Ok so the fingers in my right hand started to feel weak, but then I thought it might just be psychological. But then they started to go entirely numb. Then my entire right arm went, my shoulder, back, side, face, tongue, lips and the right side of my teeth along with my entire right leg, foot and toes just went really numb, like I literalky couldn't feel anything! And now my arm is just really weak and I'm so scared, I couldn't stop crying because it's never happened before :( Do you know what it might have been? Sorry for typos, typing has now become really hard.
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Afterwards my words got slightly messed up when I wrote and stuff and my eye is now a but blurry. My best friends dad is a paramedic so I think I'm going to ring her later after her exam to see of he knows know what it is because I cant even see properly with my eye now.
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My friends parents didn't say much of it. But i've looked up stuff on the internet which suggests I do need to get it checked out. I'll book a doctors appointment soon, I'm really scared it may have been something serious like a mini-stroke or something.
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I actually saw a doctor the next day. She said I'd had a "severe migraine attack" and that I should expect them again. Basically, some nerves were temporarily starved of oxygen because of a mini spasm of blood vessels in my brain (which is what I thought a stroke was anyway), causing the numbness. I got a killer headache afterwards though, and all confused and my vision went temporarily. Apparently it's called a migrain with "aura" which is the numbness and is a warning sign that the headache is coming. Not looking forward to having these.
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A stroke is when your brain gets completely starved of blood. Its like a heart attack but in your brain. Spasms are not a stroke.
Just thought you'd like to know. I'm not being funny or anything.
I get horrific migraines and they can give visual disturbances along with lightheadedness, feeling sick, being sick, feeling weak, hating the light, wanting to be in a dark room, can't tolerate noise etc.
GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE
THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
A stroke is when there is a blood clot in your brain starving part of it of oxygen and as said above, this is similar to a heart attack but often with these they're not due to a clot.
If this happens again you should get help straight away; I'd suggest going to A&E/ the ER/ED and seeing what they say as only then can they check whether this is the cause or not (and then they may not be able to say for certain) as well as them checking you out to mak sure nothing else is going on and making sure you are otherwise fine. They may also be able to give you meds to help this. If it does happen again make sure you don't drive yourself to the hospital (or anywhere) if this applies. Also, I'd advise you strongly not to look at screen such as your computer/ TV. Finally, if you look on the net for answers it often comes up with anything. Pretty much whatever you put in as a symptom one of the things that can and will come up is cancer and this often isn't the cause and usually puts unnecessary stress on yourself and can make you worse. Really the only way is to get checked out at the time; waiting a couple of days before you do means you're much less likely to have a total idea of what is going on and further tests such as a CT scan cannot be carried out there to find out what's occurring.
When I said that's what I thought a stroke was I meant the lack of oxygen to the brain. It probably was wrong of me to automatically assume that but the doctor even said to me that she understood why it would have been frightening for me, especially as I'd never experienced this before, and that I should go back to see a doctor if I even get worried about it, let alone it happening again. She suggested maybe taking aspirin to thin out my blood? My dad does, as he has high blood pressure and both his mum and her mum got terrible migraines. I think if it does happen again I will probably go back because she said she could put me on some prescription pain killers that are stronger than what you buy over the counter. As far as what she told me though, my life is not in danger other than I am now at an increased risk of heart problems/strokes in the future, and that's only due to the migraines themselves.
Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world awaits in darkness for the light that is you.
