Loss of Circulation or Migraine?

[NetroPhil]

Something very strange happened to me last night. I was on bed as usual, watching a twitch stream that I'd been trying for most of the day to watch through. I'd shifted my position because of another complaint in my thigh so that I now sat towards the corner of my room, and ended up leaning against the wall itself.

When I got up I found that I'd lost circulation, and waited for my hand to feel normal again. But something felt wrong about it. It was more...intense than I'd ever felt. As expected it went down my arm, across my hand and through my fingers, even to my fingertips. And then it went back up through my little finger and even my lip and eye began to tingle.

At this point I panicked and took my migraine tablet. Everything seemed to calm down after that. Except for some trembling (I was scared). But later that night I even woke up and couldn't remember the words to a Futurama line that had been stuck in my head for the past week.

I'm not sure what it was. It felt like a migraine but maybe I was just freaking out. Going numb brings on some very strong reactions with me...

What do you guys think? Migraine? Or just me getting circulation back?

[1518]

I have hemiplegic migraine and although not the same as you experienced they are similar in that I get weakness in my right side and struggle to find words. They have improved over the years and not so scary now but at first I thought I was having a stroke and ended up in hospital twice before it was diagnosed. Hope it’s a one off thing for you.

[Vosia]

I suffer from hemiplegic migraine, during an attack I often get numbness down the right hand side of my body. I was very frightened at first now I know it will pass although it can take up to 5 hours to get back to normal.

Not sure what happened in your case. Hope you are feeling better now.

[Henry25]

I find it strange that when an attack occurres any song that's in your mind , repeats itself constantly threw the whole attack , it's weird .

[Michdenise]

Yes I have experience the very same symptoms and it is very scary. The second time it happened to me I went to hospital as I thought I might be having a stroke. They kept me in for 3 days doing tests and as everything was normal diagnosed me with hemiplegic migraine. I have been suffering with these migraines for a couple of years and they change frequently in severity (sometimes my whole dodgy had been paralysed). I have tried different meds and am currently on Pregabalin which kind of works. Still get head migraine too. Actually got one now!

[Michdenise in reply to Michdenise]

Should have said my whole body paralysed 😂😂