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Sounds like Ocular Migraines. I've gotten them now for about 10 years. Usually I get them in clusters after not having them for a few months.

Wish I knew if it were something more controllable.

For me it's a bright, shimmering little thing that grows over my entire vision over 30-45 minutes. When it finally subsides, I get a pretty awful headache for 1-2 hours. Ibuprofen fortunately does help with the headache, at least.

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I had an occular migraine once. Scared the hell out of me. 95% of my field of view became blurred, and almost as if I was looking through extremely cracked glass. No pain or headache but I had an incredible sensation of pressure centered behind my eyeballs. By the time my wife drove me to the ER, it had subsided completely. Maybe an hour after the onset.

At the time, I was 4 weeks deep into a 6 week crunch (the worst of my career) where I was pulling successive 90+ hour work weeks. Have never worked over 40 hours since moving off of that project. Have never had an occular migraine since. Truly hope I never experience that again. I can't imagine going through them every few months...

My wife recently suggested that mine may be brought on by my seasonal allergies. I get them infrequently, but thinking back the timing is about right. I wish I’d kept a log.

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