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Saturday, December 18, 2010 Lisa asks

Q: I have been diagnosed with PNES, but do you think they could be silent migraines?

I have been having these "episodes" in increasing frequency. I feel a sense they are coming. Then my vision blurs or I get double vision or the right eye visual field goes grey. I feel like I am going to climb out of my skin. Sometimes I feel agitated or elated or severely depressed for a few seconds. I then feel nauseous, tired and have numbness in my hands/ feet/ face/ lips. I also have difficulty speaking with slurring, stuttering or difficulty finding the right word. Sodas tastes bitter to me and I smell tobacco which I am never around. The neurologist suspected partial temporal lobe seizures. The EEG was normal. I was given a diagnosis of psychogenic seizures. My psychiatrist insists I do not have a conversion disorder and that I am not having a psychiatric condition. A friend suggested silent migraines. I have never heard of this. I have no or almost no pain. Sometimes a headache for 1 minute at the end of these episodes. Sometimes my right eye aches. My arms and legs are weak and seem tired all the time. I am having these episodes multiple times day and night. Do you think it could be silent migraines?

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12/18/10 10:22am

I have most of these symptoms plus alot more which are all migraine symptoms,went to  balance specialist because i have chronic disequalibrium,had an mri done and everything is normal so i was diagnosed with silent migraines.

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12/19/10 9:49pm

Thank you so much for your response. My PCP doesn't know what to do with me. I plan on calling a headahce specialist Monday am to get an appointment. It seems so bizarre to me to have a migaine with no pain. The body is certainly...interesting.

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By Lisa— Last Modified: 12/27/10, First Published: 12/18/10