Question: I have pain behind my right eye( similar to a bruised feeling) and pressure behind my ear as well on the skull where the ear piece of the glasses would fit. The right side is swollen. This I have swelling in the artery above my ear near my temple as well.with pain. This is all on the right side. The pressure worsens dramatically when bending over. I get very dizzy and tip to the side. I have episodes of slurred speeched and right eye drooping. My speech is slurred but because I am having trouble putting words together they come up jumbled and slow because my tongue moves funny and not the way i need it too and it is frustrating. My face droops on that side and it is very visible. I am a 35 yr old woman overweight on meds for blood pressure that is under control. I have been diagnosed with lupus, migraines, left ventricle englargement, mitral valve prolapse, autoimmune thryroid, chronic bronchitis, pleurisy, etc etc. as well as myasthenia gravis. I was hospitalized for suspected optic neurits and possible ms but they later ruled them both inconclusive? That was the first time that I had an episode and the facial drooping wasn't as bad, but the vision loss was. My right eye was very blurry and it had been my better eye. It is still not normal but they gave me high dose IV steroids and it improved some. Then a few months later had a severe episode of what my family called my face "melting" and had a severe headache and what we thought was one of my hypoglycemic attacks but much worse. My face drooped on one side , my vision blurred on that side and when I tried to take a drink with a straw it came running out of my mouth. The drs thought complicated migraine or stroke and then decided against stroke and tested for myasthenia. The testing came back negative but diagnosed me anyway. I have trouble swallowing and also wake up biting my tongue sometimes at night.Since then I have had at least twice that I have been unable to see light with that eye. It was completely dark with that eye only but fine with the other one. As far as general health, I have numbness in my hands, feet and legs, bruises that don't go away on my ankles and have edema. I have many other unrelated problems refulx, hiatial hernia, inflamation of the colon & stomach & arthritis, low b12 etc. But it could be much worse. Thank you so much for any ideas you may have. I am on Topamax 150 mg 3x day for migraines & asthma & allergy medicine as well to control sinus issues & estratest for a complete hysterectomy 10 years ago. I will list all meds & surgeries if needed. I was told I need my tonsils out as well. I just would like to figure out why I have such trouble with that side of my head and then can't speak properly or see as well..