Yesterday I was terrified by an episode of stroke-like symptoms... I'm a 21-year-old female, so I don't think it's likely that it was a stroke or TIA, but all my parents/aunts/uncles/grandparents have some history of heart disease, heat attack, or stroke, so I don't think I should rule it out.
Anyway, nothing like this has ever happened to me before, and it started out when I woke up at roughly 5:30 am yesterday. I had my alarm set for 6, and I never ever wake up before it goes off. I had major difficulty opening my eyes and I couldn't figure out why. I passed out again and didn't wake up again until around 7; my dog was being really restless so I went to let him out. At this point I noticed something was wrong; I had major trouble standing up and walking, and my mind was totally foggy. I had to think for awhile before I could remember my dog's name or even my own name. I felt horribly, horribly drunk but of course I wasn't. I went back to bed, then woke up again around 9:30 or so and called my dad to ask if it was normal to be dizzy and confused about everything. He suggested that I drink some water, so I got a glass, started to sip out of it, and set it down. After a few seconds I picked it up again, couldn't remember if it was mine, and got a new one- this happened again several times until I realized all the glasses piling up in the sink were probably mine. I was alternately freezing and burning up. My depth perception was shot and I kept getting flashes across my vision. I kept having to sit abruptly on the floor to keep from falling. Around 10 my hands and feet started going numb; at that point I freaked out and went to find my brother, who took me to the hospital. They had me do a CT scan, which came back normal. (I don't necessarily trust that though- I broke my arm a year ago falling off my horse, and after doing some X-rays they told me I was just bruised. A couple of weeks later I still couldn't move my arm so I went to another doctor; he showed me my X-rays, which showed a pretty obvious break.)
Anyway, the other symptoms were mostly gone by 1 or 2 pm, and the vertigo was much reduced by the time I went to bed, but I'm still a little dizzy. I had frequent ocular migraines as a younger teenager (up to once a week for a few years), so I'm thinking this silent-migraine thing makes sense. But I've never heard of anyone waking up with a migraine, and all my grandparents have had heart disease, heart attacks, and/or strokes, so I think maybe it would be a good idea to get a second opinion in case it's something like a TIA. Sorry for the long story but has anyone else had an episode like this and if so, what did you do?