[elric]

Thanks for sharing. That's one of the scarier and more detailed descriptions of Visual Snow I've read! The SSRI complications sound truly frightening.

It seems like some research into Visual Snow is being conducted, so at least some people are starting to take it seriously.

We're finally getting some serious migraine research as well, and I suspect that at some point in the future, we'll finally figure out that much of what we thought we knew about migraine is wrong. I can't remember who was doing the research, but some neurologist claimed that migraine is a consequence of some neurons being "too trigger happy", meaning they fire when they shouldn't. I suspect that's where the link with VS is.

I wonder whether the root cause is going to turn out to be a metabolic problem in the cells involved, or whether it's a case of some neurons being too sensitive. If it's the latter, neurological rehabilitation might be a possible treatment avenue. Similar to some migraine patients greatly benefiting from light therapy at specific wavelengths.

If you haven't already, check out /r/visualsnow on reddit, people occasionally post research, recruit volunteers for studies, and generally commiserate there.

[BoxOfRain]

No worries, and thanks for the advice about /r/visualsnow. I hope that advances in the understanding of one condition ends up helping both of them because that link definitely makes sense!