Migraine - Advice on finding a neurologist : Women-care

Migraine overview

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A migraine is a headache that can purpose intense throbbing suffering or a pulsing sensation, typically on one facet of the head. It's often accompanied with the aid of nausea, vomiting, and excessive sensitivity to mild and sound. Migraine assaults can closing for hours to days, and the discomfort can be so excessive that it interferes with your each day activities. For some people, a warning symptom viewed as an air of secrecy takes location until now than or with the headache. An air of secrecy can consist of visible disturbances, such as flashes of mild or blind spots, or different disturbances, such as tingling on one thing of the face or in an arm or leg and concern speaking.

My experience-Advice on finding a neurologist

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Hello all, perhaps a weird question.

I (25F) have suffered from migraines on and off since I was 12. In February of this year I had what I believe was a hemiplegic migraine. The migraine, with aura, was concentrated behind my left eye and I had numbness all down the left side of my body. I went to an urgent care because the ER was limited in staff from Covid.

I received a CT scan and blood work and was diagnosed with cluster headaches and given Fioricet. They said to follow up with a neurologist. I made an appointment but it was for 8 months out. I ended up moving 600 miles away before the appointment came and had no issues until this past Friday. The same thing happened, first with the left side of my body and then the right. It cleared and then I’ve intermittently had a migraine (no aura) and slight tingliness in my right side.

I’m still new to the area and don’t have a primary doctor yet. I went to urgent care today. They don’t have imaging and I was told I have to go to the ER in order to get a referral to a neurologist. I don’t particularly want to wait all that time alone and spend that much money in the ER if it’s not truly a medical emergency. I called my insurance company for help and they gave me the run around about how I’m better off just going to the ER or waiting to find a primary care doctor to get a referral from. I assume those are my only two options.

Has anyone had any experience with being able to go directly to a neurologist?

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Migraine Symptoms

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Migraines, which have an effect on children and teens as nicely as adults, can development via 4 stages: prodrome, aura, attack and post-drome. Not everyone who has migraines goes through all stages.

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