Ok...So I am new here and was just wondering if anyone else has ever had a similar experience as I have with migraine. I have had a constant wooziness/dizziness, sensitivity to light, confusion, word retrieval problems, forgetfulness, disoriented feeling, for the past three years. I was just told recently that this is migraine. Everywhere I have read about migraine, I hear people talk about migraines being associated with headaches, which I have, but my other symptoms are much more bothersome and much more present. If anyone else has experienced this what, if anything helped. THESE SYMPTOMS ARE CONSTANT. They vary in their strength but are always there. Anyone relate?
The main thing I wanna know is that I am not the only one feeling these things. It would give me some hope if I knew I wasn't alone.
Most people I know who have chronic migraines have some level of other migraine symptoms most, if not all, of the time. Espeically for a few days after a migraine attack. I'm perpetually light/sound sensitive, and for a day or two after an attack, I'm more so than usual.
As for the other stuff being worse than the pain, that happens to me too. I actully rate my pain and other symptoms separatley in my migraine diary because though I may be having mininmal pain, the nausea and dizziness has totally laid me out.
Obviously, you should talk to your doctor if you are having this all the time. If for nothing else than so your doctor knows how much impact this is having on your life.