vestibular_migraine ovenbird Vertigo made the morning dance. The ceiling was a riverbed, white pebbles drawn up into vortices left in the wake of spawning salmon. Fluctuating estrogen stirred the water and I lay on my bed, adrift, afraid, begging the world to stand still so I could stand and move over it instead of being awash in its alluvial fluid. My words were swept away. For long moments I couldn’t remember what you call that square of cardboard you put under a mug to keep the condensation from leaving rings on the table. Coaster. Coast. Coastal. I was a body washed up on the shore, with the galaxy turning lazy circles above my head. Pain leapt up the waterfall of my spine. Ah. Something familiar now, at least. I found a name for this particular kind of agony and the name brought sense back to the world and as the deep ache returned to lay eggs in my brain the dizziness was displaced. I swallowed a tiny blue ocean to drown the noise of prostaglandins and found I could get to my feet. But now I must do whatever living is—we’re almost out of milk and I’ll need to plan meals for the week and the dog needs a walk and I should cut back the hostas before they turn to slime and there’s laundry and—and maybe I would rather dance with the falling sky. At least it lets me lead, sometimes. 260927 ... u24 I had my first ever migraine aura that day. A round blind spot centre-left of my vision. Circled by blue and yellow spikes from 12 to 2 o'clock, and red/green/blue zigzags from 5 to 11. It grew from fingertip sized to golfball over about 15 minutes and lasted an hour. weird. 260929 ... ovenbird Migraine auras are such strange things. I’ve suffered from migraines since I was ten, but they still surprise me sometimes with their array of symptoms that can mimic almost anything from the psychedelic to a stroke. Vestibular symptoms are new. Visual auras were common in my teenage years. Similar to yours, u24. Lots of shimmering zig-zagging lights that grow from the outside in until only a pinprick of vision remains. Once I stopped being able to form words for a while. They came to mind but would not emerge from my mouth. These days I get sensitivity to light and pain in my sinuses and jaw. Sometimes my arm goes numb. Fun. 260929 ... u24 Yeah I’m finding myself sensitive to light a bit lately. The inability to get words out sounds wild. I sometimes listen to hypnosis videos and often my whole body freezes and it really takes effort to crack the shell and start moving. I enjoy that sense of paralysis. The first time, I was laying there perfectly aware that I was supposed to leave the house at a certain time, but just could not will myself to move. It took incredible effort to reconnect with my body. I imagine the word-stoppage thing you’re talking about would feel similar but on a mental level. 261004 what's it to you? who go blather from