Question
Let me begin at the beginning. Yesterday, around 4pm I began having some mild muscle pain in the back of my neck. At approx. 4:30 it suddenly spiked and could barely move my head. It began in my right shoulder and came up through my neck. Gradually it subsided a bit and I ignored it (I get a lot of aches and pains).

About a half hour later I was walking into a store and it was like I had looked directly into the sun or had an extremely bright camera flashed in my eyes. I say circles of light everywhere I tried to focus (also kind of like if you squeeze your eyes shut for a REALLY long time and it screws up your vision). The light let up a bit but I couldn't really focus my vision... somewhere between double vision and these light spots..... I was really scared.....

I decided to go to my mom's which was only about a 5 min drive away.... as I drove it got worse... I started getting head rushes.... like all the blood rushing to my head ( ok this is graphic, but to explain... it was like what may happen when you're bearing down during a bowel movement) and I could feel my pulse pounding in my head..... and this vise like grip throughout my face and forehead. What came to my mind? Ok I admit it... I thought I was having a stoke....

I stopped at the pharmacy next to her house and took my BP.... normal 126/76 and my pulse was 72.

That eased my mind a bit, but the pain kept getting worse. I got to her house and was in tears. I made myself eat (I hadn't eaten anything all day) and even though the muscle spasms and pain were making me nauseous at this point I downed half a sandwich.

I took on of my migraine pills, Axert, even though it didn't feel like any migraine I'd ever had aside from the location, and laid on her bed and cried. I was SO scared. After about 45 I decided I needed to go home and take a muscle relaxer and so I drove home, carefully... took a Soma and 2 Aleve and went to bed.

I'll be honest with you.... I've not been that scared medically in a long time. I don't know what it was all about.... I'm SURE the muscles had a lot to do with it..... I don't know what was going on with my vision.....


Answer
Your question requires a proper exam to diagnose correctly. This is the area of expertise of a properly qualified MD. That is what I recommend for you. Please get this checked further immediately to rule out anything serious.

It could simply be related to your Migraine headaches. It is likely your headaches may have a cause originating in your neck area. What you just experienced was a reflection of that. But again, this would need to be examined to be confirmed. Go see your MD...
If he has no answers for you feel free to get back to me with the results of his testing.