Posted by bookgurl99 on December 21, 2002, at 8:21:32
In reply to Brain fog, posted by Michael73 on December 19, 2002, at 18:27:49
I had similar symptoms -- physical sensation in the head, kind of a squeezing or pressure feeling in the forehead, etc., optical weirdness (colors looking different or just feeling like I couldn't scan as well as normal) -- accompanied with feeling stupid, being very forgetful. I call them 'slow brain days.'
I talked to a doc about it and was dx'd with atypical migraines. I take verapamil 80 mg 3x/day to combat it. At the time of dx, I was VERY anxious about it -- it's scary to think you could be losing it. AND I had trouble believing it could be migraines, because of severity of the symptoms. But it turned out that it _was_ migraines; verapamil 3x/day worked like a charm to prevent them. I felt better the first day.
Plus, now that I know what it is, I feel much less anxious about my 'slow brain days'.
might wanna talk to your doc about this,
bookie
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