Spaced Out Feeling, Floaters, Eye Pain and More

Migraine is mostly a rule-out diagnosis. Have you had any neurological tests done? Some of the symptoms you describe can be migraine aura but it would be very rare for them to be constant. Please talk to a doc and keep us posted.

have you been to the opthalmologist? get your eyes checked...

Same symptoms here guys, been like it for over a year now. Really bad eye floaters and constant light headed feeling, much worse in busy places, better at night time. I'm actually having eye surgery in June to remove the floaters in my left eye, hopefully will reduce the light headed feeling, but not getting my hopes up. The symptoms came on after a stressful few months.

Let us keep each other updated, it's really important if one of us finds an answer.

Thanks

I Have recently noticed a spaced out feeling as well almost as if i am on auto pilot. its been consistant for 5 days now and i have been experiencing a shooting pain from my neck to the top of the right side of my head as well. this occurs every half hour for the last 5 days it is worrying me but i am very familiar with migranes so I am not sure what this could be.

I have the same symptoms that I've read here and it's comforting to know that others experience what I am going through. My spaciness worsens in places like restaurants and after a month and a half of this pattern of headaches, eye pain and not feeling well, I now too have floaters in my eyes.

Have any of you have had any concrete diagnosis or found a med that helps?

Hi I suffered from headaches and dizziness all my life. 5 years ago I discovered that I was Salicylate Intolerant, allergic to aspirin and all foods containing salicylates. Aspirin is a salicylate that comes form the bark of the willow tree. All plants produce salicylates as a natural insecticide. It is in things likes fruit,most vegetables, tomato sauce, olive oil and many more. Theres a good list of foods in the book,"Salicylate Intolerance and The Healthier I Ate the Sicker I Got."

Right before I hit bottom I had such a pain in my right eye that I went for a CAT scan to rule out a tumor. Once I went on a low sal diet I got rid of my headaches,sizziness, nausea, neck pain, arthritis, asthma, dry eyes, nosebleeds and a foggy headed feeling.
Check out sickfromsalicylates.com

There have been times where I ate or drank something and got a headache and dizziness with the whole room spinning. The last time it happened I had eaten Instant chocolate pudding with artificial colors (yellow #5 and Red 40) , artificial flavor and BHA preservative.
No one should just accept a diagnosis of Migraine Headaches when they can prevent them by finding out whats causing them. Its usually a food intolerance. Unfortunately there is no test for Salicylate Intolerance because it isnt an allergy. You have to go off the foods that are high and very high in sals as well as artificial colors and see how you feel. Good luck, Joan

Post Edited (Jtoz54) : 9/10/2012 5:12:02 PM (GMT-6)

There are so many posts spanning a period of about 18 months and everyone is ONLY complaining but nobody seems to be taking any effort to help themselves. Seriously, why doctors should not rip you off? If you don't study, wall street rips of you off and then there is not much complaint but with doctors only complaints.

This eye floating thing is called as Aura. For god sake, read up, visit local library, get some books. I had this when all drama started in 2003. I lived like all you folks until 2007. The it became unbearable and I was living on Alleve, so I decided to stop it. I read up voraciously and learned a lot of about this stuff. Agreed, my educational background helps a lot to understand it quickly, still there is a tons of literature for a layman, so read up and help yourself.

So back to eye floating, along with that feeling, do you see flash of lights? Do you see sparkles? Do you see blind spots in your vision? Everything is called as aura. Nausea is part and parcel of migraine, almost everyone with migraine will suffer from nausea, because the way migraine reaction is set up. It slows down gastric emptying time.

To all those who posted here, how many of you have maintained a headache diary? How many of you tried to find out migraine triggers? How many folks discussed with their docs after doing some homework (excluding ***holes doc who don't listen to the patient)? Sometimes it can take a while to diagnose it correctly. Even after almost 10 years and with decent study done on migraines, my migraines are still not classified correctly but meanwhile a patient needs to take an initiative to help themselves. Seriously guys, if you need some help, learn to ask right questions. Just I have same symptoms and I need relief is NOT a right way. Everybody has a different lifestyle. If you need help, read up other threads on this forum where I have posted and come up with a correct post, I may be able to help. I am NOT your doc but my posts may help you figuring out what to discuss with your doc so that you don't look like a lame duck when you visit your neuro.

Have you checked out Lyme disease? Lyme can cause a myriad of symptoms but all of these are possible Lyme symptoms.

I realise this is a long time ago but did anyone ever find any answers to these issues?

I have been suffering with the exact symptoms and just keep going round in circles with my doctors.