I have been taking acetaminophen with codeine for about 8 years now I have been taking it for migraines I take 8 pills in the morning and 8 pills at night, I know I am addicted and it’s not like I take them for a buzz because I don’t get a buzz not anymore not [...]
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Saturday, December 4th, 2010Headache, Nausea, Speech and Balance Problems
Sunday, May 13th, 2007My daughter is 20 and very fit until a week ago when she passed out during a very severe headache attack, nauseous, very unsteady on her feet and slurring her speech as though she was drunk.
I took her to a British NHS hospital where she was admitted. A neurologist saw her, said it was migraine [...]
Severe Headache For Over A Month After Spinal Tap
Monday, February 12th, 2007Hi,
On Christmas Day I was suddenly hit with a head pain that my husband had to help me to a chair ..I was holding my head i could not scream the pain was bad!!! But then my left arm had a shooting pain that made me unable to use my hand was like paralized.My husband [...]
Migraines, Spells - Seizures? Arteriovenous Malformation?
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007Let me start by saying, off and on for most of my adult life (I am 35) I have had passing out spells and migraines…sometimes together, sometimes totally unrelated to one another. In the past couple of years I have started having what my husband believes to be seizures. I always have a horrible headache [...]
Continue readingTemporary vision loss and severe headache
Thursday, January 4th, 2007New Year’s Eve, I was working at home before going out to dinner. Probably due to the workout of working t home, I started feeling kind of weird. Having already being diagnosed with and being pharmaceutically treated for high blood pressure, I felt that is was high just from a feeling that I get. I [...]
Continue readingPseudotumor cerebri, symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure
Monday, December 4th, 2006I have been diagnosed with Pseudo Tumor Cerebi roughly 2 years ago (due to my weight and being on bith control). I had an MRI (which was normal) and a spinal tap(which they said was in the higher, normal range). I was prescribed Diamox 500mg. They worked wonders (but the manufacturer has [...]
Continue readingHeadache, Seizures, AVM
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006How valid is a CT scan result? Isn’t it possible that if , let’s say an aneurysm, is very tiny it may not show up? I have a metal clip, so MRI’s are no good for me. I had an AVM removed years ago. I had a migraine last year that was the worse I [...]
Continue readingNumbness followed by headache
Friday, July 28th, 2006First of all I have no health insurance and that is why I am asking for advice online before I go to the doctor for nothing. Today as I was sitting on the couch my left arm went numb as well as my hand and fingers only on the left side. Later I noticed the [...]
Continue readingEye Pain after Aneurysm Embolization
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006Last year I had three unruptured aneurysms successfully embolised (I have never had an SAH my aneuryms were found completely by accident during an MRI scan which was carried out as I had had an episode of Bells Palsy from which I made a full recovery and also some ear pain and my ENT [...]
Continue readingPremature Menopause? Menstrual irregularity, obesity, fatigue, bloating, headache
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006I am a 42 year old female and lately I have been becoming tired easily. First started about a week ago, body aches and tired a lot. I was going to bed early and getting plenty of rest. Then I started my period early it had only been 10 days since I [...]
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