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The symptoms you mention read like scintillating scotoma: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma

I've had it happen many times and it's usually followed by a regular headache. Quite terrifying the first few times it happened to me. Felt like I was losing my sight.

Spending the whole night gaming when I was younger would sometimes trigger it in the morning. Thanks to not having any more time for that, it hasn't happened in years.



Indeed the animated jitter in the meadow shown on Wikipedia is close to what i remember seeing. 'Cortical spreading depression' is said to be the cause.




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