My PCP diagnosed me with migraines. But I dated someone with bad ones and experienced them vicariously. It just doesn't feel right and I guess I'm looking for another opinion.
Here's what I'm experiencing that led to this diagnosis. It started months ago with headaches in the top back of my head. I realize now that headache was the wrong word to use. It didn't always hurt, and when it did, it didn't hurt bad comparatively. It felt like a fullness, a pressure, incredibly disorienting. I'd get visions of popping my head open and air rushing out. Weird I know. I'd feel really stupid, have a hard time finding some words or saying some words, focusing, listening, etc. Sometimes the spot gets really tender, like I have sunburn or something. I wasn't really concerned, just took a lot of tylenol.
Then my vision got messed up a couple months ago. Huge halos around street lights. Anything not in my direct line of sight bleeds massive starbursts, long and bendy. Traffic in the other lane is blinding, I can't see the cars. Sometimes things in direct sight blur too, and I have to refocus.
Can't stand sunlight anymore. It hurts, not just my eyes, but it makes me feel really uncomfortable. I always feel at my worst in the morning. (Stupidest, cloudiest, don't know how to describe it.) I wake up exhausted, stiff in the arm and leg joints. Kind of like a dead bug. It's not usually until it gets dark out that I feel fine.
Got my eyes checked, nothing wrong with them, perscription didn't change. Light problems exist with contacts, glasses, and naked eyes. I guess it kind of sounds like migraines, but it isn't like an aura. It's just permanent, present all the time.
Now I'm walking into things and tripping on flat ground. So far I've only been prescribed to Imitrex. I tried it once. Didn't work. Set my brain on fire and made everything worse. Haven't had any brain scans. Doctor hasn't suggested any and I haven't asked yet since I haven't gone grand mal or anything. Does this sound like migraines? Should I be worried? Thank you to whoever takes time to answer.