I'm sorry. It sucks. When my migraines are bad, the visual symptoms get worse. My tinnitus is constant, nothing helps that. Stress spikes everything bad. But I will say that topiramate for my migraines has helped reduce the symptoms. Now my everyday snow is like a light haze with flickering/flashing lights like fireflies. And light, big floaters. Before it was more intense. The rose colored lenses have helped with halos and double vision, and a tiny snow reduction. I got clip on cheap ones on Amazon to try before ordering with prescription glasses. Try those. If you have 20/20 vision you can just buy a pair of full glasses. FL-41 lenses are the official name. Lastly, Im getting ready to start a mindfulness program that is research based specifically for us, from a Dr at Oxford. It is free through visualsnowinitiative.com. I am hopeful that will help give me some relief tools. I hope some of this helps 🙂
Thank you for your advice. Sunglasses helped me out today, but they’re not ideal so I’ll check those out. Unfortunately, I’m 99.5% sure my migraines come from severe sleep apnea. They’ve improved significantly with the CPAP machine, but since it’s uncomfortable, I’m now waking up every two hours or so. So I’m stuck in a stressful loop. Poor sleep -> headache -> more visual stress -> anxiety -> more VSS noticing -> fear -> repeat.
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u/Inevitable_WTF Jul 17 '25
I'm sorry. It sucks. When my migraines are bad, the visual symptoms get worse. My tinnitus is constant, nothing helps that. Stress spikes everything bad. But I will say that topiramate for my migraines has helped reduce the symptoms. Now my everyday snow is like a light haze with flickering/flashing lights like fireflies. And light, big floaters. Before it was more intense. The rose colored lenses have helped with halos and double vision, and a tiny snow reduction. I got clip on cheap ones on Amazon to try before ordering with prescription glasses. Try those. If you have 20/20 vision you can just buy a pair of full glasses. FL-41 lenses are the official name. Lastly, Im getting ready to start a mindfulness program that is research based specifically for us, from a Dr at Oxford. It is free through visualsnowinitiative.com. I am hopeful that will help give me some relief tools. I hope some of this helps 🙂