[Seth C]

We don't know what is wrong. She started having migraines about 2 months ago. They seemed to be related to stress. The first one happened while visiting her in-laws. They became more and more frequent. She also experienced numbness and loss of coordination/balance. Tonight she was sitting and began screaming. She was numb, her eyes didn't look well, and she said it was like her brain and body weren't communicating properly. Her husband had to help her to the bathroom. She couldnt walk and said it felt like she was fading away. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm hoping it is just anxiety attacks but I don't know. Someone reassure me?

This is my baby sister. She has a son who is almost 3 and a daughter who is just 7 months old. Today is her birthday and I'd forgotten to call...

[CountAntonius]

Sorry man. Hope it all turns out well. Don't guilt yourself over something silly. She needs your support.

[JoeBoy101]

You got her where she get the most help. Just got to be patient and hope for the best. You got real smart people and science trying to make her better.

Just stay strong for her and your nephew and niece. I'm sure she'll get better.

[GK86]

Sucks that is happening on her bday. Hopefully it's nothing major, and she recovers quick dude

[Vyer]

Sorry to hear that man. Hope things are okay, she's at the best place she can be at the moment. All you can do is let the doctors do their work and try to remain positive. Best wishes to you and your family.

[LowEndTorque]

Strange symptoms, but I think she'll be ok man. You should go to the hospital and try cheer her up if she's feeling better.

[mooooose]

My ex had something similar. Muscle problems got worse too. Ended up being lymes.

Wish you guys the best.

[Agentnibs]

Don't beat yourself up over silly little coincidences. Just go be with your sister

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Migraines have a ton of symptoms, it could just be bad migraines. Hope it is all OK.

(Not to downplay migraine sufferers, of course. It can be debilitating unless and until you find the right medication and figure out the triggers, etc.)

[Pollux]

Shit. Keep us updated. I'll keep her in my prayers. I really hope she get's better ASAP

[Loudninja]

My sister has very bad migraines.They sometimes make her weak and dizzy.

Sorry man hope you sister gets better.

[DY_nasty]

That's some scary stuff, man...

Hope everything turns out okay

[RobotHaus]

Pray for the best and take action to help however you can. Never want to see anything bad happen to anyone, so like others said, go be a good brother and be there for her. We'll all be hoping and praying for you.

[Awesome]

Most likely it's stress related, sometimes if it goes for way too long your body just breaks down and all of those problems she is having is due to her brain not being able to take it anymore. I wish her the best and hopefully she gets taken care of quickly.

[JB1981]

Scary :(

Best of luck to your sister severe migraines are supposed to be no joke.

[dojokun]

:-( Just remember when she's better and out of the hospital to kiss her and hold her tight.

[SillyEskimo]

Armchair analysis from a medical coder who has coded hundreds of thousands of hospital charts over the past decade:

Migraine is the easy call with tumor an easy second (could be a begnin tumor, don't panic). However, the first thing that popped into my head was an ER case where a woman in her early 40's had uncontrollable laughter. She woke up at 4am and was laughing so hard that she could not put her clothes on. Her husband was terrified. He said it took him 20 minutes to get her dressed and in the car because she was thrashing around so much as she laughed. The woman was also scared as hell but just couldn't stop laughing. It ended up being an allergic reaction to a new medication she started.

The body is an amazing and complicated machine. The oddest things can set it off in the weirdest directions. Hell, a UTI will manifest itself in an elderly person in about 100 different ways, many of them completely out of left field. I know it sounds stereotypical, but wait until she is observed for a night and the docs get lab and xray results back. If there is a major problem, it should be pretty obvious. If it is not obvious, then something like a migraine will likely take the blame.

Btw, is there a family history of thrombosis, CVA, MS, or epilepsy? Does your sister have any other comorbidities like smoking, obesity, diabetic, or hypertension?

[Snakeyes]

Hope it's nothing major. Best of luck!

