Weird dizzy falling over arm weakness thing

[Twighlightsparkle]

Well the title says most of it!

Yesterday I had a bit of a " visual" migraine. Get them now and again, usually goes within. 20 mins of taking ibuprofen and all is ok.

Sme yesterday, then I woke this morning, dull headache and got out of bed and fell over.

Lay down, tried again and felt dizzy and fell to right hand side.

Took ibuprofen and it settled, almost!

Still unsteady, def weak feeling right wrist and hand,

Migraine connected??

Gosh I don't know but I would call OOH for advice.

I developed dizziness after a migraine years ago but with no associated feelings of weakness. Hopefully someone else will be along soon with more experience.

Do you have someone with you to help you in case you fall again?

Why don't you call 111 and see if they think you should be seen today as sounds like a GP should take a look.

Hope you get better soon :)

Could be a mini stroke you should get it checked asap.

Please go to a and e now. I had a mini stroke this week with those symptoms. You need seeing asap.

I'm fine now but you are at a higher risk of a full stroke after a tia and it needs investigating properly to find the cause and make sure it doesn't happen again.

Please get checked out, sounds worrying to me.

I think you should be checked by gp too

I felt mostly fine by the way and like you thought it waa migraine. Please go and get seen.

A&E now please, I'm a Dr, you need to be seen ASAP.

That could be serious. Please go to A&E.

Hope you are ok Twighlightsparkle

You need to be seen ASAP

I agree with everyone else, please go to a and e, I have had a tia and a stroke, those symptoms are very similar to mine when I had the tia. I hope you are ok

A&E - do not wait. It could be TIA. Now please.

i had a migrainous episode, that was like a stroke, and was treated as one until they did all tests.

i was dizzy, slurred speech and my left hand went weak and twisted. has your face dropped at one side?

anyway, please go to a&E xxx

Could be hemiplegic migraine which causes weakness on one side.

But you really need seen now to rule out a stroke.

Hope all turns out OK. It does sound migrainous.

What's a TIA?

Transient Ischaemic Attack, a mini stroke reluctant

It could be a hemiplegic migraine, but it would be much worse to assume that's the case and miss a stroke, than to get checked out and find it's a migraine.

just to give you an idea of how seriously it's taken, I phoned NHS direct with a severe migraine and as soon as I answered yes to 'have you dropped anything unintentionally', because I'd fumbled with my house keys and stored them, I had to go to A&E and due to the symptoms had a CT scan and was kept in overnight.

It could be a hemiplegic migraine, but it would be much worse to assume that's the case and miss a stroke, than to get checked out and find it's a migraine.

just to give you an idea of how seriously it's taken, I phoned NHS direct with a severe migraine and as soon as I answered yes to 'have you dropped anything unintentionally', because I'd fumbled with my house keys and stored them, I had to go to A&E and due to the symptoms had a CT scan and was kept in overnight.

Agreed. Please get checked out

Hope you are okay twilight

Bit worried about twilight :(

how are you op? feeling any better?

Hi, thanks all! V much appreciated.

Sorry had no Internet, blooming orange!

Went to a and e, no cause found for the odd thing!

Thank goodness really. Put down to either migraine or virus.

phew that's all right then :)