For context, my friend rushed me to the nearest hospital to get it checked out immediately. After a thorough neuro exam and monitoring, it was determined that my pupil was dilated due to a moderate migraine/ cluster headache. The pupil wasn’t “fixed” or unresponsive to light, just big.
Since this afternoon, it’s gone almost completely back to normal. Scared the crap out of me though.
Tacomouse on
Hopital
Pluggedvize on
Hey, that’s pretty neat! Glad you’re okay.
RadicalizedRat on
Hey a quick question : how did you find out? Because If i had pupils that were asymmetric I don’t know how i would even realize
zkd1in on
O.o
invisible-bug on
Cluster migraines are horrible. My fiance suffers from them and the first one had him rolling around screaming that he was dying. Woke me up dead in the night and had me calling 911. I thought he was having a damn busted aneurysm
wifespissed on
Mine did that once when I ate half a mushroom.
MrGolddit on
Amberlamps
MalanaoWalanao on
How does your surroundings look like? Is it like overexposed on one end like a gradient of exposure
kendostickball on
In many people, this is a hospital right away. I’ve had it for 20+ years and now just have to have every eye doctor ready to explain to the cops that I’m not on drugs…
appa-ate-momo on
OP got those Ed, Edd n’ Eddy eyes
tjyolol on
Yeah that requires medical observation, could be a stroke.
a1200i on
… another one…? We should have a reddit for that, like r/IfYourPupilsAreAsymmGoHospital
jzemeocala on
ive had episodic cluster headaches for the past 15 years……im so sorry you have to deal with “the beast”
and yeah, unilateral changes like this are are common during an attack (i can fill a whiskey glass with my optical and nasal secretions in less than 30 minutes during an attack and my facial muscles go all droopy like i had a stroke)
look up cluster busters if you get to the point where it doesnt seem worth enduring any more….saved my life
Necessary-Sock7075 on
I know this is hard. Taurine and caffeine helped me. Melatonin helped regulate, kind of. It took a decade of debilitating headaches for them to magically disappear. *Knock on wood*… I know they’ll return but I’m living life for what it is rn.
Worldly_Possible2925 on
Mine too. The entire right side of my head eventually became numb and I ended up with double vision for days. This was a month before being diagnosed so everyone was sure I had a stroke. It all just went away six months after the pain started. I feel like for you.
I have heard that cluster headaches are unbelievably painful. That sucks. Didn’t know they could mess with your eyes too.
crusty-chalupa on
L’Hospital
Badger-Roy on
As someone that has suffered from chronic cluster headaches for 17 years I’m absolutely amazed you are able to stop mid way to take a selfie, personally I’d be unable to have the foresight to leave the house if it was on fire during one.
WaltzSufficient5758 on
Aside from the blown pupil…I’m so sorry you experience cluster headaches. I thought they were somewhat rare? So I’m sorry you’re one of the unlucky ones 💐
kennypojke on
This seems to be common in people
Who have intracranial hypertension, which itself is often in people with hEDS/HSD. Also frequently combined to dystopia (eg POTS), mast cell disorders, and joint issues, etc.
Underhive_Art on
My partner suffered with hipus like this for years with migraines it just stopped happening one day. She had lots of scans and they never found anything wrong.
I had cluster headaches after a car crash for a couple of years very intensely but they have since become mild. They can be distressingly bad the pain was ungodly like someone was digging my eye out with spoon for upwards of 24 hour sessions, longest was 54 hours. I have a lot of health issues but I never ever want Cluster headaches like that again.
Normally you will get drooping of one eye and excessive watering/reddening and swelling of the eye with cluster headaches.
I hope you all the best and try not to worry about it too much just keep an eye on it pardon the pun. ☺️
rickpo on
This used to happen to my wife during her migraines, multiple times per year. She was hospitalized several times over the years. I could always tell she had a migraine by looking at her eyes.
Prescription Frova has been a game-changer. She gets a visual migraine aura, so she can almost always tell one is coming, and then she can interrupt them with medication before they get too bad. I haven’t seen her pupils like this in years. Don’t miss those days at all.
Main_Abrocoma_6849 on
Bames Nond’s having a stronk. Call a bondulence
circediana on
I have always had two different size pupils… you can see it in my baby photos. but the thing is that the whole right side of my body is slightly smaller overall. as if i am two twins who never fully separated.
Lillie_de_la_Vallee on
Ok David Bowie
chilly_1c3 on

