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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
As long as this thread is titled as it is, I have a new and interesting (to me, anyway) visual anomaly happening to me now. Almost constantly for the past two days now.
I noticed when I was walking the dogs yesterday, that I kept seeing lightning strikes out of the sides of my eyes. Forked lightning flashes, on and off, off to the periphery of each eye.
The thing was, yesterday was a clear day. No lightning and no thunder. I thought maybe it was a new type of aura and that I was about to get a migraine, but no headache came, and the lightning flashes just kept on going, all day, and all night.
Finally, I googled it, just to see if this was a real "thing" or if I was flat out going out of my mind. Turns out, it's a real thing. It's called "Moore's Lightning Streaks" ... although they make it sound as if it only happens in the dark. I can attest to the fact that it happens in the light too .... people might just not notice it.
It doesn't hurt, and according to the literature (online, anyway), it's pretty much harmless. No idea how long I can expect it to go on. At first it was making it hard for me to read, but now I'm getting rather used to it.
Has anyone else ever experienced this?? I'm just curious. I didn't see any stats about how common or rare this sort of thing is.
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RM, can you say "opthamologist" Its not normal, and could it be the beginnings of a detached retina?