Hemiplegic Migraine Sufferer... found out to have had a Stroke on MRI...either excitement or stress of exams) and they used to follow the same pattern: the aura (“mum I can’t see things are vanishing, or I have a flashing light...Reactions0reactionsComments12 replies
What else to try?...I have missed work for the worst ones and others, I just sit like a zombie with the lights down and can barely get anything done because my head...Reactions0reactionsComments6 replies
Are cluster migraines a thing?...If it's during the day, I might take a Back-Aid Max (acetominophen and pamabrom combo OTC that I've found mitigates the migraine long enough for me to...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesEpisodicCluster Headache
Fired for Migraines?...And then just the other night, well after the first incident, I called in again because I was having a particularly troublesome migraine and immediately...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Migraine? Tension? Mixed??...I store all of my tension in my neck and shoulders, and usually when I have a bad headache, I have extremely tight shoulder/neck and can often trace the...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesDiagnosis
There is an attack on people in Chronic Pain!...As it stands I am given far less ability to fight the cycle of pain i endure (I pass out from the pain)....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTreatment
Help understanding my heaches/migraine attacks...be a "real" migraine attack, it had to be horribly painful, but sometimes I have what I would say is a headache on a pain scale of about 6, but...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosis
Work, and what's the point in my life now?...I'm not hireable right now though. Besides missing work migraines also make me dumber and more emotional....Reactions0reactionsComments12 replies
Migraine Sufferers, The Most Patient Patients...Then there's the moment when you think you have found the right combination after successful weeks in a row, only for the pain to return at seemingly great...Reactions0reactionsComments6 replies
Raging anxiety as a migraine symptom?...to sound the alarm bells with the neuro, but don't know how long I should wait before calling to tell him that I am having these symptoms again and I...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
Can hemiplegic migraine cause pain in one side of the body along with weakness?...My psychiatrist said it's epilepsy, but my last neurologist thought it might be hemiplegic migraine....Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
Migraine Diagnosis?...late last week because my vision became worse (constant color distortion and a sparkly seeming blurriness - I compare it to the distortion that happens right...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosis
Complex Migraines or Seizures?...The other night I suddenly got a terrible headache and my head fell forward, it felt like I was almost asleep but kept thinking I can't speak over and...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesDiagnosis
Please help...it hurts so much and no one hears me...The headaches continued to get worse but not light sensitive and no issues with loud noise....Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesDiagnosis
My headaches make no sense!...fuzzy feeling a lot and sometimes it doesn’t turn in to anything and sometimes it turns in to a full blown migraine episode with nausea and vomiting and light...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
VERY deep sleep after migraine. Does it happen to anyone else?...Whether I sleep for an hour or eight hours, it’s the same catatonic-like state. Does this happen to anyone else?...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Jobs with chronic migraines?...migraines and other eye problems, I can’t work to support myself and I feel like I have made everything worse by going to school for something that I might...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Help! I'm scared and suffering!...Every day, from morning until night, I have horrible migraines....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesSymptoms
Does anyone else see spots similar to camera flash after-images?...For some reason they show up at night. I have also seen these little cell-like strings in my vision moving about for a minute or two....Reactions0reactionsComments9 replies
Tried Everything...I have tried every medicine and even went back in to a Nuro Dr just to see anything new they might say (lets just say she didn't have anything...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesTips & AdviceTreatment
