face drooping with migraines

[workshy]

is this normal?

I haven't had a migraine since I was last pregnant so 8 years ago not pregnant now

think I have one now as the pain feels the same but my eye is closing and my face feels a bit like when you are just getting the feeling back after having a filling

as I was leaving work (sent home sick) I was lovingly told I looked like I was having a stroke -pretty sure I'm not btw

is this just a migraine and if so when will it stop?????

I don't have migraines so I wouldn't know, but you should really see your GP about this just in case you are having mini-strokes or there is something else going on.

Since you don't know what a stroke feels like you can't be sure that you are not having a small one - call NHS direct right now.

My aunt had a major stroke aged 33 - in the months leading up she had recurring migraines that in retrospect were almost certainly mini-strokes.

Don't assume you are too young.

It's probably nothing to worry about but you should make certain of that.

shall ring NHS

You need to get this checked out. It's probably nothing, but it could be a mini-stroke. Even babies can have strokes, it's not just an old age thing at all. Even if it is a stroke, you will probably be fine, but the faster they are treated the less likely you are to have long-term effects. Seriously, just go, I know it's rubbish to lose an evening but this could be urgent.

Good luck - hope they have some advice as to what you can do to feel better (and reassurance that it's nothing serious).

I agree with what's been said here, I'm glad you are getting it checked.

Someone else just to say ring NHS direct, I think you need professional advice, good luck

they are ringing me back so I guess they don't think it's too serious

it could also be bells palsy - a severe headache is one of the signs, and a side of your face freezes so the other looks like its drooping.

Did they call back?

yes sorry -should have updated

they rang, said it's most likely migraine -not an uncommon symptom apparently (and I have been asleep for a couple of hours which also fits)

they gave me some other symptoms to look out for and have told me to make an appointment with my GP

Thanks for updating. Glad they don't think it's something to worry about. I hope your GP is able to confirm migraine.

workshy, ask your gp for a referral to have a mri of your brain, just to be on the safe side. My gp did this for me, when started getting mirgraines for the first time after dc3...when I was 38, and had never ever had one before.

Just to say that I get this with migraines - I also get pins and needles in one hand along with my speech going funny. I've been checked by Drs and it's just migraine. But like the others have said, it's always worth checking.

Ooo pins and needles too, not fun. I do get funny speech, even for 48 hrs afterwards I lose particular words from my vocab, and have to resort to word association or mini charades which dh find very funny.

I get the same as Rubysmommy - had MRI scan and I have had a mini stroke at some point in my life but what was happening was just down to migraine.

Is the history of a mini stroke made migraines more likely or is it just a coincidence sorry op, for the post heist, but am interested.

I get the speech thing, I have to try and enunciate properly and often forget words completely, and simply cannot say them, one memorable moment being me supervising supper with a migraine "get the, um, ur, bottle...white lid bottle, gungey top, red,.....with chips, not brown" before collapsing in a heap of tears cos I could not say ketchup or sauce although I could see the words in my head.

Doesn't happen all the time though, but it is damned scary.

I had to do a similar description of the "table" last week, very very scary.

I get the drooping (usually just one eye) and the forgetting-speech thing. It's always in conjunction with an aura and a need to sleep though so I know it's a migraine.