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Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Jun 20, 2017 | Replies (5)
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@honeychild

I have been to the emergency room twice and twice I was in the waiting room I have had the ambulance come to my house and look over thoroughly and ask me if I wanted to go to the hospital. I just found out last week I suffer from what they call a complex migraine with an Ora. The headache takes on a whole new form. It mimics a mini stroke. But actually you are not having a stroke but a complex migraine headache. It took me changing my doctor and going to a Neurologist to figure this out. Now I just need to get them controlled. It took the doctors over a year to figure out what was wrong. and many hospital visits. Keep your head up. Keep standing for yourself and take care of yourself. These migraines are tuff and the complications that go with them are even worse. I know when I am going to have a headache when I start tingling and it feels like a stroke. That's when the migraine hits and I am just sitting on the couch. No warning at all. good luck.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jun 20, 2017

@honeychild Welcome to Mayo Connect! I'm glad that you have joined our online patient support community. I appreciate your post, you have provided some new information about migraines and how they present differently in people. You have educated a lot of us! I like what you say, "Keep your head up. Keep standing for yourself and take care of yourself." This represents the proactive approach that we all need to take when dealing with complicated medical problems. Are you getting treatment now for these stroke-like migraines? If so, would you mind sharing the meds or treatment that have helped you? Teresa

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Jen, Alumna Mentor | @sandytoes14 | Jun 20, 2017

@honeychild Thank you for posting this information! About a month ago my husband had a very similar experience. His speech was slurred and arms felt weak. He was taken to the ER and told it was an extreme migraine. Now we have the correct name for it.
He sees his neurologist this week so I will be sure to share this with him.
I pray you get control of your migraines.
Jen

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