CEC3066
06-18-2006, 10:31 PM
During the last six weeks I’ve had more than a dozen “brain attacks” lasting one to four hours that have scared the daylights out of me. They always include a feeling of lightheadedness (not vertigo, which I’m familiar with) and a feeling of pressure in my head. The first one came on when I was driving to work, and my coworkers ended up calling the paramedics. Other times the attacks come on in the middle of the night. Sometimes they will include a feeling of tingling or numbness in my face and scalp, or some aching in my legs. Once it included pain in my left arm, and a couple times when I first woke up with the symptoms, I couldn’t move my left arm properly for a few seconds. The more severe attacks make me think I’m about to pass out from a stroke or a heart attack, causing me to really panic. Milder spells just leave me feeling crummy, unable to drive or to really concentrate. Also, sometimes I notice a feeling of pressure in my ears, and I am more sensitive to the “pressure” of loud sounds.
I’ve been in the ER twice, have had an MRI, a cat scan of the brain, an echocardiogram, a stress test, and an ultrasound of the carotid artery. The MRI showed a small amount of atrophy in my brain, and a bit of sinus inflammation. But other tests were negative.
In two weeks I'll be seen at the Cleveland Clinic. In the meantime, does it sound like I'm having transient ischemic attacks? Or increased intracranial pressure?
CCF-Neuro-M.D.-PW
04/08/2006
        danny7        None of the episodes perhaps except for the left arm weakness suggest a TIA. Depending on your age and risk factors for stroke, it may be indicated to do an MRI and MR angiogram to loof at your blood vessels.
TIAs usually present with loss of vision in an eye or in one field of vision, weakness or loss of sensation or clumsiness on one side of the body, or inability to speak properly. These signs could be warning signs for a stroke and shouldbe evaluated promptly.
However, many of your symptoms could also be explained by a headache disorder, panic attackes, or less likely, a seizure (an EEG may beindicated also)
Your appointment with the Cleveland Clinic will hopefull lead to a diagnosis
Good luck
The above was found on the web as I am currently duffering from the majority ofg the above I've been to the ER twice had a CT,lab work and EVERYTHING has come back Negitive I am hopefully going to see my General Physician tomorrow and will say "NOW WHAT"
I’ve been in the ER twice, have had an MRI, a cat scan of the brain, an echocardiogram, a stress test, and an ultrasound of the carotid artery. The MRI showed a small amount of atrophy in my brain, and a bit of sinus inflammation. But other tests were negative.
In two weeks I'll be seen at the Cleveland Clinic. In the meantime, does it sound like I'm having transient ischemic attacks? Or increased intracranial pressure?
CCF-Neuro-M.D.-PW
04/08/2006
        danny7        None of the episodes perhaps except for the left arm weakness suggest a TIA. Depending on your age and risk factors for stroke, it may be indicated to do an MRI and MR angiogram to loof at your blood vessels.
TIAs usually present with loss of vision in an eye or in one field of vision, weakness or loss of sensation or clumsiness on one side of the body, or inability to speak properly. These signs could be warning signs for a stroke and shouldbe evaluated promptly.
However, many of your symptoms could also be explained by a headache disorder, panic attackes, or less likely, a seizure (an EEG may beindicated also)
Your appointment with the Cleveland Clinic will hopefull lead to a diagnosis
Good luck
The above was found on the web as I am currently duffering from the majority ofg the above I've been to the ER twice had a CT,lab work and EVERYTHING has come back Negitive I am hopefully going to see my General Physician tomorrow and will say "NOW WHAT"