Fnd ,Stroke symptoms.

[Littlecook]

Stroke symptoms without the stroke , I've experienced this so many times I've always been told I must go to hospital but I'm not going to waste the hospitals time and money doing tests and I know whats going on , it takes a lot out of me making me very anxious and tired, this can last anything from 3 days to a week before I start to feel more myself. It would be interesting to learn how everyone else copes with happening to them .

[IceOwl]

Morning Littlecook, I hear you as I have episodes of non-stroke stroke symptoms too. I’ve been taken to hospital many times with it but like you I started to feel like I’m wasting the hospital’s time and resources so felt embarrassed and like I shouldn’t be there. I phoned 111 a couple of times saying I just needed reassurance and someone on the phone until the symptoms lessened but they always send an ambulance on blue light as the symptoms hit the stroke markers so now I don’t call them either. This left me feeling even more isolated with it all but a doctor since said to me that just because I’m confident it’s not a stroke as I’ve had this many times it doesn’t mean it’s not a stroke next time so I should get it checked anyway. It’s a very draining process though as once I’m checked I need to get home from the hospital somehow with compromised limbs and speech which adds to the stress and prolongs the recovery. My current approach is to stay home if I’m feeling even slightly off as that increases my chances of an episode (which is incredibly isolating and limiting) or just take my chances and assess each episode depending on where I am and it’s intensity. Sorry if this sounds a bit ranty I’ve been a bad week with it all. I wish us all luck and peace x

[Littlecook in reply to IceOwl]

Good afternoon ,I will message you privately if that's OK.

[Redlady39]

I’ve experienced this also! I have gone to the Emergency Department for most of my episodes, I was only diagnosed this past year. I haven’t had any as severe since starting therapy and a mental health medication. The most recent ones I had I didn’t bother going as it will cost me money for them to tell me nothing and to follow up with the neurologist.