2009 21:10

I'm in the US but chipmonkey would know. You want someone who is a member of The British Association of Behavioural Optometrists (BABO).

jabberwocky · 02/05/2009 21:56

This link may help.

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allytjd · 03/05/2009 20:17

Thanks everybody, will look into it (adds to list of finding nice dentist, patient hairdresser, swimming teeacher who can teach him to swim ...etc., etc.).

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