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I have got swirling coloured patterns going round in my eyes - it is blocking my sight and is getting worse by the minute - I feel like I am going blind !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What have you been told? They warn you it will ruin your eyesight! No seriously sounds like a migraine, you need to get to a chemist and get some migraleve and a can of coke (honest it helps) Julie xxx

hell sounds like a migraine to me too.....its horrible... take something for it as quick as poss and sit somewhere quiet till it passes j x

I dont have a headache !!! But it is making me feel a bit queasy - it's closing my sight in from the outer edges

are you sitting in bright sunlight?

sweetie you dont need to actually have a headache for it to be a migraine.... sounds like one to me try and get a strong painkiller down you now and hopefully it wont take too long to pass....tell your boss you need time out till it does pass and dont be looking at the computer screen cos it wont help it at all

Anne, I get these regularly, Coke / Ibuprofen should work wonders The vision always goes first for me too, then a rollicking headache! Go lie down, do NOT look at the computer any more lol. Hope you are ok Margaret x

Jess - no we have the blinds closed it started like when you have looked at the sun - but didn't clear and got worse Seems to have eased suddently - just like that !! Scared !!!

Anne it sounds like the migraines I get! You need to take something cos it won't go on its own and the symptoms could get worse, I actually go numb down one side and can't speak when I get them! Hope you are feeling better soon! Julie xxx

mine lasts about 20 mins horrible then the headache starts

Its not the morning after symtoms is it?.To much imbibing of Alcohol does this.Try the Hair of the Dog.It might work,if not enjoy the drink anyway. Hal.:o))))> Ps. A belated Happy Birthday Young Lady. H.xx.

Thanks Harold but is in no way alcohol related Seems to have cleared now - just like that - very weird - and very scary i thought i was going blind ....... Will go home early at 4pm cos I had no lunch break

It really does sound like a migraine. Some people get the 'aura state' which is kinda like what you described but may not get the headache bit till later,even the next day sometimes. Take it from a migraine sufferer (though thankfully it's not often) take the strongest painkiller you can (your pain may kick in soon so it's best to be one up on it) and some sorta sugary drink i.e. coke/irn bru and go lie down in a dark quiet room. if you cany manage that till you get home at least get the painkillers/juice down you.And please be careful if your driving coz some people get very giddy or disorientated when migraines attack. Hope you're ok wifie :-)

Had it in the week Anne... only mine are black and white (you must be favoured LOL). It's a migraine... sometimes mine is followed by a headache but last week caught it in time and took tablets and the headache was only minor. The nausea seems to disappear when the flashings and swirls go. Jean x.

Anne, It could well be 'Eyestrain' this happens quite often when staring at computors Etc.Might be a Good Idea to nhave your eyes tested or retested,Hope they,re better now. Hal.

classic sign of migraine babe.... sometimes the blurry vision lasts for ages and ages and other times it can go as quick as it came!! and it is very very scary x x

If it continues, get your blood pressure checked at a chemist. (A friend had this, followed by double vision and it was caused by raised blood pressure) Jay

I had something like this and the optician told me it was caused by 'dry eye syndrome'... he gave me eye drops and cured it instantly... having a cry stops it too, so if you can think of something that can make you cry, try it, it may work. Anne:)))

Spoke to my boss (a migraine sufferer) he immediately said 'Migraine - go home!' .......... so here I am now ...... waiting lol Feel a bit queasy and a bit 'heady' ....... but at least I have my bed to hand now if it suddenly gets worse ! Thanks for all comments - that was really scary !!!!

have you taken anything for it yet??? go lie down and relax for a wee while or have a wee sleep. hope you feel better soon babe x x