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Watercolor and Ink masterpiece, heavily washed effect, swirls and twirls of lines and color around the edges, faded edges, from a first person perspective we see the view of a gorgeous 28 year old Japanese woman, hair in a long ponytail, standing in the living room of a beautiful modern American suburban house, a beautiful sunny day out the large picture window behind the woman, our feminine hand is reaching out towards the woman who looks very concerned and worried and rushing to help, now overlay the entire image with a simulation of the vision of a person suffering from a severe Catamenial migraine with the light excessively and painfully bright, vision dimming all around the edges, closing in, an aura of spots starting from the center of the vision in a large zig zag line or C shaped in the middle which blurs the center of the view and around the spots too, shimmering, a little silvery, some seeming slightly tinged reddish around the brightness, especially across the middle of the vision, some bright pinpoints of spots elsewhere, a demonstration of the effects of the migraine, dreamy, delicate blending, ethereal, emotional depth, watercolor medium, contrasting shadows, soft textures, evocative atmosphere. Painting by an artist named “Kiera” signed in the bottom right in small, swooping cursive black letters.
This is roughly a depiction of what the beginning of a severe catamenial migraines with aura can look and feel like.
Catamenial, or menstrual, migraine is a neurological condition in which migraine attacks are closely linked to hormonal changes around the menstrual cycle. For some people, the attack begins with an aura: temporary neurological disturbances that can include flashing or shimmering lights, zig-zag or static-like patterns, bright points of light, blind spots, and sometimes tingling or numbness.
For me, the visual distortion can become intensely bright and disorienting very quickly. Then comes the migraine itself: severe pain, nausea, and extreme sensitivity to light, sound, and movement. At that point there is very little to do except take medication, get somewhere dark and quiet, close my eyes, and wait. Mostly the medication only helps a little.
Menstrual migraine with aura is much less common than menstrual migraine without aura, but it does happen.
It can happen anywhere. It can progress quickly. It happens once a month.
There is something very frightening about knowing what is happening, watching your vision become less and less usable, and knowing that very soon you may not be able to do much of anything about it.
It is a very helpless feeling.
