Stroke Like Symtoms, Intermittent Loss of speech & Balance

[Likesjewellry]

About 1 1/2 yrs. ago, I started experiencing, at the age of 49, severe vertigo, visual problems, nausea and left sided weakness. I was tested for everything imaginable, no diagnosis and yet I went from being physically fit and a chef, to bedridden and sleeping 20 hours a day, because of all the gravol I had to take to get some general relief of my symptoms.  

This past February, still holed up in the house, I experienced the normal 'weakness' on my left side but it progressed to total paralysis, inability to speak and inability to swallow.  My husband gave me an aspirin when he realized I couldn't respond to him and took me to the hospital 5 min. from our home.  I was treated as a stroke patient and sent to the downtown Toronto Stroke Centre.  Unfortunately, by the time I arrive by ambulance, (about 3 hrs. later), it was too late to administer the 'stroke buster' shot that was planned.  After about 4 hours, slowly, I began to regain feeling in my left fingers and forearm.  I felt a burning/pins & needles sensation and within that time frame, my speech started coming back, though slurry and jumbled.  I ended up being sent back to my original hospital when in the ambulance, the whole episode started again.  It was like that, back and forth, speaking, drooling, paralysis until the next day around noon.  Again, every test was done (MRI, CT scan), 3 times, looking for the cause.

I am now much better and not needing nearly the amount of gravol that I used to but I cannot drive because I have lost my depth perception, ability to judge speed or distance, and am clumsy.  I walked 5 blocks a few days ago for the first time in 1 1/2 yrs., without staggering and bumping into things beside me.   I am still not able to go into busy stores or large box stores because within about 10 - 15 minutes, I start to develop the vision problems, balance problems and become sick to my stomach.  I can't tell you how this has affected my life.  I have a loving supportive family and good friends, though I don't see people often.  Watching people talk, their hands move, or trying to have a conversation in a large group sets the whole thing off.  I really don't understand any of this.

I am 50 1/2.  I am going through menopause, had some problem with depression after my kids in my thirties, and agreed after thorough testing that perhaps a neuropsychiatrist was an option.  My doctor felt perhaps it is emotionally based.  I agreed because I am willing to expore every avenue.  The doctor I am seeing is wonderful.  My husband comes with me to my sessions which are too far for me to get to on my own, waits for me, consults with the neuro doc and we sit in together and talk about things.  I truly am a happy person at this time in my life.  My girls are grown and successful, my relationship is great and I am basically free of burdens.  What the heck is going on??

Is there anyone out there who has experienced such symptoms?  Right now, I need to go and get gravol, typing this letter has made me sick.  I have taken medicine for migraine but I am still seeing only spots of my screen and have pain in my temples, forehead, base of my neck and general woozy feeling.  When I am like this I would definitely not go out in public.  I would either be down on the ground after losing my balance completely or my field of vision would be moving and making me throw up. I am still suffering from loss of words, memory failure, jumbled words, and stuttering.

Help!

[toni42]

difficulty writing,headaches now,throbbing

[toni42]

Cant walk,no motor skills,slurred speech,difficulty,blurred vision,tremors sometimes, The doctors have no idea whats wrong they said I have cerebellar ataxia which is like a stroke but didn't have one but real healthy otherwise and I have been like this for 7 years and I am 42 years old. Does anyone have any ideas,help me someone please,I am sick of this
tee

[MAH250]

here's a question.  I have had a severe headache for 224 days out of 280.  I am be ridden with them.  They start at the base of my skull to the top of my head.  I have a vascular illness as well.  Lately the pain seems to be in the front of my neck to the jawline as well.  I get shaky and feel like I am bottoming out just before I vomit profusely.  Then I lay down for about half hour the pain is there but the bottoming out sensation goes.  Any ideas. I have total or partial speech loss most of the time.

[hava]

Do the anulom vilom pranayam  described in my April 14 ,2010 post, for 30 minutes, twice a day. This will help to balance the left and right brain, and in turn your balance.

[lirbras]

Maybe someone can help with my case. Back in June I had a spell (they called it a mini stroke. Slurred speach, (had been having vertigo for months went through ENT, no findings with inner ear or labrynth). loss of balance also have dizziness and cannot communicate with others. Feel too exhaused. I cannot comprehened what EMTs say to me when 911 has been called.  I then do not remember these spells or what was done to me in the hospital. complete exhaustion and memory loss during spells. After spells it takes me a few days of just sleeping to come back to normal. the Neuros put me on Verapamil to treat mirgrains and blood pressure. However I have been on the meds quite some time and have gotten rid of migrains/headaches and has completely controled my high blood pressure. But am still having these (what I call) spells. People say that during the spell I seem like I am on drugs. they are now using the word epilecptic episodes. Does anyone have any ideas as to what can be going on with me. and if epilepcy is truly a possiblity.

Thank you

[Rawg]

Hey Likesjewellry I'm not a doctor but I have had to deal with some strange health issues, I went to countless doctors to have them conduct numerous tests to have them all tell me they found nothing and I was fine!  I even had them point me in the direction of psycology to have that checked out, I was not in a degegraded mental state, although all the work in that area helps it did not solve the problem.  My issues turned out to be caused by these three items Parasites, Mercury toxicity, Candida Albacans (excess yeast in the digestive tract).  If I were you I'd do some research on finding a doctor that can do proper testing for parasites, I'm relatively young and I was having problems with my health I found a speciality doctor and he tested me for parasites.  They identified 8 different parasites in my system, the doctor then started administering the proper drug to kill the particular parasite, then tested to see if it was dead, this process took some time due to some bugs being pretty resilient I had to take up to 4 rounds of antibiotic to kill off the most difficult Parasite, liver fluke! These types of parasites are nasty any one can get them anywhere, even in the us, poor food handeling or you or someone not washing their hands, biting nails can give you a parasite.  If you read up on them you might find that some of the symptoms are similar to what you are dealing with.  Find a doctor in your area that specializes in this fiel of medicine, they have to me a MD to perscribe the Rx's necessary to kill off the parasites - book to read, guess what came to dinner!  If you can not locate a doctor!  Call these labs I've sent countless samples to each of these labs they all have doctors from all over North America sending in samples that are specialists in this filed of medicine call them for referals and start interviewing each doctor to find one that is aware of your symptoms and knows what you are dealing with, google them.  1. Doctors Data, 2. Diagnostechs 3. Genova Diagnostics http://www.genovadiagnostics.com 4. Metametrix medical research labs, Call all & get there doctors referal then call all the doctors and tell them what your dealing with and 1 will stand out, go to that doctor - Good Luck
Roger