- Short-acting sedative use
The symptoms of short-acting sedatives include drowsiness, vertigo, muscle weakness, double vision, and more.
- Medication reaction or side-effect
Medication side effects include nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, weakness, dizziness, seizures, and more.
- Transient global amnesia
Transient global amnesia is a sudden loss of memory. Symptoms usually last for hours and then memory returns.
- Intoxication
Symptoms of intoxication include euphoria, slowed reaction time, dizziness, confusion, numbness, and more.
- Epilepsy (absence or petit mal seizures)
Petit mal or absence epileptic seizures cause staring spells or chewing motions.
- Epilepsy (complex partial seizures)
During complex partial seizures, people lose consciousness briefly.
- Ocular migraine
Ocular migraine usually refers to a type of migraine that can cause temporary blindness in one eye.
- Optic neuritis
Optic neuritis is an inflammation of the optic nerve, and causes blurred or dimmed vision and pain.
- Retinal detachment
Retinal detachment causes floaters in your vision, flashes of light, blind spots, loss of vision, and more.
- Stroke
A stroke occurs when blood and oxygen to the brain are cut off, and causes numbness, confusion, and more.
- Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the nervous system causing difficulties with balance, speech, and movement.
- Sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease symptoms include repeated infections, yellow skin, fatigue, dizziness, pain, and more.
- Brain tumor
Primary brain tumors are often benign but can cause seizures, ongoing headaches, or loss of coordination.
- Brain infection
A brain infection is inflammation of the brain or spinal cord and can cause nausea, fever, seizures and more.
- Methanol poisoning
The symptoms of methanol poisoning include trouble breathing, blindness, headache, dizziness, and more.