Migraine Headaches Support Group

Migraine is a neurological disease, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head and are often accompanied by photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound) and nausea.

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jennilee68 04/10/2011

I have had some really crazy health issues the past three months. In Jan. I came down with a sinus infection. I was feeling miserable. I had just been to the doc and gotten an antibiotic prescription. The next morning, I woke up and my speech was impaired and both of my legs were very weak making it difficult to walk. My right leg felt numb and tingly. My husband, fearing a stroke, took me to the ER. The docs admitted me in an observation bed. They all said that it looked like MS. I had an MRI and it was normal. In Feb., I got a cold and cough. I got foot drop in my right foot. When I thought I was getting better, I got vertigo and it made me nauseous. The nausea from the vertigo made me dehydrated. Again, my speech and leg strength were affected. Back to the ER. Docs gave me IV fluids and something for migraine. In a couple of hours they sent me home. In March, another cold. I was doing ok until the vertigo kicked in again. Again, dehydration and ER. I was scheduled to go up to University Hospital in Denver, so the ER didn't give me any meds, only fluid. The doc in Denver, a neurologist, said that I might just suffer from migraines. She put me on a blood pressure med to see if it helps. If I don't have more stress or illness, I imagine I will be fine.
I just wonder, does anyone on this site suffer these types of migraines with no headache? How long do they last?

deleted_user 04/10/2011

My migraines don't have what seems to be the same trigger as yours and my neuro symptoms not as drastic though I do have difficutly speaking and getting the right words to come out of my mouth when I am hit with one I can't stop. You don't mention the headache. Keep up with the doctors to find out why getting sick causes these reactions. Good Luck and I am sorry not to be of more help.

angee7 04/10/2011

Are you on Low blood pressure medicine???

I get vertigo, dizziness, and low blood pressure, also dehydration. I call that my "Aura". It can be followed by a migraine headache, but not always. So, yes, I do understand what you have experienced.

I call them my "episodes", they can last as short as 1 day, up to 6 days. They make me feel very very sick! I just have to let them pass, there's no rushing them......

Good luck to you!

jennilee68 04/11/2011

Not sure if it is low blood pressure med...It is a calcium beta blocker? I have no side effects from the med. My blood pressure is fine. Never have I had a migraine headache. I just get the other crazy stuff. Neuro is treating me as tho it is migraines at this point tho.

deleted_user 06/14/2011

There is a type of migraine that has no headache part or pain symptom. These are called "silent migraines," or more technically "acephalgic migraines." I thought I was going crazy when I was trying to keep a migraine diary and some days I'd record all the symptoms I normally have but no actual headache, but then a few months later I read about silent migraines. It's possible yours are silent migraines, but I don't know if I would be satisfied with that diagnosis if I'd never had a painful migraine before.

I first read about silent migraines on http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/ and continue to learn a lot about migraines through the migraine_blog Twitter feed and FreeMyBrain.com (an especially interesting post on that blog: You're Not Crazy--You Have Migraines).

deleted_user 07/03/2011

I can relate!! I do not always have the headache at times when I have other symptoms. My worst symptoms are the dizziness, off-balance, nausea. Sometimes I get vertigo where I an so very dizzy that I can't even hold my head up and I will vomit. I also get blurred vision and have trouble getting my words to come out right.
Big triggers for me are: caffeine, stress, hormone, weather change and barometric pressures.
I hope this helps and you feel better soon!

jennilee68 07/04/2011

Thank you all for your input. I have been back to the neuro after she treated me for migraine. She has decided that I am not suffering from migraine as I am constantly having new symptoms. At this point, I have no diagnosis for what I am experiencing. I seem to fit best in the MS category, but until I have lesions on my brain or spine, I will remain without a diagnosis.

Enigma609 07/04/2011

Your leg situation has me baffled. I''ve never heard of that except in ministrokes which some say are similar to migraines. Aphasia is very common in migraines so that checks out. Ask the neuro about TIA strokes.

Beta blocker should help you out but it is likely to make you sleepy. Best of luck. Great that you have no pain.

deleted_user 07/07/2011

I have Haemaplegic Migraines that I can have with or without the headache. The aura that I get involves trouble with my speech in that I can't find the right words to say and motor weakness in my left side. I know it is also possible to get it in both sides but it is more usual in one side and in both the arm and leg. Mine affect my face too slightly. I don't get vertigo but I do get light headed on one side and for a long time they added it to my seizures, I have Simple Partial Seizures, it is only now they are saying it's migraine along with seizures but because one can trigger off the other or the same thing trigger both it was hard to diagnose. Don't know if that helps at all

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