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TIA and need for sleep
by marknvicf, Apr 21, 2008 08:50AM
Back around Christmas of 2007 I must have had a TIA, or at least that's what my neurologist has told me, I didn't really know what was going on at the time. What happened was that unlike a TIA, my symptoms still persist (April 2008) but have mostly gotten better except for one thing. During Xmas I was sleeping 16-20 hours a day and that still persists but is not as bad. I can at least go to work, but am very tired at home and go to bed early enough to get at least 10 hours. On the weekends it's still 14-16 hours of sleep.
I have had a Brain and back MRI, lots and lots of blood tests, spinal tap (ruled out MS at least), electrical test (the kind where they put electricity from you head to your feet, and a sleep study (I don't have the sleep study results yet.
What I want to make clear is the sleep part came on a little slowly but over Xmas break (two week holiday) I crumbled and slept most of it away. But, and it was my Psychiatrist that first put me up to the idea of getting checked out as he saw a neural deficit on my right side - i.e., my right side was weaker than the left even tho I am right handed.
This also continues to persist.
The brain mri showed lesions in the frontal lobe, and I believe he (neurologist) could see the area where I had a TIA.
My question, with MS, Lymes, and Mono ruled out, why do I still need so much sleep and if I only had a TIA why did the symptoms persist for about 2 months - a list of those symptoms: confusion, memory loss, slurred speech, could not walk a straight line, the aforementioned need for sleep, stumbling and general clumsiness, shortness of breath (my heart was checked out and is fine).
I would just like some ideas to pursue to help me research this topic of the need for sleep I have. I used to be fine with 7 hours, could work like a horse, and in my younger years was an overachiever. I am 46 now by the way, my cholesterol is 350, my triglycerides are over 700, (YIKES), blood pressure is borderline high - 140/90, (occasionally it has spiked to 170/105), I have also a vitamin D deficit for which the doctor has put me on 50000 IU of Vitamin D3 for 6 months, and a slightly low platelet count.
Obviously a diagnosis is impossible as there is so much more here, but I just want ideas of what to look for or to ask my neurologist etc.
Thanks.
I have had a Brain and back MRI, lots and lots of blood tests, spinal tap (ruled out MS at least), electrical test (the kind where they put electricity from you head to your feet, and a sleep study (I don't have the sleep study results yet.
What I want to make clear is the sleep part came on a little slowly but over Xmas break (two week holiday) I crumbled and slept most of it away. But, and it was my Psychiatrist that first put me up to the idea of getting checked out as he saw a neural deficit on my right side - i.e., my right side was weaker than the left even tho I am right handed.
This also continues to persist.
The brain mri showed lesions in the frontal lobe, and I believe he (neurologist) could see the area where I had a TIA.
My question, with MS, Lymes, and Mono ruled out, why do I still need so much sleep and if I only had a TIA why did the symptoms persist for about 2 months - a list of those symptoms: confusion, memory loss, slurred speech, could not walk a straight line, the aforementioned need for sleep, stumbling and general clumsiness, shortness of breath (my heart was checked out and is fine).
I would just like some ideas to pursue to help me research this topic of the need for sleep I have. I used to be fine with 7 hours, could work like a horse, and in my younger years was an overachiever. I am 46 now by the way, my cholesterol is 350, my triglycerides are over 700, (YIKES), blood pressure is borderline high - 140/90, (occasionally it has spiked to 170/105), I have also a vitamin D deficit for which the doctor has put me on 50000 IU of Vitamin D3 for 6 months, and a slightly low platelet count.
Obviously a diagnosis is impossible as there is so much more here, but I just want ideas of what to look for or to ask my neurologist etc.
Thanks.
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