Migraine

Or something else?

I dont really know how to describe my experience, but below is a post i made shortly after having had it. Sorry but its so very difficult to explain it was so werid so i may have babbled a bit. Plus im still not feeling entirely right after it but here is the post anyway:

Ok so im sat listening to a song on youtube, a song ive listened to hundreds of times and know well. Anyway im singing along to it in my head whilst its playing, i click on another page i have open to click on the edit button and the next thing i know the song has jumped from the first chorus right to the end of the song. What happened to the second verse and the muscial interlude that should have been there? Its hard to explain so bear with me, but it was odd because it jumping from the first chorus to the end of the song seemed like one continuous event. Ie it didnt feel like i had drifted off and missed it, and i know it couldnt have taken me that long to click on another page and scroll down to an edit button. I was sat there just about to sing the second verse to myself when i realised the song was finishing.

I know the song well and ive seen that video before so i know its not a glitch in the video or anything. Im sure i didnt get distracted, as as i said it seemed like it was on continous event, im not aware of missing time but there has to be because i know the sequence of the song and parts of it were missing.

What happened to the middle of the song?

Admittedly i was feeling a little strange and disconnected from myself (not out of my body but disconnected - again its hard to explain it was the oddest feeling) for a few seconds before i realised part of the song was missing, but hell, it was weird and it was creepy and its not the first time strangs stuff like that has happened to me.

Back on christmas day i was looking out of the window watching a man pull up on a neighbours driveway and take presents out of his car when i had a strange sense of deja vu that time that and briefly looked away from the window to shake it off and look at my stitching. What i thought was a split second later i looked back out of hte window again and the car had gone, completely. There is no way in the time i thought i was shaking off the deja vu and lookign at my stitching that the dude could have delivered his presents, shut his car doors (both of them were open) and pulled away. I assumed i had just been longer looking at my stitching than i thought and although i ponder what heck happened sometimes (it had the strange eery feeling the experience i just had did) i shook it off as a one off glitch or something.

But its happened again (minus the deja vu as this time as i said i just felt strangely odd and disconnected from myself or a couple of seconds instead) and now its starting to worry me.

Parts of songs you know well dont just go missing and cars on driveways dont just vanish.

Should i mention this to my dr, i dont want him to think im going mad, but hell something doesnt feel right. The experiences just felt so strange, so strange that they are almost impossible to describe. Ok its only happened twice, but twice brrrrrrrrrrr. Im beging to feel like my brain isnt working properly or something.

Both experiences temporarily confused and disorientated me after they happened and now i have a splitting headache coming on

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Anyway as i said i now have a splitting headache which seems to mostly be on teh left hand side, on teh left hand side of my face and at teh back of my head just going into the neck area. Im also getting some mild numbness on that side of my face (i can move everything but it feels like anathestic wearing off after giong to the dentists and like the sensation in the skin hasnt come back to normal yet. There is also some tinlging along with the slightly numb feeling). I still dont feel like my brain is all there.

Also ive had a cold and bronchitis recently so could it be some kind of weird combination of migraine aura and that?

Any advice appreciated.

I have called teh nhs direct for advice and they are gonna get my dr to call back, but in the meantime i thought id ask to see if anyone knew what it was.

Sounds like a scary experience, Enigmatic. I'm glad you put a call in to NHS; this really is a question for the doctor. Take care of yourself, and let us know what you find out.

Enigmatic,

let us know if you get an answer.

I've gotten feelings of deja vu & possibly jamais vu (not recognising surroundings that you should), but admittingly, I haven't mentioned these kinds of things since I slipped up & told the neurologist I had at the beginning of last year. Since these kinds of episodes occur mostly when I am walking around or driving (for very brief moments), I am leary of telling my doctors as I am barely getting by functioning & working part time & I don't want to loose my independence. But I've had this kind of thing since I have been in my late teens & try not to drive if I'm feeling unsafe so it's not something new.

If this is a new thing to you, I agree it's important to tell a doctor. Is your headache following it, one of your typical migraines?
I get headaches after I have weird episodes in general, but they are often suddenly head splitting & don't last as long as my typical (basilar or classic) migraines. Granted, I have been getting hemiplegic migraines more frequently this past year, and they sound similar to the afteraffects you report (numbness on one side of the body, from face to arms as if I've been anesthetised & stiff, sometimes to legs & then weakness after that).

Sometimes youtube and some shows on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) can make me feel really weird or ill. So can knitting, so I'm guessing these things put me in a trance state (you mentioned you were stitching?).

Enigmatic,

I hope you're feeling better

Did you hear back from your doctor yet? Please keep us posted when you can, k?

All my best to you!