I had covid 12/17/22 until about 12/28/22 when most of my symptoms finally went away (still had coughing, tired, etc). On 12/30 I was working and suddenly had memory loss, and didn't know if I and my family had covid. It happened when I was on a work call and suddenly felt like something wasn't right in my thinking, because suddenly things "scattered" in my mind and didn't make sense. Scariest thing I ever experienced. To make a long story short, I went to the emergency room, and immediately upon arriving (about 45 min after the brief memory loss) I began having an aura. I've been diagnosed with Complex Migraines (and Vestibular Disorder) before and have had several auras, so as soon as it came on (I wasn't even out of the ambulance yet) I immediately suspected that the brief sudden memory loss and now the aura, was an impending migraine. SURE ENOUGH, I HAD 6 AURA MIGRAINES while in the hospital, through a total of about 6 hours. I had also had one the day prior but didn't think much about it. Again, 2 days after hospital trip, I had another. Today, I had another. That's 9 Auras in 9 days. Interestingly, these are NOT being followed by migraine pain. Lastly, my anxiety has gone up significantly which I've not experienced in years, and bloodwork from the emergency room that night revealed very high platelet count (687) which scared the heck out of me. Again, the Complex Migraine I was diagnosed with at the hospital, was WITHIN A FEW DAYS of my last major covid symptoms. I am hoping the high platelet (and high white blood cells) count is just due to the covid my body had just gotten through. But I'll know more in a few days as I've scheduled a Hematologist appt.
I DEFINITELY believe based on other's stories here that my uptick in auras is a result of covid. I researched a bit and also saw people with general migraines (mine are Complex due to different symptoms with Vestibular Disorder) are suffering more now with more migraines after having covid.
Btw, I'm unvaxxed due to Vestibular Disorder, which covid has been known to provoke, so I was fearful in vaccinating because I already have Vestibular Disorder.
This was one of the issues I struggled with. The migraines are from brain changes and as you attempt to do what you used to do…. You’ve lost connections between your brain and your body and your short circuiting. I have some exercises I do daily to increase my activity tolerance and I monitor my HRV. You’ve got to begin rewriting you brain and build new neurological pathway. And SPECT test shows the change on the blood flow in your brain that is most likely what is creating the symptoms. I was treated at Mayo and Aviv and I’m finally recovering free of the 13 meds including injections to help manage my symptoms and pain. I have more content on social media #covidrecoverymama.