21yr old stroke survivor

[JQ]

Hi, I'm a 21 yr old female who had a iscemic stroke 3 months ago caused by my pill. I'm almost back to normal now living my life which I was before the stroke.

I'm on clopidagrel to thin my blood which I need to be on forever.

I want to hear from anyone in the same age bracket - to talk to.

[Elz16]

My husband aged 54 had a (embolic) stoke in July, which affected his left side, he recovered quickly and was able to give a brilliant speech at our daughters wedding on august 9th 2008, then suddenly at the end of August his speech began to deteriorate, they detected another stroke which caused this. Now he has no other symptoms other than this speech slur, has anyone any advice. He has been referred to speach therapist, but as yet not seen anyone. He does regular tongue and speech exercises which i found on the the internet.
Does this speech slurring eventually go away, and how long ?

[cobden28]

I'm 53 and had my stroke two years ago; totally out of the blue - there's no history of anyone with a stroke in either side of my family. I was on the contraceptive pill for almost 30 years( different brands throughout that period), ending with sterilisation in 1996. I didn't know that being on the Pill for so long could be a cause of strokes!

Am on various medications for stroke and angina, but received no advice whatsoever from our local hospital on how having a stroke would be likely to affect me. Stroke services in my part of the UK are set to cater strictly for the over 65's, and anyone younger than that has to find out anything they need by themselves.

[PurpleMama]

I am 25 years-old and from Michigan, and I was told that I had a stroke from hypertension.  But I don't seem to have any after effects.  They put me on high blood pressure medication and that is it.  Could my doctors be wrong?

[jonathan_PTRP]

there are some people had there stroke attack at early age.. i had a patient before.. she's 18 years old.. it's because of her dietary lifestyle.. she keeps on eating chicken skin, actually a lot of cholesterol..

[cjn560]

I am 48 years old and had a stroke on 2/29 that only affected my speech (I was lucky).  They took off the pill that I had been on for almost 20 years.  I was looking for an answer to safe methods of birth control now.

[Athina21907]

I am a 27 year old birth control pil;stroke survivor (2/19/07). I was in the middle of a workout at the gym when I saw flashing lights and got a head ache. My instructor and workout partner thought I had a seizure and took me to the hospital I felt the effects immediately. I began losing mobility in my left arm and leg. After about 45 minutes in the  they finally did a CT scan and determined that I had had a stroke. Scary! After 2.5 days in my tiny hospitals way northern CA. I was flown to UCSF for 8 days then trandfered to a rehab hospital for a month.With slurred speech no left side mobility. All I wanted to do was get the hell out of there, back to my old life and my high heels. I was in PTandOT until this january when they discharged me saying there was nothing else yhey could do for me that I couldn't do for myself. I can walk with the aid of an AFO (ankle foot orthosis... not conducive to wearing heels). I'm getting movemeny back in my arm but nothing really functional YET.So, I keep waiting just like the rest of you. Keep up the hard work!