Migraines are all hugely different - and only 80% of the come with a "migraine" (ie the bad headache).
Blurred vision, tunnel vision, seeing spots, photophobia (light hurts) occur in the vast majority of migraines.
I think it's 50-60% who have ear problems too: difficulty hearing or balance problems.
Some people can have fits, be unable to move their limbs, be partially paralysed. I'm one of those, along with eye problems. But no headache, or problems using a computer.
I even know of one man who falls into a 3-day coma every time he has a migraine. They're strange things. They tend to peak and worsen in women around the age of 30, but ages 15-40 is a key migraine time for women. HTH!
It's always hard to give advice over the computer....
It could be a migrane, but it might be something else. If you're concerned maybe you should go and get looked at. Is someone else with you in case you do pass out?
I have killer migraines. They start with i see squiggly lines in my sight, when they start i HAVE to take something right away if i wait 5 mins its generally too late and im hit with being unable to see anything, my hearing goes and my head goes numb and heavy and my head POUNDS. At this point nothing makes it go away only sleeping. But i usually have a lingering headache for days afterwards.
If this is the first time experiencing it you should see your GP.
Just thought I would let you know that it was definately, 110% a migraine...worst thing I've ever experienced My headache started building and building, I actually couldn't believe that it just kept getting more painful, I kept thinking that surely there would be a limit, but nope. I just lay there in the dark until DF got home. I felt super nauseous, every part of me was aching but especially my head. It got to the point where I couldn't even move or talk, it hurt too much to hear my voice coming out of my own mouth. I still have a lingering headache but I'm taking it easy. I wish that we had had some painkillers in the house when it first began, by the time df came home with some, it was kind of too late and I had to ride it out. NEVER want to experience that again, ick
Sorry you had to go through that.. i totally know how you feel. But just to keep in mind.. if youre ever without pain killers, scull as much water as you can. I tried it once when we were out of pain killers and it actually made my migraine ease and then go.
Ahh yes.. this is my migraine. Its called an Aura Migraine. Ive been getting them since i was young. They start like you said with a spot in my vision, which grows, like dancing/flashing white lights. As soon as i notice it, i have to immediately take some pain killers. Nurophen plus is the only over the counter drug that helps mine. I then develop a headache, my speech becomes jumbled (what im thinking and trying to say, doesnt come out properly), words i read dont make sense and i cant understand their meaning, i cant think of answers to easy questions, headache increases down my neck, sometimes nausia, then usually towards the end i usually get numb on one side of my body. Ive tried many things over the years with my doctors to find the cause, but they come so unexpectedly and inconsistant.. one stage they were once a month the week before my period, then that stopped and id get 3-4 within days of each other once every 6 months. Thats kinda where im at atm. But the only thing ive found is they are hereditary. Both my mum and dad suffer the same. I actually had one the night before last.
Take some pain killers and go lay down in a dark room if you can. Hope yours goes away soon. Theyre not fun
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My headache started building and building, I actually couldn't believe that it just kept getting more painful, I kept thinking that surely there would be a limit, but nope. I just lay there in the dark until DF got home. I felt super nauseous, every part of me was aching but especially my head. It got to the point where I couldn't even move or talk, it hurt too much to hear my voice coming out of my own mouth. I still have a lingering headache but I'm taking it easy. I wish that we had had some painkillers in the house when it first began, by the time df came home with some, it was kind of too late and I had to ride it out. NEVER want to experience that again, ick 
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