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    Numbness, stroke-like symptoms related to Migraine?

    Full Question:     I have been having migraines since 1980. The first time it happened, I was rushed to the emergency room because it was thought that I had a stroke. Incoherent, numbness throughout my body, couldn't see, aura, then eventually my tongue was thick feeling and I couldn't even talk. After it subsided, I had a... Read moreChevron
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    5/26/08 #8 - Can migraine auras cause gradual, loss of vision over time and affect blind spots?

    Full Question:I just wanted to know if migraines can cause blind spots to enlargen, and cause gradual blindness.   The reason I ask Is because I find my blind spots getting bigger, and I really have not looked into this matter till now.   When I have had my chronic cluster migraines it took up to 2 and a half days before full... Read moreChevron
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    5/26/08 #8 - Can migraine auras cause gradual, loss of vision over time and affect blind spots?

    Full Question:I just wanted to know if migraines can cause blind spots to enlargen, and cause gradual blindness.   The reason I ask Is because I find my blind spots getting bigger, and I really have not looked into this matter till now.   When I have had my chronic cluster migraines it took up to 2 and a half days before full... Read moreChevron
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    Migraines, Depression, Drinking and "Driving"

    Last fall when Captain John Cota, the pilot of the Cosco Busan, a 900-foot vessel, smashed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, he had previously been convicted of drunken driving. Spilling tens of thousands of gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, may have been his last wake-up call.    Cota suffers from glaucoma,... Read moreChevron
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    Migraine Treatments - We're running out of time. Can you spare five minutes?

    Good morning, dear readers,   Today, I'm writing to you somewhat differently from my usual way of doing things. This is more personal. More from the Migraine and headache sufferer me. More from the your friend me.   Some thanks and a plea...To all of you who responded to the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy Action Alert... Read moreChevron
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