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Submitted to the Second Migraine Art Competition (adult) Main theme: Aura Second theme: Pain & Sickness 
Tags: Visual disturbance, eyes, head, sad, distorted vision, patterns, light, pain, speech, shimmer, halo, female artist, nausea, words, prodrome, sickness, speech, body distortion, weight. Artist from the South West.

Note from the artist: "This is my impression of the usual disturbance which comes at the onset of a migraine attack. I see first the brilliant "kidney shaped" lights - then flashing white "blobs". On the affected side there is a numbness in the top of the head. My head feels too heavy to hold up. The white near the neck shows approaching numbness in the throat, twice resulting in [impaired] speech."

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