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Emotional impact of stroke

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Emotional impact of stroke

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• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 46-55 >> Interview 05 >> Says that residual damage to her brain from her stroke has caused epilepsy, migraine and depression but her neurologist helps her to manage this.

She had two strokes 3 months apart (aged 43) due to haemorrhages from arterial venous malformations. The second stroke caused right-sided paralysis and muscles spasm. Medication: baclofen (spasms), phenergan (anxiety), phenytoin (epilepsy due to a brain tumour age 41).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 66-75 >> Ralph - Interview 60 >> Ralph talks about feeling depressed after his stroke and describes it as a normal response to a drastic change in one’s health.

One morning Ralph awoke to feelings of pins and needles in his arm and leg. Recognising that there was a problem, he immediately called NHS Direct. Ralph was happy with the quick response, but felt that things fell apart afterward. Since he lived alone and had no social support network (i.e., family to call), he discharged himself from the hospital.