Usually is frontal or occipital. Tends to be recurrent. In males, occurring at night, 2-3 hours after falling asleep. Usually lasts about 1 hour. Headache accompanied by transient loss of consciousness should raise question of stroke .
Patients commonly have feelings of fear or d ja vu associated with complex partial seizures.
Tonic-clonic, often with loss of autonomic control. Transient, painless loss of vision in one eye, due to ischaemic changes in retina. Usually due to carotid artery stenosis or some form of retinal artery occlusion. Other symptoms, such as weakness, paraesthesias, often accompany the Amaurosis Fugax. Occurs in Multiple Sclerosis and may cause transient loss of vision in one eye.