[Emerson]

You guys did the right thing in taking her to the hospital. Based on what you've said it could be very serious or it could not be, I won't speculate about it without knowing more. My thoughts are with you guys though.

[Seth C]

Armchair analysis from a medical coder who has coded hundreds of thousands of hospital charts over the past decade: Migraine is the easy call with tumor an easy second (could be a begnin tumor, don't panic). However, the first thing that popped into my head was an ER case where a woman in her early 40's had uncontrollable laughter. She woke up at 4am and was laughing so hard that she could not put her clothes on. Her husband was terrified. He said it took him 20 minutes to get her dressed and in the car because she was thrashing around so much as she laughed. The woman was also scared as hell but just couldn't stop laughing. It ended up being an allergic reaction to a new medication she started. The body is an amazing and complicated machine. The oddest things can set it off in the weirdest directions. Hell, a UTI will manifest itself in an elderly person in about 100 different ways, many of them completely out of left field. I know it sounds stereotypical, but wait until she is observed for a night and the docs get lab and xray results back. If there is a major problem, it should be pretty obvious. If it is not obvious, then something like a migraine will likely take the blame. Btw, is there a family history of thrombosis, CVA, MS, or epilepsy? Does your sister have any other comorbidities like smoking, obesity, diabetic, or hypertension?

There is no history of any of those things. There is a history of diabetes, but all those family members are also rather overweight. She is young, and not overweight. She doesn't smoke or drink. The first migraine she ever had was about two months ago.

I'm at the hospital now. She is in a room in the ER (I haven't seen her yet). The doctors still think it is migraines, but they are going to do a preliminary CT scan and also a spinal tap.

Thanks, everyone.

[Prax]

We don't know what is wrong. She started having migraines about 2 months ago. They seemed to be related to stress. The first one happened while visiting her in-laws. They became more and more frequent. She also experienced numbness and loss of coordination/balance. Tonight she was sitting and began screaming. She was numb, her eyes didn't look well, and she said it was like her brain and body weren't communicating properly. Her husband had to help her to the bathroom. She couldnt walk and said it felt like she was fading away. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm hoping it is just anxiety attacks but I don't know. Someone reassure me? This is my baby sister. She has a son who is almost 3 and a daughter who is just 7 months old. Today is her birthday and I'd forgotten to call...

I have no idea what this could really be, but a similar thing happened to my aunt a year back.
She had numbness and vertigo (dizziness + loss of balance) and migraines and she probably had a panic attack while it happened as well. And then it greatly affected her hearing in one ear. She often explained it as her "body not listening to her brain".
The doctors concluded that she must have had some kind of viral infection that messed with her nerves or inner ear (Labyrinthitis? Nothing conclusive was really diagnosed from all the cat scans and blood work and hearing tests).
She still has tinnitus, throbbing in her ears, loss of hearing in one ear, migraines, and weak spells/fatigue to this day (which is over a year later). She panics and heads to the ER once in a while if she feels some dizziness coming on (we are in Canada, so she can "afford" to do this), but then she always starts feeling better after staying for a night or so and nothing shows up in the tests.

I believe she makes her symptoms worse due to her high level of anxiety and fear of death and all that. And I'm not sure all the amount of explaining what a "panic attack" to her will ever convince her that she has panic attacks and not an actual heart attack or stroke.

Hopefully your sister recovers quickly and it really is just her anxiety that is getting the best of her and she gets help for that. My aunt on the other hand, is one of those types that doesn't "believe" in mental illness or taking meds for it.. .. she clearly needs it though. :I

[Link]

The numbness and loss of coordination/balance makes me think it could be a tumor.

[Proelite]

Sounds like MS. It's very hard to diagnose, but it's not fatal.

[Seth C]

Sounds like MS. It's very hard to diagnose, but it's not fatal.

That's what she was afraid it was when the numbness started. I suppose we will find out. I agree, it's nothing I would wish on anyone, but right now I just want her to be "okay".

[Emerson]

What time did this happen tonight, and is she still having those symptoms now or did they fade?

