speaking of hospitals and ER's, I need some advice. For the past 3 days, I have been getting bad headaches off and on. The first sign one is coming is I lose vision/and have dots and weird stuff (i believe the medical term is "auras") and its only in my right eye. Then, like clock work, my right hand and then arm go numb, then my lips and right side of my face go numb. Apparently this is common with some migraines. My Primary physician, who I haven't seen in forever always just told me to take aleve or excedrine migraine. I'm in the process of switching primaries b/c i still go to the one i've gone too since i was 16 and I'm now 28 so I think its time for a dr that specializes in adults lol..
anyway, i've never had the migraines so bad, i realize it is prob due to my hormones plummeting but it's really scary, especially with the numbness, and i have never had an MRI to see if anything else is wrong. I have the number for a great neurologist that I'm going to call tmw but in the mean time I'm wondering if I should at least go to the ER if I get another one today, or just go and tell them I'm having one so I can have a full work up and MRI before I go to the neurologist. I'm really not one for abusing the ER system, I think thats part of the problem with our healthcare system, but yesterday when I called my primary in the midst of the headache/numbness, she told me to go to the ER. I couldn't at the time b/c i couldn't get a hold of anyone to watch the kids so my husband could drive me and i don't want my kids in the ER for obvious reasons. Do you think this is completely ridiculous of me to go to the ER for this, or should I wait for an appointment with a neurologist?