After effects

Hi all. Rob here. I had my stroke 22 May this year. Right side dead. Leg an arm. By the

7 th june was discharged with a note - no medical problems. Whent home where I had the local stroke nurse and physio visit me. Was soon walking and gripping again with loads of excersise. Felt more or less like my old self and then Wham - the post stroke fatigue set in!

This changed my life and how. Still have it now, four months on. The cure is supposed

To be 8 hours sleep every night. More than 9 being bad for you, as is less than 7 I was informed.

Thats when I discovered the worse. The stroke fatigue prevented me completelt from sleeping - at any time in any way! The doctor could only 1 drug out of the large number we tried this being zopiclone. A drug which you could become ' dependant' on.

Of course my body got used to the drug and I must tak more to get any sleep.

Has anyone got any experience of my plight???

[2stroke]

robbof.

see my latest blog on different strokes,have the doc tried termazepam.

Best wishes.

2stroke.

[2stroke]

robbof.

June was a brilliant month for me and the month my world imploded.June 8 1968.i got married to the best ever young woman,47 years and 10 days later being June 18th 2015.

My darling wife lost her battle with pancreatic cancer.(R.I.P.BABES).3 months later i had my first stroke.

Sorry ,signing off now as memory hits hard.

see you.

2stroke.

[SoulRebel-APS]

I’m sorry you have this problem and even more sorry that it has become an addiction. I take two heavy sleeping medications every night but still wake up about every hour all night long. I wake up due to pain! Either in my hips, my shoulder, my arms, my hands, my knees, legs or the bottom of my feet. I probably shouldn’t do this but I sleep with a heating pad and am always having to move it the whatever body part is hurting the most. It all helps but I NEVER wake up feeling rested. It’s almost like every day I wake up I’m more exhausted then the night before I went to sleep. I do not understand all the joint pain but it is significant. I take high dose pain meds and still have constant pain. I hope this helps some. I can understand ur being tired. Its ruff.

Soul Rebel