[Fjordson]

From one UK fan to another, sorry to hear that man. Hope all is well in the end for her, hang in there!

[mrkgoo]

Best wishes.

[IAmtheFMan]

As a neurologist here's my advice to you:
Disregard any speculation or possible diagnosis that any poster in this thread gives you. It's completely baseless and all it's going to do is worry you.

To everyone trying to diagnose or come up with something that it could be:
Stop.

My thoughts are with you, your sister and your family. Hope she recovers quickly.

[hockeypuck]

As a neurologist here's my advice to you: Disregard any speculation or possible diagnosis that any poster in this thread gives you. It's completely baseless and all it's going to do is worry you. To everyone trying to diagnose or come up with something that it could be: Stop.

What, you don't think it's fun trying to freak out the OP by trying to come up with a DDx for ataxia without any objective information?

/sarcasm

[Ledsen]

As a neurologist here's my advice to you: Disregard any speculation or possible diagnosis that any poster in this thread gives you. It's completely baseless and all it's going to do is worry you. To everyone trying to diagnose or come up with something that it could be: Stop. My thoughts are with you, your sister and your family. Hope she recovers quickly.

As a hypochondriac and a person who has at some point convinced himself that he had every possible neurological disease you could think of (with MS always being at the forefront of my thoughts), LISTEN TO THIS MAN. It could be anything. No use speculating until you know for sure. Just know that we are thinking about you guys.

[bangladesh]

That's real terrible to hear, op. I wish her luck and hopefully everything turns out fine.

[Seth C]

I just saw her for a bit. She groans and twitches some, but that's it's. The doctor asked her to open her eyes, which she did with help from her husband, but didn't answer his question ("how is the nauseau?"). She just moaned. So I don't know.

They are waiting on the blood work to come back and waiting to be able to get her in for a CT scan (there were several severe head traumas admitted) then depending on those results, a spinal tap.

[-Pyromaniac-]

She'll be fine mang, don't sweat it.

[Zabka]

There is no history of any of those things. There is a history of diabetes, but all those family members are also rather overweight. She is young, and not overweight. She doesn't smoke or drink. The first migraine she ever had was about two months ago. I'm at the hospital now. She is in a room in the ER (I haven't seen her yet). The doctors still think it is migraines, but they are going to do a preliminary CT scan and also a spinal tap. Thanks, everyone.

Diabetes is what came to mind reading her story. A friend of mine who was diabetic had similar problems before he was diagnosed. Not to that extent though.

[eudaemonic]

Good gravy... fingers crossed it's something they can take care of.

[Izick]

I'm sorry, I hope she's okay man.

[The Grim Heaper]

Please, please, please just spend as much time as you can with her. It's the best you can do. I wish you all the best of luck.

[Fancy Corndog]

I had a panic attack once and that 'slipping away' feeling is definitely something that came with it. Could be that whatever is causing her to feel bad sent her into a panic attack, too.

Whatever the case, I hope everything turns out ok.

[dejay]

As a neurologist here's my advice to you: Disregard any speculation or possible diagnosis that any poster in this thread gives you. It's completely baseless and all it's going to do is worry you. To everyone trying to diagnose or come up with something that it could be: Stop. My thoughts are with you, your sister and your family. Hope she recovers quickly.

Came here to say pretty much this. There are many, many things that this could be. The brain is hugely complex and the slightest thing can present symptoms that appear very alarming but may not be.

Good luck to your sister OP - my thoughts are with her. I know shit like this is horrible but stick with the family, help out where you can and try and stay strong.

[KoruptData]

Im a 30 year old male who over the last 2 years bas been in an out of doctor and hospital visits. I have accumaleted over 1000 dollars in medical bills and only for doctors to tell me that i worry to much. That i suffer from anxiety. Anxiety can cause incredible pain to your body. You can magnify headaches, you can make a simple ache into a something that makes you think you are dieing. You can stress yourself so much, you can create pain thats not even there. How do i know this? Im 34 days into taking a antidepressent which pretty much has eliminated my aches and pains, my worrying, has helped me be more focused and optimistic. The brain can be a very scary place. You can tell yourself all the right answers but your brains ability to question everything can cause a level of self.destruction that i dont wish on anyone. I hope everything is alright and if all the test come back fine, it would be time to explore counsling.

