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I am 41 and have experienced migraine headaches since I was in my late teens. The early ones were just the pain accompanied by light sensitivity. There was never a pattern to them. I used to get them two to fives times a year. My first experience with aura and aphasia was when I was 29. I, like a lot of sufferers, thought I was having a stroke and went straight to the emergency room. Had a CT and was told it was migraine side effects. As I've gotten older, my symptoms have actually gotten worse, but I recognize the early stages and medicate during the first signs of aura and most of the time this keeps me from getting the full-blown pain. I have had every migraine symptom you can think of. Usually, it's in the order of aura first, numbness of hands and mouth next, then the pain starts. My aphasia, though not present with all of my episodes, occurs during the end of the migraine. I actually had a migraine that lasted 8 days with aura and nausea every day. I was miserable . Thank goodness my primary care doctor is a migraine sufferer herself, so she is very sympathetic. I had an MRI this time. Nothing but a couple of lesions on my white matter (common in migraine patients). It can be scary (aphasia still scares the begeebers out of me, because I'm fully aware of the nonsense as it is happening), but for the most part, it's a MAJOR inconvenience and just plain annoying. My dad and oldest child also have migraine with aura, so I'm somewhat convinced that there is a heredity factor. Always get checked when you have new/unusual symptoms, just to be safe. Learn how to recognize the early signs, learn what your triggers are, and learn which treatments work, and which ones don't. Migraine is still a medical mystery, so try to figure out what treatments work for you. I can manage mine fairly well now, compared to just having to sleep them off when I was younger. Hopefully, someday, I can say that I am migraine-free!

August 21, 2014 - 9:56pm

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