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Spent 6 hours at the hospital.My eye flipped out on me for over an hour, twice.
To describe what happened you need to picture this:
l had a line start to wave in the upper eye.Like looking under water.Then it also went diagonal and because like looking though a prism.With all the rainbow of colours. l lost prepfial (sp) vision on the right side.It was like looking in a triangle with blinders.
Sharp pain lasted for a few hours after that.
Today it is all pain.Not going away

The doc at emerg says they is no tear and it does not sound like ON ( Optic neurtsis) and the nerve looked okay.He called an ophthalmologist and asked it was ON. Never heard of the symptoms l talked about .
l am really afraid now of losing my vision … this is the third different symptom that no doctors can explain.

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Should I panic about my eyes

It sounds like you had an ocular migraine. It can be very scary when you experience it - it can last a couple of minutes or hours. We dont know why it occurs or what causes it. If you do experience this - it is better to have it checked by an optometrist or opthalmologist just to make sure there is not a retinal detatchment. But sometimes people experience more often than others. Hope this helps

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Should I panic about my eyes

Could you be having migranes? Sometimes migranes can be accompanied by some very wierd (and scary) visual effects.

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Should I panic about my eyes

Panic is never good, but you should have a thorough exam by not only the opthamologist, but a neurologist as well. Not to cause more panic, but brain tumors can affect vision.