Recovery?

[laura_seabrook]

It's the morning after, and I feel a bit better.

Kevin said that what I had was a migraine.  Basically, I felt: dizzy; had like a crescent of rainbow/neon shapes in my left eye (that was still there even when I closed it); a strange metallic taste in my mouth (I felt like throwing up) and my depth perception went all haywire. Had the same thing the day after I took Pegasus for a walk after the storm, and it's been worrying me because a lot of this feels like having an aura before a tonic clonic seizure.

What Kevin did was turn off the the lights in the lounge room. I sat watching anime with a single incandescent light on at the side. The neon lights went and depth perception returned mostly. I also fell asleep on the lounge room sofa. Woke up when Kevin served dinner. Had the most vivid dreams last night - the one I can remember was about me working in a fire brigade!

Right now, I feel head-achy, chest constricted, and still have that taste. Bleaugh - I probably have some sort of lurgi. My chest felt very odd (constricted) yesterday too, and still does.

Comments

[kath-ballantyne.livejournal.com]

Sounds like migraine symptoms.
If you have trouble again an ice pack on the head/forhead/eyes helps to reduce the expanded blood vessels that cause migraines.
Be carefull with it, dark helps alot. Keep an eye on what happens, it sounds like a migraine but you don't want to rule out other problems incase it gets worse.

I have those problems when I get migraines along with almost unbearable pain, little floating lights (like dust motes in the sun) foggy thinking, violent nausea.
Coffee helps me, it helps shrink the blood vessles, but some people are sensitive to it and it makes it worse.

Hope it doesn't come back.

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

me too!

Finally, a GOOD use for coffee.

[chaosmanor.livejournal.com]

I've had the visual disturbances of a migraine in my sleep, superimposed upon dreams, and when I've woken, the visual disturbance has persisted and the migraine started. Nothing says 'bad day' like having a migraine start in your sleep.

I've tried all sorts of regimes for preventing migraines, and am currently on pizotifen (sandomigran), and it has worked!

There is a biochemical link between migraines and epilepsy, so it would be worth talking to your GP about this. The link may also explain why your migraine shares some characteristics of a seizure.

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

Will ask my GP soon. I did mention getting migraines before, but he hasn't said much about it.