after effects of a TIA

[jjjtll]

A week ago I had a Tia. I was unable to speak and could not move my left arm or leg. This went on for about an hour and 15 mins. After a night in the hospital, and an Mri and other scans. I was released. I was told I should have no side effects. But  now I have bad head aches on my left temple and I get a stabbing pain on my temple and neck, that last that last just several seconds.
    Also my speach has been effected slightly. Often I will be talking and a word will pop in a sentence where it doesnt belong, and I forget just what I want to say.
   Could you tell me how long these symptons last?
     Thank you
        jjjtll

[EKH]

I am a 31 year old female in general good health besides a neck injury.  9 days ago I had a TIA at work out of the blue.  I felt like I was hit in the side of the head with a baseball bat with a spike on the end.  Severe bashing type pain that worsened on each inhalation.  Everything went bright and I got hot and sweaty.  This lasted less than 2 minutes.  Then came weakness, tingling (mostly on left side of face but also in arms and legs later on that day) and slight drunk feeling.  I wasn't slurring much, but my speech was different and I had a hard time finding some words.  2 short bouts of very loud ringing in my left ear and serious fatigue.
I should have gone to the ER but instead I was able to see my primary.  He said no, not a TIA, I'm too young for that.  He told me to rest for the day and call in the morning.  I called and requested an MRI and a referral to a neurologist.  The MRI finally happened 6 days later.  It didn't show any signs of what happened that day, but did show an 8 mm lacune in the left basal ganglia from a prior insult, and the report said the prior insult was a year old.  I don't recall having a stroke last year although I do have migraines.  I also have trauma to my jaw and c1 and c2 from an assault 3 years ago.  Next step is Neurologist to try and get some answers and some sort of plan.  Since the episode I have had a constant headache, weakness, fatigue, moody as hell, and neck pain much worse than normal.  I saw my spine doc today (every 4 weeks to put it back together due to ligamentous strain not holding the damn things in place) and he said age means nothing when it comes to strokes/TIAs.  He recommended a neuro as well.  I am having to keep going back and fix words in this!  I also noticed problems texting (hitting the same wrong letters trying to make words over and over again) and trying to think of specific words.  I'm really glad this forum is here.  It made me cry reading all of these.  I'm sorry to all of you going through this and I thank you for posting.  It really helped me.  I didn't understand why I was still so tired...

[Merquoire]

Hi! I am SO glad I found this site, thank you so much to everyone who has commented. I cant begin to tell you how relieved I am now.
I hadHi! I am SO glad I found this site, thank you so much to everyone who has commented. I cant begin to tell you how relieved I am now.
I had what I presume was my first TIA a few weeks ago. This was the first time I ended up at the accident and emergency hospital, which is why I presume its my first. The 'loss' of words scared me badly. The harder I tried to get to focus on a word, the more confused I got and the more words I 'lost'.
Its now 3 weeks later and aside from the crippling headaches (I am told that this is because I am a migraine sufferer) I am doing okay. A little slower than before and less patient, but what I have noticed and I wondered if others got this also, is when I am stressed or put myself under pressure, I lose my words or I get them jumbled up so instead of typing 'produce broadcast (I am a radio producer and host) I would put prodcast and even though my eyes tell me its wrong, my brain cant figure it out. Will I always have this or will it fade in time?  what I presume was my first TIA a few weeks ago. This was the first time I ended up at the accident and emergency hospital, which is why I presume its my first. The 'loss' of words scared me badly. The harder I tried to get to focus on a word, the more confused I got and the more words I 'lost'.
Its now 3 weeks later and aside from the crippling headaches (I am told that this is because I am a migraine sufferer) I am doing okay. A little slower than before and less patient, but what I have noticed and I wondered if others got this also, is when I am stressed or put myself under pressure, I lose my words or I get them jumbled up so instead of typing 'produce broadcast (I am a radio producer and host) I would put prodcast and even though my eyes tell me its wrong, my brain cant figure it out. Will I always have this or will it fade in time?

[betaman2014]

Hi, Nice forum!  A lot of info. Makes me feel better.  Knowledge is power!  I just had a TIA mini stroke on 1/15/2014. Started with a intense headack on the right side of my head temple area. Then next a clamy sweat came
over me followed by pronounced weakness in my left arm. Left side of face numbess like novacain. Nauseated. I took the rest of the day off thinking is was a sinus prob.  Slept the rest of day into night. The next day stayed
home, only getting up to eat. Slept most of all day.  Still feeling affects. Next day Friday went back to work with still same affects, not getting better.  Then I called the doc and went into to see what happened to me?

