Do Migraines Cause Disorientation?

Clinicians are often confused by presentations of acute confusional migraine (ACM), a rare variant of migraine headache that manifests in symptoms of confusion, agitation, disorientation, altered mental status, and problems with speech and memory.

Do migraines make you feel weird?

These may include unusual symptoms that can be scary, like tingling sensations, flashing lights, weird sounds, and blurred or lost vision. In some cases, you might get nauseated and throw up, or become sensitive to light and hole up in a dark room for days.

Can migraines cause coordination problems?

These signs or symptoms can include uncontrolled, repetitive movements of the eyes (nystagmus), slurred speech (dysarthria), and a lack of coordination of voluntary movements (ataxia). A minority of individuals with hemiplegic migraine may develop epileptic seizures outside of hemiplegic migraine attacks.