u/The_DemiLane

I can’t help but go into such a panic attack when I experience a visual aura. For a year it has actually ruined my daily life and caused me great anxiety and depression, I enjoy nothing anymore. I constantly scan patterned rugs, walls, zoom in on plain surfaces to see if I can see a shimmer. I also have floaters so they constantly freak me out and I mistake them a lot for the starts of one. I get such an elevated heart rate and just absolute sheer panic sets in. I know I need to calm down. I have had all normal brain MRIs, eye exams, heart tests, blood work. But when that aura starts everything goes out the window. I just can’t handle it. Did anyone else go through this and overcome it ? Was the scanning for visual disturbances an obsession? I’m not even me anymore. I’m so sad, I miss me. Any help would be greatly appreciated or words of advice 😞

Does anyone else notice their floaters glimmers or like your floaters light up kind of or appear sheen silvery? when looking at patterned rugs ? Not a migraine aura. It’s milli seconds that it last and I already suffer from aura and it’s completely totally different

What were your neurologist or doctors recommendations for taking magnesium and B2/roboflavin? Did they suggest taking it together? Did they suggest splitting it up B2 in the morning magnesium at night? How many milligrams? What worked better for you and what didn’t? I know this doesn’t work for everybody, but I’m willing to try anything at this point supplement wise . Just wanting to compare it to what my Nuero said.

Have you noticed the estrogen drop after ovulation is your trigger monthly? Happens to me once a month right when my ovulation window ends. Again only VISUAL aura sufferers do you find this happen as well. No pain just aura

In march of 2025 I had a medical issue where I could open my mouth, long story short I ended up losing 20-25lbs in about 3 weeks. I couldn’t eat. I was also exclusively breastfeeding through all of this. I “healed” about may/june 2025. My appetite never went back to the same. I didn’t have one. I barely ate, lived on caffeine, stressed and when I did eat when I could again (mostly once a day and maybe some junky snacks) it definitely wasn’t the most nutrient things. I wasn’t overweight and I’m still not now. I weigh 130lvs. In June 2025 when I was healed my migraine auras started to be monthly when they use to be 1-2x a year. Now every single month I get one after I ovulate. I’m starting to wonder if my body has gone so under fueled for a year and I haven’t supported my hormones with fuel from food so they drop so badly after ovulation. Has anyone noticed theirs increased due to lack of food/fuel? Did it get better when you had a healthy relationship with food again ?

* I also have a ferritin level of 30 and had a complete normal brain MRI with and without contrast and all normal open dilated eye exams and blood work is great besides ferritin