They ran a EKG and my heart was in Atrial Fibrillation. This could have been a few weeks to a month in this condition. I never knew!  OHH about 180 Beats per minute! Not that I was freaking out or anything!  The doc
recommended that I check myself into the ER and I did. CT scan, Ultrasound, another EKG, another type of ultra sound to see the arteries was applied to me.  The CT scan found a clot in the right side brain! TIA mini stroke.  Blood thinners, Blood pressure med, one to make my heart pump stronger, and one to slow down my heart. They kept me to slow down my heart. Squeezed hands, lifted arms legs. 3am in morning had light shined in eyes! Counted back from 100 by 7's to 0. I had a problem with that before that! :) Asked me to identify stuff!  Passed them all.  

Hospital stay from 1/17/2014 to 1/20/2014. They are keeping me on a blood thinner until they do a cardioversion to get my heart back into normal rthymn.  Here it is 1/30/2014 and I still feel alittle numb on the face, I go to
work, no memory loss as I know of. Left arm is now back to 97%. It was so bad I had a hard time buttoning my shirt. Now I can. It does seem to misfire a little. However, I am really tired each day. Feel like I have been

rode hard and put up wet!  However, I do want to note that the side affects on some meds are dousiness!  One for BP I take once a day. I take it at night. The second med for Blood thinning I take two per day so at least I take it one along with my BP med before bed. So maybe some of the tiredness is due to side affects from the MEDs but not all. My first Heart Doc app is tomorrow on what the next step is.  

I am optimistic that things will be fine. My wife lost her wits, as in scared out of! Great support is the key! My wife, son, friends, work mates all have
rallied around me. If it was not for the support, I would have other problems.    It's good to know that I am not alone in what is happening to me. Although I am a little unnerved that could happen again!

[Adamcjr]

I am currently having this problem. I work in a ER and I was at when when I had my very first TIA. I was in the hosp for one day... I had blurred vision, could not talk, cloudy memory, the smallest of tasks would take me hours, I would feel like I'm running a each for DAYS not hours... Today alone I lost my speech 10 times, so I believe I was having small TIA's throughout the day. I would become quit tired and often I would forget things... I am able to write what I want to say down, but I am not able to speak it.... I often stutter my words... I get small headaches on the left side of my head and thats when it all starts, so I know when this comes on.. I also have short term memory loss (This coming from a guy who is OCD and remembers everything)

It's not easy living this way and is very hard. I find that I don't talk to people much in public and when I have this I often just keep quiet. This is new for me... Being in the medical field I know what I SHOULD BE DOING, and what I am not doing. Knowing what is or COULD happen should make me RUN TO the ER, but I am stubborn and stay away (Even know I work in a ER)

Anyway, How long will this last?

I need to know how long this will take to pass... I am going to talk to everyone at work tomorrow and see if I am having several TIA's....

If anyone knows, PLEASE EM me or let me know

[546484613213454]

I am a 27 year old female and a year ago (actually almost 18 months now) had a TIA after a surgery to remove adhesions from my uterus and bladder after a terrible c-section. Thank God, I was already at the hospital, but I had the feeling that I couldn't breathe, tat my chest was heavy and then had a miserable sensation at the back of my head that I was falling backwards (I was lying flat on the hospital bed). I started to tell my nurse something was wrong and called my husband on the phone. Mid conversation, I lost all my ability to speak, the right arm starting moving uncontrollably, the left side went numb, and my head was shaking involuntarily back and forth. I tried to write on a piece of paper TIA or STROKE but could not form the letters. It was a nightmare, feeling like you were in hell. I could hear and understand everything that was going on around me, but nobody understood me. I couldn't talk, or blink, or make eye contact. All I could think was, my daughter is only a year old, I need to survive this. Why is this happening? I followed up with neurologist, did blood tests, the whole thing, all results were normal. I still feel a constant headache, my right arm feels numb up top and buzzes at my finger tips. My hearing is sensitive, my moods are hot or cold  and I have always been very even keeled prior to this. It's very hard for me to read, and takes a very long time to write or type. I don't want to have this happen again, but I can't find a doctor that knows how to help me.

[sara12345]

What were the 3 different diagnoses?  I don't why you don't like to take anti depressants, but you would be very wise to take them since you have a lot of responsibilities.  Also ask for some anti anxiety medication as well if the anti depressant doesn't help your anxiety, which it could.  Strokes can change one's mood considerably.  Wish you the best.  You take care.