Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 16 Location: New Zealand
Vision Loss And Headaches Posted: 02-04-04 22:09pm
I am a 19, pretty healthy, female. I
have suffered headaches for about 3
months. My headaches come several times
daily, and last normally for about 5 to 20
seconds of intense pain. Everything else
basically blacks out though I do not lose
consciousness. I have not noticed any
patterns of these attacks. They mainly
occur on the left side, near the front but
can spread to the right side. I
sometimes get them in the back of my head,
especially after smiling lots or laughing.
I have no major numbness though
sometimes a bit of tingling in my fingers.
These last for similar amounts of time.
I have had random twitches in my arms,
neck and legs when my body is relaxed.
About 2 months ago I loss my left
peripheral vision in my left eye for about
3 hours. This has happened twice since.
I have started getting lots of 'floaters'
in my eye, which are annoying when trying
to read but aren’t associated with pain.
I feel that I have lost some peripheral
vision on my left side. I get a lot of
pain behind my eyes, sometimes when I am
looking straight ahead, and always when I
look up (not at light or sun or anything
in particular, just when my eyeballs are
looking up. I’ve had cat scan, an mri
and a lumber puncture, all which came back
normal. I have been diagnosed with
buried drusen (a build up of calcium
deposits on my optic nerves) and am trying
ado-nadolol to see if my headaches are
migraine related, though so far it is
making them worse (gone from 2-4 a day to
8-12 a day). Anyone else have similar
experiences?
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Sustang
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 2 Location: St.Charles, Illinois
Posted: 02-16-04 18:27pm
I had symptoms similar to these it was
diagnosed as pseudotumor cerebi or
intracranial hypertension. The following
website should give you more
information.
Www.Ihrfoundation.Org
if you have any questions please email me.
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skeb_nz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 16 Location: New Zealand
Posted: 02-24-04 20:43pm
Hi
thanks for the reply. The neurologist I
saw thought it was intercrainial
hypertension but I had a lumber puncture
to test the pressure and it came back
normal.
Thanks again
