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lun4d0r4 t1_j5lmnpx wrote

I had my first one of these at work. It started with tingling in my left little finger, moved up my left arm and then numbness systematically moving a few mm over my face at a time (only my left side though). Then I got word salad, was seeing grey spots. I was terrified, thought I was going to die.

Work called my now husband to pick me up. He took me to a hospital where I sat for over 6hours.

After 6hours they were surprised I was still there. No one had actually told me what was going on yet. The Dr just walked past and told me "you have a migraine, this is how it presents, next time when you feel it coming on take 3 aspirin".

It's terrifying. One day I'm gonna die of a stroke all hopped up on aspirin because I'm gonna think it's a migraine.

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Ivyispoisonous t1_j5ndgr0 wrote

Please always seek help with these symptoms. I had severe migraines regularly. One was particularly bad, so I had my mother take me to the ER. Turns out, I was having a stroke at the age of 34. Luckily, I was extra cautious and sought help.

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