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I've had a lot of eye pain. It's gotten worse over time, now I wake up in the morning feeling like I have stakes stabbed through my eyes. After finally seeing eye specialists, I was told me that mild eye deviations should not be causing the eye pain and that maybe it's migraines and I should see a neurologist. Then it hit me - this probably is migraines. The light sensitivity, that dancing sparkles in my vision sometimes. It got me thinking, is there something else going on?

I get a lot of twitches, especially in my eyelid. twitch twitch twitch for 10-15 mins minutes or so, then it goes away. It's a weird feeling having your muscle involuntarily contract like that. Those are probably just twitches. Anyway, what really concerns me was what happened to me some time ago. I was on my computer, when suddenly one word I was reading started changing color. Then the lines started moving. Bewildered, I looked around. Everything started shaking and moving, I thought it was an earthquake until I realized I heard no sounds one would associate with it. Then the talking started. Chatter - lots of conversations, like in a busy restaurant. I could hear different people talking. It got louder. Something was bad wrong, I tried to text someone. I got as far as the screen to enter my message, then I couldn't spell. I couldn't put words together, much less spell. the phone screen kept turning off because I wasn't doing anything. I couldn't think. The chatter was so loud in my head. My sense of time was completely warped, I have no idea how much time passed. I stumbled over to sit on the couch, then next thing I know, I wake up feeling like I'd been hit by a truck and hungover as heck. I don't remember falling asleep. I'm too young for a stroke, I think...I was 23 when it happened (24 now). I don't use drugs, no one could have slipped me anything. I don't know what the heck happened.
I just wonder if it's something I should tell a neurologist, if it's sounds like a seizure of any kind. Maybe it's not relevant, I don't know. It wasn't so much the hallucinations that scared me, it was the confusion, the total inability to speak, spell, put words together, or even think. All I could hear was the loud talking in my head, they were saying words, but I was so confused that I couldn't understand what the words meant. Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Am I overreacting?
 
Most or all of these things can happen with migraine. Some could happen with simple partial seizures. Either way, I think you should speak to a doc at some point.
 
Most or all of these things can happen with migraine. Some could happen with simple partial seizures. Either way, I think you should speak to a doc at some point.
A migraine can make you unable to speak, spell, or understand words being spoken? Are you serious?!
 
A migraine can make you unable to speak, spell, or understand words being spoken? Are you serious?!
Yup! See
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline...raine-induced-grammy-20110218-074108-428.html

Migraine and epilepsy are close cousins, and can share overlapping symptoms. Some people suffer from them, both. As JaneC says, you might as well get checked out so you can figure out what is going on.

In the meantime, you might try and identify any triggers for your symptoms, and then (ideally) avoid them. Common triggers (for both migraines and seizures) are fatigue, caffeine and other foods/additives, computer screens and fluorescent lights, illness/infection, etc. If you are spending a lot of time in front of a computer screen, try taking breaks as often as possible, and avoid using it close to bedtime. Getting plenty of sleep, eating/drinking healthily, avoiding processed foods, and generally minimizing stress can potentially reduce your symptoms.

Best,
Nakamova
 
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I am completely serious. My best friend has experienced all of those three things with migraine.
 
Definitely discuss this with your neurologist as soon as possible. Best wishes
 
I get migraines and thought I had a stroke or something the first time. I saw this fliggering zig zag light in front of me I could hardly see anything else. Kept trying to read a message on my phone but the light was in the way. I got all distant and weird. Then my lips started tingling and then I couldn't feel them or my tongue or chin. I talked really funny, could hardly get the words out, then my husband helped me sit down. I couldn't feel my right arm either and just sat there staring and feeling really weird. I can sometimes get a buzzing sound in my ears, too. After all this the headache comes... That is the worst!!
 
intrstelrdreamr - it has some of the symptoms of a stroke, but not all.

Given the background, especially age, it's much more likely to be migraine or possibly seizures.

Either way it needs investigating..
 
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