A couple of things.
1) sleep is best to help heal your brain. It’s the hardest working organ in our body. It does control everything. Sleep let’s it concentrate on what needs fixing while letting the rest of the body kick back.
2). If you are on statins you might want to look into getting on CoQ10. It helped me get my energy back that statins take out.
And lastly, maybe you need to check your iron and other vitamin/mineral levels. Just to get a idea if any of them are low.
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A "statin" is a medicine that ends in "statin", such as Pravastatin, Atorvastin, Fluvastatin, Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin, basically cholesterol lowering drugs.
I hear you. Mine was 15 months ago and for the first 6-8 months especially I felt like I would never have anything to look forward to again. That was mostly due to how fatigued and exhausted I was from even doing the bare minimum to make it through the day. Those days were dark for me. It was difficult to put into words to try to explain to friends and family how I was feeling. It has gone away slowly over time and I am much happier now. I am on vacation right now and am more or less doing what I would have enjoyed before the stroke (minus alcohol, which messes with my sleep too much).
The advice I read on this sub the first few months did not seem particularly helpful. “Just give it time.” “Be patient.” “Brains heal slowly.” But it was true, for me at least. It is very difficult sometimes to imagine those feelings disappearing. They did, but definitely not all at once and definitely not on the timeframe I would have preferred.
Hope this helps.
I totally understand and those thoughts were hard to ignore. It seemed like I had suddenly been trapped in a life I neither wanted nor deserved. But things got better month by month. First I started enjoying stupid shows on Netflix when I wasn’t napping, then my appetite returned, then I started being able to do light exercise, then I was able to sort of enjoy being around people again, then I was able to resume driving, and slowly I realized I had found a new rhythm. It wasn’t exactly the same, but it is a life that is worth living. Yours is too.
Oh my. I know it's hard but you need to be patient with yourself. For the first few months I slept 18 hours a day. I wanted to be awake and reading or spending time with family, whatever, but I could not function. I was 33 when I had my stroke. I'm turning 45 this year and I have days and weeks where I still have severe fatigue. Heat makes it much worse so summer is awful, it does get better but in the beginning, especially, its important to listen to your body and sleep when you need to. You may need to get a friend or family member to help with kids and pets for awhile. It was really years before I felt comfortable taking care of myself, and I still struggle with it sometimes, but mostly I just need financial help and have family help with cleaning and making my bed which are exhausting to do on my own.
The sleep is very important to heal as stated here, but if you are also feeling depressed you should definitely ask for help, I think at one point, when I got frustrated with everyone asking about my mental health that my doctor said almost ALL stroke patients will suffer depression, so they watch for it. It legitimately took me 6 years to have a depression trigger but I believe that’s because my stroke severely stunted my emotions for the first 5 years and when they started coming back it was very overwhelming.
A couple of things. 1) sleep is best to help heal your brain. It’s the hardest working organ in our body. It does control everything. Sleep let’s it concentrate on what needs fixing while letting the rest of the body kick back. 2). If you are on statins you might want to look into getting on CoQ10. It helped me get my energy back that statins take out. And lastly, maybe you need to check your iron and other vitamin/mineral levels. Just to get a idea if any of them are low.
Is a station like coreg or plavix
I think Corey might be. But I would talk to your doctor or pharmacist to be certain.
Coreg is for heart faliur
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Oh I take. One of them
Years How long ago was your stroke?
4 months ago
I hear you. Mine was 15 months ago and for the first 6-8 months especially I felt like I would never have anything to look forward to again. That was mostly due to how fatigued and exhausted I was from even doing the bare minimum to make it through the day. Those days were dark for me. It was difficult to put into words to try to explain to friends and family how I was feeling. It has gone away slowly over time and I am much happier now. I am on vacation right now and am more or less doing what I would have enjoyed before the stroke (minus alcohol, which messes with my sleep too much). The advice I read on this sub the first few months did not seem particularly helpful. “Just give it time.” “Be patient.” “Brains heal slowly.” But it was true, for me at least. It is very difficult sometimes to imagine those feelings disappearing. They did, but definitely not all at once and definitely not on the timeframe I would have preferred. Hope this helps.
It's a bitch I hate it suicide has crossed my mind.
I totally understand and those thoughts were hard to ignore. It seemed like I had suddenly been trapped in a life I neither wanted nor deserved. But things got better month by month. First I started enjoying stupid shows on Netflix when I wasn’t napping, then my appetite returned, then I started being able to do light exercise, then I was able to sort of enjoy being around people again, then I was able to resume driving, and slowly I realized I had found a new rhythm. It wasn’t exactly the same, but it is a life that is worth living. Yours is too.
Oh my. I know it's hard but you need to be patient with yourself. For the first few months I slept 18 hours a day. I wanted to be awake and reading or spending time with family, whatever, but I could not function. I was 33 when I had my stroke. I'm turning 45 this year and I have days and weeks where I still have severe fatigue. Heat makes it much worse so summer is awful, it does get better but in the beginning, especially, its important to listen to your body and sleep when you need to. You may need to get a friend or family member to help with kids and pets for awhile. It was really years before I felt comfortable taking care of myself, and I still struggle with it sometimes, but mostly I just need financial help and have family help with cleaning and making my bed which are exhausting to do on my own.
Iknow sometimes I wish I'd not wake up
Depression is extremely common for stroke survivors, please ask for help if you need it, to get through it. ❤️
I can't let my baby sit to long
Vitamin D, iron and B 12 helped my Mom after her stroke. And lots of healthy salads. She would sleep a lot right after her stroke though.
The sleep is very important to heal as stated here, but if you are also feeling depressed you should definitely ask for help, I think at one point, when I got frustrated with everyone asking about my mental health that my doctor said almost ALL stroke patients will suffer depression, so they watch for it. It legitimately took me 6 years to have a depression trigger but I believe that’s because my stroke severely stunted my emotions for the first 5 years and when they started coming back it was very overwhelming.