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Recently started seeing more flashing lights (like a computer light flicker) at bottom on vision. randomly started few months ago only at night. now i've been seeing it on and off for days. eye doctor said migraine but it's been weeks. thoughts?
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Your symptoms could very well be related to migraines, but may also be an indication of a retinal tear or detachment. The only way to rule out a retinal tear or detachment is with a dilated retinal exam.
Answered 9/11/2021
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Reassuring that eye specialist did not diagnose retinal or vitreous detachment, and this could be migraine, but it is acting a bit atypically. Hopefully, your eye doc was an ophthalmologist and performed a fully dilated and thorough exam. But if not, get a second opinion.
Answered 9/12/2021
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