[krypt0nian]

It's good you took her to the hospital, but don't panic.

Migraines can and do cause aphasia.

[h3ro]

Armchair analysis from a medical coder who has coded hundreds of thousands of hospital charts over the past decade: Migraine is the easy call with tumor an easy second (could be a begnin tumor, don't panic). However, the first thing that popped into my head was an ER case where a woman in her early 40's had uncontrollable laughter. She woke up at 4am and was laughing so hard that she could not put her clothes on. Her husband was terrified. He said it took him 20 minutes to get her dressed and in the car because she was thrashing around so much as she laughed. The woman was also scared as hell but just couldn't stop laughing. It ended up being an allergic reaction to a new medication she started. The body is an amazing and complicated machine. The oddest things can set it off in the weirdest directions. Hell, a UTI will manifest itself in an elderly person in about 100 different ways, many of them completely out of left field. I know it sounds stereotypical, but wait until she is observed for a night and the docs get lab and xray results back. If there is a major problem, it should be pretty obvious. If it is not obvious, then something like a migraine will likely take the blame. Btw, is there a family history of thrombosis, CVA, MS, or epilepsy? Does your sister have any other comorbidities like smoking, obesity, diabetic, or hypertension?

You should stop this. Please.

As a neurologist here's my advice to you: Disregard any speculation or possible diagnosis that any poster in this thread gives you. It's completely baseless and all it's going to do is worry you. To everyone trying to diagnose or come up with something that it could be: Stop. My thoughts are with you, your sister and your family. Hope she recovers quickly.

As a fellow physician, thank you for making this post as it was the one I was going to make if you hadn't.

Wishing a quick and full recovery to your sister, Seth.

[SteveWinwood]

Armchair analysis from a medical coder who has coded hundreds of thousands of hospital charts over the past decade: Migraine is the easy call with tumor an easy second (could be a begnin tumor, don't panic). However, the first thing that popped into my head was an ER case where a woman in her early 40's had uncontrollable laughter. She woke up at 4am and was laughing so hard that she could not put her clothes on. Her husband was terrified. He said it took him 20 minutes to get her dressed and in the car because she was thrashing around so much as she laughed. The woman was also scared as hell but just couldn't stop laughing. It ended up being an allergic reaction to a new medication she started. The body is an amazing and complicated machine. The oddest things can set it off in the weirdest directions. Hell, a UTI will manifest itself in an elderly person in about 100 different ways, many of them completely out of left field. I know it sounds stereotypical, but wait until she is observed for a night and the docs get lab and xray results back. If there is a major problem, it should be pretty obvious. If it is not obvious, then something like a migraine will likely take the blame. Btw, is there a family history of thrombosis, CVA, MS, or epilepsy? Does your sister have any other comorbidities like smoking, obesity, diabetic, or hypertension?

There is a reason it's illegal for people to practice without a license.

[Unicorn]

I'm sending positive energy her way man.

[Seth C]

Definitely seems she had a seizure. Her eyes rolled back and her body stiffened, then she seemed to "fall asleep". She hasn't been responsive since then.

[GaimeGuy]

Definitely seems she had a seizure. Her eyes rolled back and her body stiffened, then she seemed to "fall asleep". She hasn't been responsive since then.

Oh man.... my thoughts are with your sister and you and the rest of your family.

:(

[EviLore]

Fuck, man. Best wishes, hope she recovers. :(

[krypt0nian]

You're in my thoughts. Positive energy coming from Chicago, man.

[Xal-Shoota]

I hope she comes too OP, if there's a god, I'm pray'n to him for you!

[CliqWriter]

Hope she is ok, you should just go hold her hand.