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February 14, 2006

From John Claude Krusz, MD, PhD, and Teri Robert, for About.com

Created: February 14, 2006

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1) Thought I'd ask since you see and speak to so many people with migraines/headaches...Anyway, I have suffered for 28 years & have noticed that when I have really nasty migraine (#9 and up)....I have numbness in my extremities and lately it seems to last longer...I have talked w/ my Dr....but just wondered how common this is? Thank you. Lori.
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2) ...migraine headaches. I have them quite often and sometimes they last for about 2 weeks. I mostly feel them right at my forehead and behind my eyes but I also have a lot of pressure coming from the back of my neck, where my neck and head connect. My neck muscles are always sore... My doctor said that my migraines were caused from the tension in my neck... Lina.
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3) I'm 35 years old, one night suddenly I have got sudden dizziness with weakness specially in my forearms and legs, also I felt some thing palpating inside my abdomen!... Still I have epigastric pain, nausea, dizziness, headache, pressure on eyes with eyelids fluttering... Thanks, Rizgar.
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4) Hi there. I am a 17 year old male and for the past 4-5 days I have had a headache every day. Not a migraine or a really intense one but just a enjoying one that really is starting to make me wonder...
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5) A recent MRI/MRA indicated that there is "tortuosity within the proximal right posterior cerebral artery" ... could this be the cause of my daughter’s migraines? She is 21 and has been having migraines for 17 years with no known cause or trigger. Susan.
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6) I am a 55 year old female and I began having very infrequent migraines about 24yrs. ago, when I was pregnant with my first child. I only have about 4 - 6 occurrences a year. However, for the last 6 years I've been experiencing a different type of headache, which occurs the day after I have 2 or more cocktails, which could be beer, wine, etc... Sincerely, Diane
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7) I have a 23 year old developmentally delayed daughter with a seizure disorder. She contracted E-Coli meningitis at 9 days old with complicated hydrocephalus. Had last Vp shunt was placed 9 years ago. She recently started in with symptoms of a shunt malfunction. It was replaced with the shunt that has the magnet to dial in the pressure. We have made 11 trips to the Dr. in the past five weeks to get her pressure right. She is still having headaches and the Dr. is telling me that he suspects it to be migraines... Thank you. Jean.
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8) I was wondering, after reading your articles on Migraines, can they include a lot of neurological abnormalities such as slurred speech, numbness or tingling in arms, cognitive malfunctions like what you might find in MS? My doctors and I have completely ruled out MS, Lymes and other neurological disorders... Thank you, Michelle
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9) Hello, a question about medications: isn't it almost an oxymoron to be given a Serotonin Receptor Agonist for cluster headaches if one is already taking an SSRI, like Prozac? Thanks.
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10) I began to have headaches from the age of nine in the 1940's. The headache started with tightening of the left shoulder. Pain traveled up the left side of my neck, and eventually a thumping pain began over my left eye. The pain would gradually speed over my entire head, down to the sinuses and then into the lower jaw... I am now 68 years of age... and lately the sinus pain happens more often, and lately I have been getting the fluttering sick feeling that used to signal my violent headaches... thanks George
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