Hey all. I've come out of hiding once again because as always the beast will not kindly find his way out of my life. He really must have a thing for me because he just won't leave me alone.
Anywho, see that cute guy sitting with me on the left side of the page? The one over "The Angel of my Nightmare"? Yeah, that's my boyfriend James. He's a sweetheart and we've been together over eight months now. But the boy has got me scared and I'll tell you why.
Over the past few months I've noticed slight changes in that sweetheart of mine. We will be hanging out at the mall with friends or sitting around playing cards and I see him shake his head and rub his left eye. As time has progressed it's gotten worse. He started to complain of headaches behind the eye a lot but would always tell me it was nothing so, for what is probably too long, I let it go.
But this last month they really started to bother him and then a few weeks ago he lost all vision in his left eye. For me this sounds all too familiar. Since then he's been getting them about every other day and I'm not sure what to do.
He went to the doctor's and they say optical migraines. I've had migraines since I was 10 and these aren't anything like the typical sit-still-in-the-dark-quiet-leave-me-alone migraine. He can't sit still, blares music, tears at his eye, and holds me so tight I can't breathe and have to make him let me go because it hurts.
He has lost his vision at least 3 times today and it's so bad that he started to cry. This is a man who would rather die than to let anyone see him cry and there he was in front of me, our best friends, and his whole family, crying in pain. I know he's scared and I don't know how to help him. As much as I hate to admit it, I'm scared too. This isn't anything I've dealt with before.
I've tried to get him to start a headache journal but being the stubborn male he is, he doesn't want to admit that something is wrong. He really is my world and I hate to see him in so much pain. His little sisters are scared to even be near him because he swings out wildly, trying to smash at the demon in his head.
If anyone has any ideas, I could really use them. They could be optical migraines but it sure doesn’t seem like it. Someone tell me if I’m wrong. The very last thing I need in my life, (as much as I love all of you,) is yet another cluster head. Thanks.

~Felicia.

It could be optical migraines - it could also be basilar arterial migraine. I'm sorry but my "standard" advice holds here too. You need an expert opinion and that means HA specialist neuro as the wrong diagnosis could be very dangerous if the wrong meds are given.

I don't want to second guess - it could be any one of a number of ha variants - you DO need to get him to a proper specialist though asap please and if you need help with that I'll lend my size threes!! 

From allaboutvision.com:

Ocular Migraine Symptoms

People with ocular migraines can have a variety of visual symptoms. Typically you will see a small, enlarging blind spot (scotoma) in your central vision with bright, flickering lights (scintillations) or a shimmering zig-zag line (metamorphopsia) inside the blind spot. The blind spot usually enlarges and may move across your field of vision. This entire migraine phenomenon may end in only a few minutes, but usually lasts as long as about 20-30 minutes.

Generally, ocular migraines are considered harmless. Usually they are painless, cause no permanent visual or brain damage and do not require treatment.

Still, always consult your eye doctor when you have unusual vision symptoms, because it's possible that you have another condition requiring treatment, such as a detached retina, which should be checked out immediately.

If he's been to the doctor about it, and the doctor gave him a prognosis, then he must certainly have a diagnosis. See if you can find out what it is that he has and then bring the name of it back here. I'm sure we can find all sorts of stuff for you and him to read.