Stroke Community

I took my 18 yr old to college late todayand decided to wait for him. I felt tired so I put my seat back. Then a few minutes later I decided to crawl into the back of the van and 'stretch out'. (never do that) I laid down and woke up 20 min later feeling very disoriented, weak, lots of pressure in my head,nauseated and confused. I got out to move up to the drivers seat. I felt very dizzy and 'spaced out'. I waited for about 10 minutes.My thinking was fuzzy and I got very emotional. I called my dad and he talked to me for awhile. I tried getting out of the van and my legs were still very weak. Over the next hr, I sat in the seat, trying to reason it all out. Then I drove up to the college bldg, got out and walked/wobbled (more like it) into the bathroom. My feet were shuffling, and it was hard to stay straight. When I got back out to the van and called dad again, he said maybe I needed to eat something. I drove next door to mcd's, had trouble ordering, got back to the campus, tried to eat but it was hard to figure out how to do it and it seemed really strange. Plus it tasted horrible and the nausea made me quit. My son then called me back and he came out and said "you need to go to ER". I talked him out of it. My speech was slow, and I had trouble talking/finding words when I talked to him my dad and the drive thru girl. he went back into class and I waited. I thought maybe I'd feel better if I walked some more, did the bathroom again, still wobbly, then drove myself to the drug store on the other side. Took my bp in there. Normally I'm low- 110/68, but it was 133/86. I walked for a bit, still feeling spaced out. Talked to dad, told him I felt a bit better. After that, went back to the college, picked up my son and drove us 20 mi to pick up my daughter at her school. My head was starting to hurt more again, so I let him drive us home. Called the fam dr, made an appt for 5. At 5, there wait room was full, so I went back home to wait. They called, I went in. My dr looked at me and said I need to see a neurologist but they are hard to get into. I then told him I have an appt tomorrow to see them b/c back pain/numb/tingling in my leg (this same dr said I herniated lumbar 10 days ago). he sent me home, said not to take any aspirin and to see neuro tomorrow.He said he thinks its something 'neurological' but not a stroke ( I said the word) because the weakness is in both legs, and he said my symptoms werent really classic.
I took some anti- nausea med when I got home from the dr, told my husband who just woke up from sleeping off night shift. He checked in w/my dad. They decided he should put me to bed. He stayed up there w/ me.
Now its 12 hrs later from when it all started. I'm feeling a bit better, the nausea is mostly gone, my legs feel a bit stronger and I'm not disoriented, nor do I have such head pressure. I'm well enough to be on here. I do have previous medical experience, and I'm pretty sure if I had been observing a friend/family member go thru all this- I'd have insisted on the ER. I hope I didn't cause myself too much damage by insisting that I was 'ok'- even though Dad offered to drive over. I ignored my son's opinion b/c he said maybe it was related to my disc trouble and he's young... sheesh. Now that I'm feeling better and more oriented- I could kick myself. And no- my typing is not this good- I've done lots of corrections- it seems to be worse tonight than usual.
Hubby went to work and here I am. Appointment is tomorrow at 4pm. I'm thinking maybe call them first thing in the am?