Have I had a stroke?

[missj95]

A while ago my grandfather had a stroke. He was absolutely healthy and so this came really out of the blue. The doctors put it down to the formation of his veins and arteries in his brain. It was a congenital thing. Meaning go it runs in the family.
This got me thinking for as long and as I can remember I have been experiencing little strange things. I will try to name a few.
Memory loss is one of those, it happens all the time. I will be in the middle of doing something but for some reason I will forget what I was doing or I could be in the middle of a conversation and forget and find it hard to remember a certain words like iPad or phone or glasses, really common words.
I also have weakness in my right side. I always seem to loose the grip of something I am holding. My eye sight in my left eye is not as good either, it is really noticeable when I do eye liner or eye shadow. I also seem to talk more from my left side of my face and when I smile my mouth it only happen with one side. My left eye can't open as much as the right.
I am only 19 and it is starting to worry me. So could I have had one as a child and never knew?

[missj95]

Oh Oops  just realised I typed right instead of left. My weakness is only on my left side not my right.

[flipper336]

It does not sound like it to me since you are having problems on both sides of your body. Normally a stroke will only effect one side, but you need to get in to see a doctor to find out what is wrong.