Hi All!
I was wondering about other people’s symptoms who have a AVM in a similar region to me - left occipital lobe.
I like many AVMers have had migraines all my life. But I got diagnosed after my migraines with aura became more frequent (1-3 times a week). I was diagnosed by the optician with right homonymous inferior quadrantic visual feild defect (blind on the lower right of my peripheral vision on both eyes) which was then confirmed by more tests taken by my ophthalmologist. I was then sent for a MRI a few weeks later, I’m that time the migraines progressed from few times a week to every day.
Since my diagnosis when the MRI results came through 4 weeks ago. My migraines have reduced to being only once a week. However I have been having dizzyness, neck pains, sensitivity to both light and sound, large dark squiggles jumping out at me in the day time, random pains in the back of my head that last only a minute and then go and also the aura without the migraine (blurred vision creeping up from the right peripherals then across my visual field with flashing lights) which also comes and goes. I have also had very low energy levels for the past 6 months which im not sure if related or purely due to depression.
I am on the urgent list to see the neurosurgeon consultant for the first time. But in the mean time I am wondering if anyone else had similar symptoms?
Thank you to all of you for taking time to read my post and offer me any experiences of your own.
Corrine