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posted 07/20/2008, comments (0)

Change in frequency and character of migraine is disturbing?

Full Question: Change in frequency and character of migraine is disturbing.I have a history of migraine since age 10. They peaked around adolescence, disappeared in adulthood except for one with each pregnancy, and then returned during menopause. I have always been able to handle them, as my aura usually gives me enough warning to OTC medicate... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/20/2008, comments (0)

Blind spots after visual migraine a year ago?

Full Question: Can anyone tell me what is going on with the blind spots that have remained after I had a visual migraine over a year ago, June 2007? I had no headache afterwards - but these small spots to left of my visual field have remained. If reading a word and put my focus on one letter in the word, I don't see the preceding... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/19/2008, comments (3)

Ode to Aphasia (Or what was I saying?)

Trapped in my own head again Trusting no words from my lips I stare blankly And think of what I should have said Certainly not the stammered stumble That wouldn’t flow from my mouth So I distrusted it And opened it no more Since all I said was stupid And reflected poorly my thoughts that day, I clammed up and... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/13/2008, comment (1)

numbness, tingling, aura, Migraine

I recently read an Ask the Clinician post that referred to one sided tingling. I just wanted to relate my story - I have had migraines for 5 years and recently went to a specialty hospital in Chicago for help. They changed my drug regimine and started me on a Beta-Blocker - Inderol. In an odd chain of events - I was on the time... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/09/2008, comments (0)

6/9/08 #7 - Difference between Alice in Wonderland Syndrome and an intense aura?

Full Question: The symptoms of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, that of distortions in body perception, distortions in visual perception and distortions in the perception of time, seem to be symptoms that can be experienced to a lesser degree during the Aura stage of a migraine. I was wondering if there is any specific difference between them, or... Read more Chevron

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