A very late reply …. This is something I’m suffering with.
If your still on here, do you still suffer with the symptoms.
Certain carpets/rugs shimmer/ flicker and lots of other still objects. Very scary to me just want some reassurance.
Thankyou
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Unlikely you’ll get a reply as she’s not posted on here since 2014.
Objects appearing to ‘shimmer’ or ‘flicker’ are quite a regular occurrence with MAVers. I’ve seen apparent heat haze where there was none. The more symptomatic one is the more it happens. I always know I’m heading for trouble if the light appears to flicker when when I’m say buttering bread or if the light flickers from the top of my tea mug when I’m about to drink the hot liquid.
Dr Silver, one UK specialist writes
”Some patients during their acute attacks of severe migraine will notice true vertigo where they feel that either they or the room are moving. It is not unusual for chronic migraineurs to experience visual vertigo whereby visual stimuli such as patterned carpets, stripes, escalators, words on newspapers, etc, result in them feeling imbalanced.”
Search ‘heat haze’ on here and you’ll find further discussion. Basically it’s a bit of a visual hallucination which sounds bit scary but it’s nothing sinister and one can soon become quite used to it.
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