r/visualsnow • u/Similar_Scheme_1344 • Feb 12 '25

Research Visual snow static improved after ibuprofen

I took ibuprofen last night and noticed the static is less intense than it used to be. Possibly due to it’s anti-inflammatory properties? Probably reduced my neuroinflamation? Who knows.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

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u/grind_to_the_top Feb 12 '25

Hey a bit off topic, but I have also cluster headaches after a vertigo episodes and after 2weeks it hasn't go full away. Is that also the case for you? Are cluster headaches consistent for you?

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

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u/grind_to_the_top Feb 12 '25

Hmm okay. Do you have it constantly day after day or is it randomly happening, let's say a few times a month? I've been to the doctor my ears are good, surprisingly.

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u/Ms_HotMess_ Feb 14 '25

I get vertigo from mine. Always have. You should see a neurologist & maybe a vascular specialist to see what’s up

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u/grind_to_the_top Feb 14 '25

Damn you know it's funny because i got cluster headaches after my vertigo episode. I have been to every doctor possible, not a vascular specialist or a neurologist tho.

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u/Ms_HotMess_ Feb 14 '25

I’ve just never had the money to be able to go that route. I need so many scans & specialists. I have a knack for medical research so I’ve figured out what to avoid & what meds I need just to be able to survive. Still stuck in bed & disabled by lupus, but I’m alive. Sigh 😔

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u/grind_to_the_top Feb 15 '25

Ah I see... That sucks🙁 I'm not familiar with lupus, but I just searched it up and it doesn't look great...I really hope things do get better in your life! Keep going and have courage stranger!

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u/Ms_HotMess_ Feb 14 '25

I had a dr say there was no such thing as a cluster migraine. You must have the ones I used to get. They were a combo of migraines (visual & physical) & cluster headaches. I even went slack on one side of my face/body. I didn’t have insurance. I was going to a county clinic that treated me awful.
I had to figure it out on my own. I had viral meningitis & pre-lupus. Smh. That was a year of hell, then years recovering.

During that time is when my tinnitus & vss started feeling out of control. Intense stress from the death of my eldest triggered this nightmare.

We later figured out that the sun was also an issue. Which is part of lupus. The sun hitting my eyes would blow them up (uveitis) & then I couldn’t see, everything was too bright, green flashes, the jagged rainbow in the dark that looks like something is trying to tear a hole into our dimension. Ooops sorry. My dark side took over there…

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u/thisappiswashedIcl king's college london (year 1) Feb 12 '25

thank you for this;

Probably reduced my neuroinflamation?

yes. although what you have realised is by your own subjective way of measuring symptom reduction and so it is difficult to really quantify for us; not saying that it is placebo my friend (even if it is, the placebo effect is real and has cured people of conditions and illnesses, so idk why people sometimes take this as a diss), but it is rather hard to for us to be so sure just how consistent of an improvement this might have been, if that makes sense still. but no– tysm for sharing this either way it is much appreciated because it adds to the scope of research for real.

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u/Similar_Scheme_1344 Feb 12 '25

More visual snow lore

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u/MrTestiggles Feb 12 '25

Never had success with Advil but I’m a lifelong

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u/yerrM0m Feb 13 '25

Ibuprofen helps me a ton as well. Wish I could give you an answer. Maybe it’s intracranial pressure? I also wish I could get checked for jugular vein stenosis (I am starting to get suspicious that I might have it). maybe the ibuprofen allows for better drainage, as I think it thins the blood a bit. Also relaxing muscles around the jugular veins.

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u/Similar_Scheme_1344 Feb 13 '25

I suspect it has a lot to do with inflammation rather than that, but i’m always open for how vss could be fixed, I did hear about the jugular vein theory and it sounds interesting, But i’m leaning more towards chronic inflammation that causes vss

Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory so i believe it is the helpful component of it

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u/Particular_Gap_6724 Feb 12 '25

I used to take a lot of ibuprofen on a daily basis for lowering inflammation and I really ended up in a situation where I thought that if I stop taking it; I'll see nothing but static.

I went to stay in Scotland for a while without any and I didn't even notice the difference. Didn't take it again.

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u/Similar_Scheme_1344 Feb 12 '25

So did it affect your static or no?

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u/Particular_Gap_6724 Feb 12 '25

I thought it did while I was on it, but I think it didn't have much impact, maybe very slight - but definitely not enough to be worth dosing up every day.

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u/GladInformation9976 Feb 13 '25

Your static didn’t go back after it wore off?

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