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Hi MParker, I wanted to let you know I have had a similar experience. When I was in my 35th week of pregnancy, I had 3 migraines w/aura...not really a headache, but loss of vision, zig zag flashing lights, tunnel vision..scary stuff. Lasted about 20-40 min each time. Then, 8 months after giving birth, it happend again once. I was so scared and have had every test done, MRI, CAT scan, blood work...one thing did happen after that, I developed a cotton wool spot in my eye (still trying to be diagnosed for this...) As for the whole camera flash spot thing...I get those ALL DAY EVERYDAY! I thought I was going crazy, but it is so nice to know that other people have it as well, sorry though, it kinda sucks. The dr.'s say dont worry about it if it disappears right away. I wish I knew what was causing it though. I believe that I have had them all my life, but now I'm obsessed with my eyes since all the weird stuff starting happening, so I pay attention to EVERYTHING, constantly looking for new problems...its a terrible habit, causes major anxiety. Thankfully my husband is a very patient man...I was on Xanax for 7 months for the anxiety, but got off 2 mo. ago, I just didn't want to depend on drugs to help it. I just do deep breathing and look to my husband for support when its really bad. I hope it helps to hear that others have the same thing

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HI strutr1911
Did all your probs start when you were pregnant or before hand? Just curious as mine started when i was pregnant with my first son 3 yrs ago. Before that i had never had any vision problems or occular migraines ever in my life. The only thing i did have was chronic anxiety which started when i was 20, died down when i trained myself to relax and then flair up with the birth of my son and the continuation of all my visual problems.

Hi, all my problems started during my pregnancy. We really started investigating this stuff 8 months postpartum when I got another occular migraine...MRI, CAT scan, blood (tested positive for lupus anticoagulant at that time, but negative since), then developed a "cotton wool spot" in my eye, which they say is a blood clot type of thing (usually found in those with autoimmune diseases or diabetes, which I have neither), then got another one 5 months later. I have been in 2 major medical centers trying to figure out what is wrong with me, and NO ONE can figure it out. Since then, I have become obsessed with any weird things in my eyes...I see black lines in my pref. vision when I turn my head, get little lights in my eyes that go on an off all day, dim grey spots that fade, major floaters...all causes major anxiety. Then they just did a 60-4 visual field on me cause my retina dr. said there is this thing called autoimmune retinopathy (autoimmune disease where your body makes antibodies against your eyes...scary!) so the first thing to be affected is your pref. vision. My dr. is out of town, but supposively another 'attending' dr. looked at my test and said it was normal (though it had grey and black edges which scared me...the tech printed the test for me). I dropped the test at my regular opth. and he is supposed to call me today after reviewing it...so I'm still nervous. Anyway, I heard that pregnancy can suck the life out of you and mess up your immune system, but my daughter is SO worth it. I just want to have a regular day without looking for eye problems!