Stroke at 33
 

One woman's description of having on New Years Eve, at 33 years old.

I read that article not long ago. It described many familiar things, things that occur when I have a classic migraine (the kind with visual field cuts and scintillating scotomata that precede the headache). The sense of disconnection, of observing without integrating, is very strong. Each time I have one, I'm acutely aware that the neurological disturbances don't have to resolve. Terrifying.

I was wondering if what she wrote was a particularly unique experience. Although everyone's mileage may vary, but from what you say it sounds like some of her symptoms are common then.

Not a whole lot like mine. except the new year's eve thing :(

New Years Eve can be very stressful.

reminds me of that weird thing that happened with the nuns and the flasher.

apparently, whathadhappendwas, these three Nuns were ambling along a path in central park, when all of a sudden a flasher in a trench coat sprung from the bushes.

He threw open his coat and began swinging his rather impressive genitalia at the Sisters. The first promptly had a stroke. Then, strangely enough, so did a second.


The third refused to touch it.

Yes. The first few times I had this sort of migraine, I thought it was a stroke. Being physically off balance (as though the world was tilted), the feeling of being outside oneself and observing, the difficulty using the correct words, and the visual problems (shivery lines and black spaces) were absolutely terrifying. The strangest thing is that I rarely actually have pain with them. I said quite a few times in the beginning....I feel weird. Something is wrong.

Have you been checked for having had a stroke? I hear about these "mini" stroke people have unawares.

It sounds much more like a seizure than a migraine.

Doc says it's a silent migraine.

Silent Migraine