Newbie to migraine (unfortunately) Heres my story....any help...appreciated big time

Hi All,

Im gonna make it brief, 2 years ago after a night out drinking I had vision issues which never went away.....Disorientated, spaced out, sensitive to light, sensitive to sound, double vision, confusion, derelastion, flashing vision. You name it - but it all stems from my vision. I do get headache as well, but nothing to complete ground me like what I thought a migraine has to be like.

Before this whenever I would go out drinking I would take 2 - 3 days to recover, with this exact feeling, but I thought I just got hungover easily and badly.

I have been to 2 neurologists, I have an appointment for an MRI scan, I have taken numerous medication and the general diagnosis is I have migraine aura, or some visual complex which doesnt go away and is persistant. They are confident though if I find the right medication I have a good chance of it going away.

The neurologists have described it as 'the gain, in my brain (no rhyme intended) has been turnt up and needs to be settled down. I have tried Sodium Valproate, Lamotorogine and im now going on to Topamax.

My main question is, is this really what a migraine can do?

Does anyone else suffer from this? and / or know how to control it?

Can Topamax cure this?

Any advice / ideas / anything would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

Post Edited (timer2431) : 7/24/2012 2:12:06 PM (GMT-6)

Hi and thanks for the reply,

Yes, the vision issues are constant, no variations or breaks from when it is like this. The headaches are intermittent though. I don't only get the headache part when drinking, also the vision is the same if I have been drinking or not.

Could it be a migraine if the vision issues are constant?

You should try muscle blocks , or if that does t help then buy a device called cefaly from ******** and I got mine next day it was like a miracle since the 1st time I used it , good luck , stay strong

Post Edited By Moderator (BnotAfraid) : 8/7/2014 9:37:45 AM (GMT-6)