Link to my recent descriptive piece on my blog, about my experience with migraines and the aura.

[tinadurksen]

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[teadrinker]

I liked your comments about not knowing when it will strike, and the jolt you feel when you notice changes in the excel spreadsheets. I get a similar feeling when my hand doesn't quite appear to belong to me, and when I see splodges of blue light. My blue lights are the same shade of blue that you get on emergency services vehicles - so actually seeing one dash past on a 999 call is a relief to me.

And how can a brain "make up" smells and emotions and sounds?

Sometimes I think the aura is weirder and more frightening than the headache.

[tinadurksen in reply to teadrinker]

Thanks for reading! Yes, I totally agree that the aura is the worst part. The blue light you see - wow, that's interesting. I am amazed at the variety of aura manifestations there are.

[Hidden]

Really well written blog! You totally nailed that odd feeling. Sometimes I will feel usually tired before I get an aura or a slightly spaced out feeling but they just tend to happen out of the blue.

I got into a panic recently after finishing a 10K. I had that ominous blind spot in my vision. I warned my friend what I thought was happening.... Then took my glasses off, gave them a wipe and... Oh was I embarrassed?! It's now a bit of a joke. Is it an aura or dirt on your glasses?

[tinadurksen in reply to Hidden]

Thanks! That situation with the glasses is too funny - yet I totally understand how that panic can arise out of nowhere!

[mazzzy]

Oh my, I just read your piece and that is exactly how I feel when my vision starts to go. I may suddenly notice a letter in a word is no longer there, I move my eyes away from the page, then back again, and the word is whole but I know its the start.... You wrote that so descriptively and clearly, every feeling you had, I have had too. Thank you for writing and sharing, it has helped to know I am not alone in my feelings of dread when that 'aura' is about to strike. Teadrinker, the aura is definitely the worst out of the two.

[tinadurksen]

Thanks for your comment! I'm glad to find some connection with people who have experienced the same feelings as me with the dreaded aura!