"had recently retrained from being a wedding cake-maker to a food stylist, something I loved. As well as looking after two kids with my husband, Chris, I was picking up lots of work. I was probably juggling too much, but life was exciting. That week, I'd just finished a big job and was exhausted. I began to notice flashing lights in my vision. I assumed it was a migraine from overworking"
"Every night I wake with shaky hands, fuzzy vision and thick fog in my head But it didn't. I began writing down my symptoms: intense after-images bright shapes that lingered long after I looked away and severe light sensitivity. In the evenings, when the light was low, I felt off-balance walking around. I had tremors in my hands and face, constant visual static and a horrible, thick brain fog."
Symptoms began in February as maternity leave ended and work increased following retraining from wedding cake-maker to food stylist. Flashing lights and overwhelmingly bright, static-like vision appeared after exhaustion and persisted without headache. Emergency eye exams found normal eyes and clinicians attributed symptoms to migraine. Visual problems worsened, producing dizziness, inability to see faces clearly, intense after-images, severe light sensitivity, tremors in hands and face, balance difficulties in low light, constant visual static, and persistent brain fog with shaky hands and fuzzy vision on waking.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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