My moms symptoms are:
headache (4 days now)
throwing up
lose of feeling on left side
black out
cant control bodily functions
cant sit up
tired all time
dizzieness
my question is can a miragrain cause this? i have never heard of it causing you to lose feeling on your left side. could it be something else than what the doctors say? if anyone can help please email me......its really important that i find out what is going on b/c i dont like seeing my mom like this and the doctors around here wont help and my dad listens to them. please anyone help me.

Jessi


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Hi Jesse Joe,
Those are extreme symtoms, you should get your mom into the Dr. or the ER to be check out. Migraines are not that extreme. She could have something else very serious going on. Its better to be safe than sorry.

I just reread your post. You say your mom as already seen DRs. Thats terrible. Have they ordered any tests? Even when my daughter started having migraines they ordered a Head CT scan right away. AFter that they did blood work and and MRI.

Have they run any tests on your mom?

If your dad won't do anything, what can you do?

thank you that is what i say...........and a friend of mine who is familiar with stuff like that says it sounds like a stroke and that is what i think......we took her to the ER tonight all they did was give her medicine and sent her home.......i dont know what to do........my dad wont listen to me.........he says well there isnt anything they can do.......im really worried.........she is only 35.........how can i get him to see that it is more serious than what the DR said........she dont have insurance so they are prob. just pushing it aside since she cant pay up front.........i just dont know what to do.........im scared but im only 18 what can i do? the DR wont listen to me.......im trying to find facts about her symptoms so i can show her DR's so they will listen to me. thank you for your advise........i really appriciate it.

does she drink a lot of diet soda, or eat food with artifical sweetener in them.. that stuff will cause all those symptom. do some research on artifical sweetener and you will be amazed at what you will find. I was shocked when i found out that that stuff can cause signs of MS. but dont really have MS. will thats all the advise that i can give you.

My advice is to keep trying. Keep taking her to the hospital and be forceful to the point of getting your way. Not yelling or causing a scene but knowing what you want and getting it. It's a shame that people without insurance are treated the way they are but it's the way things are ran. The hospitals want paid too and if they know they will not be getting it from you they push you out fast. Don't let them do it. Insist on them doing something. Mention your fears of a stroke to them. Keep talking until someone listens. Good luck.
Di

KEEP TRYING!!! Don't give up!!! ((HUGS)) I have been learning about migraines for 5 years now. I have never heard of numbness on the extremities because of one. (Without med side effect being the cause) Some of the other symptoms don't fit either. I would suggest showing your dad some of the well known websites below.

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4742

Maybe you can call and talk to these people:
For stroke information, call the American Stroke Association at 1-888-4-STROKE.

This is other info I found:
http://www.stroke-symptoms.com

· Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
· Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
· Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
· Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
· Sudden, severe headache with no known cause

http://www.strokecenter.org/pat/warning.htm

Sudden numbness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body
Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech
Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
Sudden severe headache with no known cause

thank all of you for your help. i showed my dad some of the thingst hat i found and all he said ws did you look at all the mirgraines? so im doing that now. but she dont drink diet drinks or eat alot with artificial sweetners in it. if it happens agian they arent sending her home. i wont let it happen. it comes and goes like today she is feeling a lil better but im afraid that if next time she wont be able tocome home or seh does she wont wake up. i just need to get the facts and take it to a DR and show them. im not backin down from this. but THANK YOU for you help.

Jessi Jo,
What a wonderful daughter your mom has! Maybe your dad feels helpless because of not having insurance.

Hope things work out for you and her soon!

Jessie,
Strange I just got an email the other day about recognizing a stroke. Here is what it said briefly. The ASA also has the same thing listed so I know this is true.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

*Ask the individual to SMILE. (facial weakness)
*Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. (arm weakness)
*Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE. (speech problems)

If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

Hope this helps with understanding your mom's symptoms better. Coming from a migraine mother, having them myself, and my 8 yr old son having them since 4 yrs old -I have seen almost every type of migraine out there - and I have never seen or heard of the the single-sided numbness.
Post soon and let us know how your mom is doing this week.
hrtofluv

thank all of you for your help...she is feelin a little better but she keeps getting the headaches. i have already told her if it happens agian like beofre i would personally take her to DUKE to have them run test on her and they dont care if you have insureance or not. so i know that they would help. all of you have been a great of help. THANK YOU.