drbutters76 on
Unequal pupils is a reason for concern
TheRandomPage on
Im on a highway to He..Hospital!
Seriously goto the hospital this indicates possible nerve damage or an incoming stroke
kabaiavaidobsi on
O.o
NoWonder5906 on
How asian people with black eyes can check the pupils. I have black eyes and I cannot see my own pupils
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Faonir on
Get your ass to a neurologist pronto instead of posting to reddit. That shit can be extremely serious.
jeelme on
if theres anything anyone learns from reddit, its always that this means to go to the ER.
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For context, my friend rushed me to the nearest hospital to get it checked out immediately. After a thorough neuro exam and monitoring, it was determined that my pupil was dilated due to a moderate migraine/ cluster headache. The pupil wasn’t “fixed” or unresponsive to light, just big.
Since this afternoon, it’s gone almost completely back to normal. Scared the crap out of me though.
Hopital
Hey, that’s pretty neat! Glad you’re okay.
Hey a quick question : how did you find out? Because If i had pupils that were asymmetric I don’t know how i would even realize
O.o
Cluster migraines are horrible. My fiance suffers from them and the first one had him rolling around screaming that he was dying. Woke me up dead in the night and had me calling 911. I thought he was having a damn busted aneurysm
Mine did that once when I ate half a mushroom.
Amberlamps
How does your surroundings look like? Is it like overexposed on one end like a gradient of exposure
In many people, this is a hospital right away. I’ve had it for 20+ years and now just have to have every eye doctor ready to explain to the cops that I’m not on drugs…
OP got those Ed, Edd n’ Eddy eyes
Yeah that requires medical observation, could be a stroke.
… another one…? We should have a reddit for that, like r/IfYourPupilsAreAsymmGoHospital
ive had episodic cluster headaches for the past 15 years……im so sorry you have to deal with “the beast”
and yeah, unilateral changes like this are are common during an attack (i can fill a whiskey glass with my optical and nasal secretions in less than 30 minutes during an attack and my facial muscles go all droopy like i had a stroke)
look up cluster busters if you get to the point where it doesnt seem worth enduring any more….saved my life
I know this is hard. Taurine and caffeine helped me. Melatonin helped regulate, kind of. It took a decade of debilitating headaches for them to magically disappear. *Knock on wood*… I know they’ll return but I’m living life for what it is rn.
Mine too. The entire right side of my head eventually became numb and I ended up with double vision for days. This was a month before being diagnosed so everyone was sure I had a stroke. It all just went away six months after the pain started. I feel like for you.
Dr. Pepper. Now.
There’s probably an easier way to [cosplay as David Bowie](https://www.focusclinics.com/blog/david-bowie-eyes/).
I have heard that cluster headaches are unbelievably painful. That sucks. Didn’t know they could mess with your eyes too.
L’Hospital
As someone that has suffered from chronic cluster headaches for 17 years I’m absolutely amazed you are able to stop mid way to take a selfie, personally I’d be unable to have the foresight to leave the house if it was on fire during one.
Aside from the blown pupil…I’m so sorry you experience cluster headaches. I thought they were somewhat rare? So I’m sorry you’re one of the unlucky ones 💐
This seems to be common in people
Who have intracranial hypertension, which itself is often in people with hEDS/HSD. Also frequently combined to dystopia (eg POTS), mast cell disorders, and joint issues, etc.
My partner suffered with hipus like this for years with migraines it just stopped happening one day. She had lots of scans and they never found anything wrong.
I had cluster headaches after a car crash for a couple of years very intensely but they have since become mild. They can be distressingly bad the pain was ungodly like someone was digging my eye out with spoon for upwards of 24 hour sessions, longest was 54 hours. I have a lot of health issues but I never ever want Cluster headaches like that again.
Normally you will get drooping of one eye and excessive watering/reddening and swelling of the eye with cluster headaches.
I hope you all the best and try not to worry about it too much just keep an eye on it pardon the pun. ☺️
This used to happen to my wife during her migraines, multiple times per year. She was hospitalized several times over the years. I could always tell she had a migraine by looking at her eyes.
Prescription Frova has been a game-changer. She gets a visual migraine aura, so she can almost always tell one is coming, and then she can interrupt them with medication before they get too bad. I haven’t seen her pupils like this in years. Don’t miss those days at all.
Bames Nond’s having a stronk. Call a bondulence
I have always had two different size pupils… you can see it in my baby photos. but the thing is that the whole right side of my body is slightly smaller overall. as if i am two twins who never fully separated.
Ok David Bowie

Unequal pupils is a reason for concern
Im on a highway to He..Hospital!
Seriously goto the hospital this indicates possible nerve damage or an incoming stroke
O.o
How asian people with black eyes can check the pupils. I have black eyes and I cannot see my own pupils

Get your ass to a neurologist pronto instead of posting to reddit. That shit can be extremely serious.
if theres anything anyone learns from reddit, its always that this means to go to the ER.
Hopital