Monday, October 25, 2010
Migraine with aura can have some very strange visual symptoms that may be quite alarming. Flashing lights, zigzag lines, even partial vision loss can occur during one of these Migraine attacks. One rare type of Migraine aura, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS), has some symptoms that&...
I began having VERY strange auras about 6 years ago and thought they were some kind of seizure activity. I would suddenly get the sensaton that my tongue and jaw were expanding and it would soon feel that my jaw was meeting my shoulders. The expansion would then progress down my shouders and arms and I felt as though I were morphing into the Pillsbury Dough Boy. I actually had to look at my hands or in a mirror to be sure it wasn't really happening. It scared the heck out of me but was kind of funny at the same time. When I described this to the Neurologist, I was completely surprised but thrilled to hear it was another kind of migraine aura called Alice In Wonderland....a VERY appropriate name!
Thanks for reading. I can't imagine having symptoms like that. Talk about scary!!