Wow, how bizarre! I don't have any medical knowledge or experience to add, just wanted to express my sympathy! I hope you get some answers.

I bumped into Anna a few days after this scare and was worried with her. It's so scary, especially when you stay alone at home.

Lots of hugs and do hope that the mystery is resolved. Take care of yourself. We are here if you need us, Queen Mint Green Anna.

Anna, I didn't even have to finish your post and I knew immediately ( after reading your scan result ) that it was a migraine, possibly what is known as a complex migraine. It has happened to me several times over the last 10 years where I have ended up in the ER. One of my best friends suffers from the same thing....she doesn't get the intense pain but her symptoms are very similar to strokes, as are mine with pain and without. I once was very confused and could understand everything people were saying to me but I couldn't think of the words to respond. When I tried to speak, apparently I was not making sense. I was rushed to the hospital. I knew it was a migraine ( I have had this since I was a teenager) but I couldn't communicate it and that was new. My face and tongue felt numb too. My husband was called and they started running down all the tests they were going to run because the ER was convinced it was a stroke. They wanted to give me medicine. My husband told them no, that it was a migraine and that they needed to give me something for a migraine, fast. Once they confirmed, with my migraine specialist that this was the case, they gave me migraine meds via IV. After a few hours, I felt better and they released me, but my lips and cheeks felt numb for the whole next day. Again, totally normal for me when this type of thing happens to me. Sometimes my gums feel numb.

My advice is, see a neurologist who specializes in headaches. Not all migraine suffers have pain. They will figure it out and either confirm or not. But, I have gone through that scenario several times. Also something similar happened recently on tv :

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/.....16pqJgmPFI

Keep us informed please.

Oh should say that migraines alone are not dangerous unless you are driving or doing something potentially dangerous and you become confused. For me the confusion is always around speech and word finding, never function. I don't know about other people though.

Anna, I'm sorry that you are going through this. I don't have any insight or helpful information, but I do hope posting here has been worthwhile.

Oh Anna, how frightening that must have been for you. I'm glad to hear that the tests have been normal and that you are following up with your primary. Please take care.

Anna, I'm so glad that, at least, you were able to be taken care of properly and checked out right away! I hoe that helped some with the scariness of it all.

I also hope Isabel's comment brings some comfort and encourages you to get that neurologist linedup asap.

What a scary situation. I am glad you seem to be doing better.

After I posted this I got slammed at work. I see my primary care doctor on Thursday.

Anna, I hope you are feeling better and that you can see a neurologist soon, especially one that specializes in migraines. Big hugs!

No helpful advice Anna, take care of you though xx

So sorry to hear about your scare. Take care and may your appt Thurs help you along the way to a diagnosis and treatment.

Oh dear! Hoping your doctor can figure it out fast. Take care of yourself, Anna, and fingers crossed for no more episodes between now and Thursday.

Anna, I have a history of migraines which first started at age 41. At one point they were so severe I was hospitalized twice in the same month. I have had all of the classic migraine symptoms especially severe nausea. I have also had the feeling of a loss for words, confusion, and my tongue not working properly. Although I don't recall swelling when this happened.

I still get these moments of a loss for words and confusion. As well as migraines. But rarely now. I stopped taking certain meds which aggravated this symptom. It is a really scary feeling, like you are losing your brain.

I did have severe facial and lip swelling (moderate tongue swelling) three times and each time it was hives, there is something I am allergic to in August or September or it could have been fake tanner. When I had hives, I had no confusion/loss for words, just a lot of swelling.

So you're not alone in having migraines or these symptoms. I appreciate your sharing this information, and I hope you are OK!

I can offer you very little beyond moral support, but that you can have in spades. I really hope your medical team is able to sort you out in short order. Take care of yourself and please keep us posted - your trials are no burden, they're for us to help you work through!

Anna, this sounds like such a scary experience. I had no idea before reading this thread that such migraines existed and glad you are getting checked out. Sorry to hear about getting slammed at work - not related to this, I hope?

Anna, how scary for you! ((Hugs))

I suffer from migraines a lot, unfortunately, and have had parts of my face go numb before. I've never had that happen to my tongue/throat, but it wouldn't surprise me if you did have just a particularly bad migraine.

I hope your doctors are able to figure out what's going on ASAP. Not knowing can be really scary and upsetting.

Lots more hugs from me.

ETA: What Isabel said strikes a chord with me too. Some migraines don't hurt per se, but they can really mess you up in other ways...I second the recommendation of seeing a neurologist.

So sorry to hear about this. Hope you'll get answers soon for what is causing it. Migraines can cause the strangest things. I lose my eyesight for at least half an hour every time I have a strong migraine.

Anna, no advice except make sure you follow this through to be sure you know the cause. Trouble is these symptoms can be indicative of a number of things so while its probably a migraine as suggested you need to be sure. I have been thinking of you all day and if you don't object will be praying for you in the hope of this all working it self out quickly.

Anna I have nothing I can add to the other posts, but please keep us up dated.

Take care of yourself, thinking of you xx

What a scary thing to go through.

A big THANK YOU from me that an allergic reaction to an antibiotic, involving swollen tongue, was mentioned. I tend to pooh pooh grown son's every little complaint but when I read that I looked up an allergy to the antibiotic he's on and took him right off it. His usual doctor was off that day, family pharmacist who's very concientious and knows him from babyhood didn't have the liquid needed, the pharmacist elsewhere did not speak to me and there is no patient guide in the bottle. Nobody looked anything up about this - there's a 5-10% crossover with patients allergic to penicillin. Eeek. We are all stupid - but I am lucky in finding this thread.

What a strange experience! I've never had a proper migraine as far as I know, but I did once experience the strange moving aura around the edges of everything I looked at. I thought there was something wrong with my eye but the doctor suggested migraine. Never had any other symptoms, though.

Hope it turns out to be something easily treatable!

Mander, my mom had that once or twice -- I think they called it an ocular migraine? I have even had that a couple of times after very vigorous exercise in the heat -- everything around me got wavery as though huge ceiling fans were waving my surroundings about, and it was quite scary.

My husband's migraines have involved loss of sight, numbness in the face and tongue, and feeling like he couldn't make words. His ex-wife told me she remembered that he used to get them after playing basketball when he was really young (22 or so), but he had forgotten about it until they hit him again a couple of year ago, so they seem to come and go with no rhyme or reason, but I find it interesting that strenuous exercise has been part of the scenario.

Anna, I'll be thinking about you and hoping your doc has encouraging news for you on Thursday!