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New and Worried About Aura, Please Help

Hi everyone. 56 year old healthy male, I’m looking for some advice/reassurance from people who experience visual migraine/migraine aura, particularly about a sudden increase in frequency.

I've had visual migraine/aura occasionally for the last couple of years — probably around 4 episodes in total. They involve strange shimmering/distorted vision where i couldnt properly see parts of the screen and seem to affect both eyes, last around 15 minutes, and then my vision returns completely to normal. yesterday i have a mild headache after and felt tired.

I had my eyes checked after he first one last year and they are fine healthy.

My main concern is that I've now had 2 episodes in 2 days. Until now they've been very occasional and spread out over a long period, so having them on consecutive days has worried me.

Has anyone else had a similar pattern where you can go months without an aura and then suddenly have 2 or more close together?

I have health anxiety always thinking the worst and thinking brain tumour. yesterday i used an inversion upside down table for my back 3 times for 30 seconds which created a lot of pressure in my head being upside down and there was also a pending storm in the air. I dont know what to do or if I should rush to the GP

Any advice on reducing the likelihood of another one would also be really appreciated.

  1. Just rang Bupa they told me to call 111 and 111 said i need A&E doctor today

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