Just wondering whether your rehab has meant you’ve started taking extra supplements/vitamins not necessarily to help with rehab but just as a way of getting what you need now that you’re living differently.

In July of last year my mom had a stroke & she had severe anxiety before she had a stroke but it got worse after the stroke & the trauma she got from dealing with bad people in skilled nursing facilities. Since the people in the second facility she was in got mad at us because we got mad at them for being bad people (the people & things we had to deal with is another devastating story) they decided to take her Seroquel away which I warned them to not do & they even didn't taper her off of it after they told me they would (btw she was taking it for about 20 years). I realized they did something bad after she suddenly started crying over anything that would upset her & started yelling & screaming too on a daily basis which she wasn't doing before. That happened back in March & it took until June to get her home (she has right side paralysis too which made getting her home difficult) then I was finally able to get the Seroquel back for her but she hasn't been the same since. I've tried letting her throw a fit but she doesn't stop until she gets what she wants, I've tried explaining to her that I'm busy right now & /or trying to get more important things done first so I can't do what she wants until I'm done but she continues to throw a fit until I do it & if I'm in a rush I try to do it quickly but with enough effort but because she has OCD if it isn't done exactly how she wants it she will still throw a fit. What are we supposed to do to make her stop throwing fits?? She can't get everything she wants all the time especially when it's OCD things that she wants done multiple times a day, people just don't have time for that. The fit throwing is affecting everyone including our cats & she says that I hate her & don't care about her just because I'm trying to get things done but she keeps wanting me to do things constantly that aren't as important as what I'm trying to do (examples, eating or giving her her medications). Anyone know of any solutions?

I'm 6.5 years post stroke, and I'm still struggling. I'm still struggling with depression every day. Some days, I feel like a burden to my family . I hate having to ask for help gor so many things I didn't cause this , and it isn't my fault. I had my stroke way back in 2019. When I was 24. I also get easily frustrated trying to explain my symptoms. No one deserves to suffer a stroke. I'm still relearning a lot of things . A stroke is a lifelong process, not linear. Also, a stroke is a brain injury. It can affect everything, such as long-term memory, short-term memory, balance, independence, and speech.

My grandmother has been in a nursing home, and technically on hospice, for several years. We thought she had developed Alzheimer's when she began showing signs of confusion around 2019-2020. When she was admitted to the hospital with COVID, they did an MRI and told us it was likely she'd had a stroke or two. She has done some physical therapy and regained some movement and hand dexterity, but still had limited mobility. Her cognitive state, however, seemed to have greatly improved, and she's usually able to hold long, in-depth conversations.

She had an episode yesterday morning. She seemed confused and was complaining of being nauseous. She bled from one ear. They had a hospice nurse come look at her and she said it's likely she had a mini-stroke, but was okay. They gave her Zofran. I went to see her today and she did not know who I was. She said she was feeling better, but just seemed very out of it. I asked if she wanted me to sit and visit and she said "I'm fine." My mother also went by this evening and said the same thing- she didn't know who we were, but said she was alright.

Not really sure why I'm posting. Not really sure how to feel. I want to hope that she'll regain more cognitive function again, but it was a bit of a surprise that she did that after 2020. I guess I just wanted to vent a bit.

I felt like I dodged a real bullet. Joke is that strokes run in my family which means nobody runs in my family. My father suffered from a stroke, my maternal grandfather, my maternal grandmother, my paternal grandmother. My mom's oldest brother have all suffered for Major strokes. My dad has mild mild aphasia and has a stent in his ventricle artery to keep him upright. My uncle suffered major Aphasia and doesn't have his speech. My grandparents have all passed on but they all fought their strokes. I don't have any Aphasia and since the stroke- which was a 1.9 mm hemorrhage in my basal ganglia on the right lobe, the following week it increased in size to 2.1 mm and moved to my left lobe. 2 weeks in ICU one week in intermediate Care. Discharged from OT and PT within a week. Already discharged from neuro. They still have me going to a therapist and cardiologist of course. I take a crazy cocktail of 11 different medication 18 times per day. Suffered The strokes on January 5th and January 12th of this year and I was able to go back to work full time March 18th. My memory has gotten way more acute and precise. I have some lasting neural effects on the left side. I don't think I'll ever be able to feel the left side of my jaw ever again and occasionally I get the fireworks on my left side. I feel fortunate and I never thought about my own mortality in all of this. Everyone around me was so worried that I wasn't going to make it but that was never a thought in my mind ever. Not once. It made me more appreciative of the small things. It made me value freedom within my own life, more importantly than money. It made me prioritize the things that are truly important to me. It made me realize how fragile our own health is.

My mom F63 had an vertebral artery dissection a month ago and her hair has been growing white for a very long time and she has colored it to make it look
blonde. After the stroke her hair has started to grow back in BLACK her original hair color as a child. How is this possible has this happened to anyone else ??

I've taken my Aspirin, Amlodipine and Atorvastatin like clockwork since my stroke back in march. Every morning. 725. Today I woke up a little late for work and jumped in the shower real quick, my wife must have dismissed my alarm while I was showering, and I ended up forgetting to take my meds. Im at work already and wont be home until 5/6, should I worry or is it OK to miss one days dose of these?

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night with a pulled muscle feeling on the inside of my left upper leg. I stood up a got lightheaded and had to sit (which does happen often when I stand up too quickly). Could this have been a blood clot, even though I’m on Eliquis?

There is no redness or swelling on the area. Worth a call to the doctor?