Serene Branson on her migraine aura

Dr. Jennifer Ashton provides insight into the medical condition that affected KCBS reporter Serene Branson during an on-air report from the Grammys.

[sharoncurtis]

People think that migraines are just a headache. They have no IDEA what its like to suffer from migraines. I wouldn’t wish migraines on my worst enemy.

[neurhlp]

I had a visual migraine episode once, and losing the ability to read (not understanding written words) once. It is quite scary, but usually "mostly harmless", however very inconvenient. High stress can induce it, for some people it only happens in high stress situations, or from lack of sleep.

[pazzywazz]

I just had one this morning and am still ill from it. The thought of it in general makes me want to be sick, I wouldn't wish this not even on my worst enemy, the severity changes for different people but mine are so bad and i puke so much that I just feel like knocking myself out so I don't have to experience it

[kirstencorbett_]

I really feel for her. This is one of the symptoms/auras I get and one I had was very similar to this and I was rushed to the hospital as well with concerns of a stroke or seizure. I feel much like she is explaining when it happens and sometimes there isn't even a headache or it doesn't come till later.

[dieressej]

I get them 3 times a week for the last 14 years... Shes soo lucky she only had one that 1 time 😭

[favorites]

God bless us all.. I'm sure all of us are here for the same reason we've had a experience with an aura ocular migraine of some sort. It is terrifying. God bless you all I pray for all of you that God will bring down his mercy and put his hands upon you and all of us to help us to rid the symptoms and especially the cause of any kind of these mini seizures or migraines or whatever they want to call them. They're just ridiculous and I went to to ophthalmologist 10 years apart and neither one of them could tell me what was going on when I described them.. It took a friend-of-a-friend nearly fifteen years from the first one that I've had to say that her sister experienced it and it was called ocular migraine.. yeah and my own to opthamologist couldn't figure it out! Not even after describing it.. yeah and of course YouTube has it. But not school trained college-educated ophthalmologist!! Good Lord

[Grewww]

Man, this poor woman, I feel so sorry for her. Glad it wasn't too serious.

[greyeaglemusic]

Everyone is different, and everyone may react differently to the same condition. What affects one person one way might affect another person differently. It was apparent that this event was big enough to affect her the way it did, Like I said in my earlier statement, I had seen this with my own eyes with an ex gf of mine, so I knew right away what this newscaster was going through. I just remember this news story bothering me because of how insensitive people are to others online.

[sajmalik]

I get aura migraines I only just found out what the correct term was after all these years I was being told about migraine attacks but just self educated myself to now know that it is aura migraines I suffer from I do feel her pain but because its slightly exaggerated because she's a tv celeb or reporter it is annoying and lasts for up to 30 mins sitting in a dark room for up to a hour does help relax but taking a pain relief tablet on the first sign but be a great advantage. Hope nobody else ever has to suffer from this - my prayers and best wishes to all

[silviaoino]

I am now so used to them it's a shock. My eyesight suffers most and it's such a discomfort to live like that.

[redthebeard]

I'm 28 male, first two migraines were ten years apart and none Aura. 2 years later I've had 2 aura migraines 2 days in a row about 4 hours each. The worst pain I've ever felt, I thought I was dieing, was vomiting violently.. even water wouldn't stay down. I compared the migraine to a crushed pointer finger bone at the gym, wasn't even close. The crushed finger was a 2 (on a scale of 1-10) compared to the aura migraine. I used to make fun of my sister for having these headaches and now feel like a complete turd.

[danyelPitmon]

Are used to get headaches when I was a kid got worse and I grew up then I ended up having a concussion and now all the migraines at all as I am at the point where I start getting at least two migraines a day sometimes three and they’re intractable I’m glad you talked about this subject because it needs more attention and people need to be more aware about how prevalent migraines really are

[community]

Well it's good she discovered what was causing her symptoms while not behind the wheel of a car or something.  I've had the migraine with aura and it's weird to say the least.  It's a jagged backwards or normal "C" going across your field of vision.  No pain but you don't fee normal.  The episode can last about 20 minutes while the jagged thing moves across your vision.  You feel a little nauseated and groggy afterwards but I didn't slur my words like this girl.  It's a little strange but you can certainly tell it's not really your eyes but your brain which is misfiring.

[LucifersTreasure]

I had something similar in 2009 and I can say that it was easily the most frightening moment of my life so far and because I was 19 at the time the emergency doctor said it was NOTHING and didn't even BOTHERED to examine me, so until now I had no idea of what happened to me that day.

[bannappleblonde]

When I get my aura migraines, my vision in right eye get blurry and lasts about thirty mins. The actual migraine part, afterwards, is debilitating. I can barely talk and get dry mouthed, and nausia. The days following, im pale. I get these once about every four months.. they started in sixth grade, im now in ninth..

[MsShellieU]

I started getting my aural migraines in my mid forties and I believe associated with inflammation

[cameriqueTV]

She was probably looking into bright video lights, that's a trigger.

[BrendanBeckett]

@Affiliatelinks She became an internet sensation... it was a big story. And she didnt just mess up on her words, she was speaking in fucking tongues.

[OneLifeDaily]

how terrifying... i suffer from visual.

[kinsmed]

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