Migraines - When to Worry?

Because just having problems has become so normal, I just don't know when I should worry about them.

My numerous doctor appointments over the summer started in mid-June when I went in because I've been having a really bad left-sided headache for 5 days. Sometime during those 5 days my left eye started to really bother me. I was actually checked for Bell's Palsy and lyme (2nd time). As it turned out the CT scan showed nothing. I was told it was a migraine and I was put on a short round of a medication. Then, I was put on something I shouldn't have been put on.

Just a couple of weeks ago I started developing memory problems: forget what I'm saying in the middle of saying something, forget where I'm going, can't recall things I know, generally spacey and rather slow, can read something over and over and over and still not understand it at all, etc. I'm tired all the time and can't stay up too much past 8 (9 seems to be the latest). Today, I was sitting at the computer about to start working on hw when my head jerked forward and I dosed off or something worse happened - I'm not really sure, it was rather quick but when I came around it scared me cause I didn't really know what happened or why.

Of all my problems, I just want the head stuff to go away - it's scary. However, I don't know the difference between something minor and serious.

Thoughts?

*can't voluntarily close my eye, starting to lose my hearing, left side of my face felt like it was vibrating (happened only once), and there's the tremoring from the head

Post Edited (whenallelsefails) : 9/7/2011 7:41:34 PM (GMT-6)

I've actually haven't done any detoxing or any other stuff along those lines because I still need to see an LLMD, get put on "appropriate" meds, and get "properly" tested.

It's really hard not to stress when it's a new symptom, plus I'm not yet 21 and just started the school year. For all my hatred towards needing to "fight a losing battle" everyday, you'd think I wouldn't have chosen my major. I'm biochem at a school with rather high standards (at least my dept.). I must be a gluten for punishment.

I just don't like not knowing what's going on around me because there becomes a very real disconnect with reality :/

Yeah, it's especially bad because of the meds I'm on (maybe that's causing the problem). I do know of the doctor I want to go see - close to home and takes my family's insurance. First things first though, I need to make my trip back home next week to find out what that so-called benign "mass" is.

I'm definitely not going med, and I found out last semester that any sort of lab job is pretty much out of the question. However, I do tutor, and I absolutely love it. Last year, that's what kept me sane. Unfortunately with the "head" stuff there's already been a problem and I just started working again. I don't get too much burning in the face, but I'm sure that I'm not aware of quite a few symptoms due to a lot going on all at once. However, I did mention the vibrating thing. I actually had called the doctor, wasn't in. I'm going to try again when I'm at home, have service, and have an idea of when I can go. Yay, another MRI. If anything can be found, it's probably going to on the right side - few things get found, and they're on the opposite side that's bothering me. Ammonia in the brain, that would've never even crossed my mind - thanks for another "lead" (something I can look into). All I do when I'm not in class or working is sleep, unfortunately it's not very "good sleep". I'll definitely stay in touch here, and thank you again (all of you).