New Symptoms

New diagnosis and before diagnosis
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Hello Everyone

I am wondering if anyone out there can give me some advice?

To give you a bit of background in April last year it was thought I had suffered a TIA, however after a subsequent MRI it was concluded that the attack was a migraine. I was seen by Doctor Bowen as the results of my MRI showed a high number of lesions on my brain, he carried out a number of physical tests for MS. His conclusion was that I all of the scans would indicate MS but i dont show any physical signs and that I could potentially develop MS in the future but he could not say, I am to just keep an note of any new symptoms.

Recently I have found my short term memory seems limited, the wrong words come out or garbled sentences. Also on Thursday last week I suffered a sudden extremely painful migraine which lasted around 5 hours, I thought i was going to faint and i had pins and needles and numbness on the right side of my body. I can only ever recover from a migraine by sleeping so slept for around 15 hours. I have got a perforated ear drum which I have an appointment to see the ENT in September for so im unsure if this could be having an effect?

Can you advise if I should perhaps see my GP about these things?

Thanks

Katie xx

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Definitely see your GP, Katie. Memory problems plus mixing words and sensory symptoms (I have all of these too) on top of migraines (which I do get but thankfully not often, though family members get bad ones) are all good reasons by themselves to see a doctor! Good luck xx

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Thankyou xx

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Thankyou xx

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def go to the GP

migraines can be so painful :frowning: the GP might ask you to write down what you are eating and drinking in case something triggers the migrain. i feel for you, i get horrible migraines that last all day and then i feel fried for a few day after :confused: the damaged ear drum could be contributing to a migraine, good you are getting that looked at

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Thats a really good idea, I am going to start that today . Yeah im the same i dont function properley for a few days after an attack they really are horrid!

x

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My mum, brother and aunt get bad migraines. Some foods to avoid are cheese, chocolate, red wine, any bad E numbers, MSG (takeaway food often has this but sometimes you can ask them to leave it out), citrus…but it can be a very individual thing. You might try excluding one thing for a few days. I’m sure there must be a good migraine website somewhere.

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Ah sorry to hear that :s not nice. I hope you get it sorted soon xx