sudden onset slurred speech 3 days cont'd sympts

[music234]

About- Female, mid-40s otherwise healthy. In the middle of a normal conversation, I felt my head get heavy and then my whole body felt uncoordinated and I felt as though I was going to possibly pass out. My husband drove me to the ER (5 minute drive) and when I walked in I had to drag my legs. My hands curled in close to me and were weak and heavy as well. My speech slowed and was slurred. My vitals were within normal range although my Bp was higher in normal range for me. After 2 hours in the waiting room I was worked up for a stroke or bleed and then lots of other tests and spent 3 nights in the hospital. My speech became normal (except for slight halting) on the third evening. 8 weeks later my symptoms are: waves of bilateral pins and needles(3 -5x per day), tingling in the back of my head, speech kind of broken but amazingly clear, left side weakness resulting in unsteady gait, eyes want to fix in a daze, fatigue easily,(mental fatigue as well,) altered consciousness(like slightly drunk).  
7 weeks before the hospital stay I had a very dizzy feeling, like an earthquake rather than spinning and tingling in the back of my head for the first time. The fast onset sounds like a migraine syndrom but the length of symptoms (3 days of slurred speech then 8 weeks other symptoms) seem to make this diagnosis by elimination seem odd. Any suggestions?

[jimv1]

My wife has very similar symptoms. Did you ever figure out what was causing your symptoms? Thanks

[penguin2010]

Something very similar happened to me a week ago. I began to feel light headed and faint then legs felt heavy as collapsed. On the way to hospital everything slowed down in my mind and speech. I still have slurred, slow, jerky speech and twitching in my upper back when i walk. MRI, CT, blood tests, EEG all clear to rule out stroke or tumour or lesions. I was released with the neurologists saying it'll just go away in a few weeks. Even suggested psych review which again cleared me for any psychological issues. They said they have no explanation but are so confident it will go away. It's very frustrating..... :(

[music234]

I forgot to mention tremors. Timeline 1st "event" was the "earthquake" feeling and sensation in the back of my head, weeks later the extremely slow and slurred speech etc. Currently: pins and needles, left side weakness, feeling slightly drunk, tremors, eyes want to fix in a daze, mental/phys fatigue, please see previous post. They were so sure of a stroke at first that they did MRI's, MRA, CT scan, chest x-ray, and a lot of blood work. The speech therapist said that it seemed like there were two parts of my brain affected- one was higher and the other lower. My speech is no longer slow. I only have to work on not halting when I am explaining something. Automatic responses are fine. Could it be basilar or complicated migraine even though there are lingering fluxuating symptoms?