Dear dizzy, I get dancing diamonds too... only they appear after a grey blob obscures one entire field of vision. Then they dance up and out of sight in the upper right quadrant. My neuro says that's...
P.S. A buddy of mine on another board suggested that the odd occurrences during the EEG were a seizure. You'd think that if that's the case, they would have called me!...
Sara, I haven't seen the doc yet -- they're just running all of these tests and then I meet with her again next month. My final test is this Thursday - a neuro-psychological work up. Once that's...
Here's an interesting study, showing white matter lesions in migraineurs: http://www.headachedrugs.com/archives/mri_migraineurs.html This would seem to suggest that there could, indeed, be small...
I've been reading a lot about MRI/MRAs (just had one) and I've seen several references to complicated or atypical migraines actually showing up on MRI. Has anyone else experienced this and how did...
Yep, they're called ocular migraines. My complicated migraines turned to ocular for about 5 or 6 years, but now they're back to their old tricks again. I was on aspirin therapy and it helped. If I...
I actually stopped all of my meds -- I used to take Midrin too, but ended up with rebound headaches all of the time. I tried acupuncture and it helped, but it got too expensive. I also reverted to...
You're welcome, Tami. I've been suffering with them for over 20 years myself -- and they've changed over time... and no two are exactly alike either! There's always a new twist!! I hope that you've...
Happy to assist: Most auras are visual and are described as bright shimmering lights around objects or at the edges of the field of vision (called scintillating scotomas) or zigzag lines, wavy...