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Q: Is This a Migraine? Blindness / half vision and severe pain
asked by: heh_heh on October 29th, 2007
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I have a history of migraines with aura where half of my vision would go blind.

Just last week on monday I woke up with a really bad headache involving severe pain behind my left eye. From then until a week later (today) I've been having headaches off and on almost every day.

Almost every day I've been seeing little tiny dots of lights fly around in my vision (almost like shooting stars). I never get aura involving blindness the past week.

Also have pain in left ear, pain where neck and skull meet, usually on both sides.

Also during the week I had a really bad headache involving ONLY the left side and severe pain at the jaw, ear, neck, behind eye. Never any teeth pain.

I'm worried because if it's migraine, isn't it supposed to stop after a couple of days? It's been going on for a week now. Or could it be Sinus? I have a history of chronic sinusitis.
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MandMs
replied on October 31st, 2007
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Do you find this pain more severe than the usual migraine headache?
Do you have nasal stuffiness or yellow or green discharge?
Are you taking migraine drugs?
Did you find them helpful this week?
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heh_heh
replied on November 2nd, 2007
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MandMs wrote:
Do you find this pain more severe than the usual migraine headache?
Do you have nasal stuffiness or yellow or green discharge?
Are you taking migraine drugs?
Did you find them helpful this week?


No I find the pain to be not as intense as migraines. For instance, a single advil will take the pain completely away for a while. No green/yellow stuff. No migraine drugs, never been on them. I tried imatrex bout 6 years ago but i found it non helpful.

The pain seems to be my neck area, ear pain etc. I'm getting sick of seeing bright dots of light floating around then disapearing all day. Usually when I get them, I begin to get a headache shortly after. However the dots don't go away, they seem to show up during the headache too.

I have a history of anxiety/depression but I just started taking Zoloft and it seems to help a lot, I feel pretty happy most of the time, and less anxious. Not sure why I would start getting headaches on a daily basis. I'm eating very healthy and avoiding caffeine.
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MandMs
replied on November 8th, 2007
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The frequency, intensity and duration of migraine attacks are variable.
Over time, most people with Migraine have many different types of attacks.Migraines' secondary characteristics are inconsistent, like fully reversible visual symptoms ( flickering lights, spots, lines, loss of vision). You were having blindness, but now you are experiencing spots.
Patients who primarily suffer from migraine with aura may also have attacks of migraine without aura.
Less commonly, the aura may occur without a subsequent headache or the headache may be non-migrainous in type.
A migraine can cause irritation of the trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve (with branches in the forehead, cheeks and jaw). This may produce pain at the lower-end branches of the nerve, in or near the sinus cavity.
There is a link between migraine and cluster headache.
Did you have teary eyes and stuffed nose at the moment of headache attack?
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