Stroke

Imagine having your #BPD under control having many years of hard work with DBT. You finally you have "built a life with living," practice mindfulness, self-soothe and self-regulate. You have been clean for several years and you find a loving, handsome and exciting partner and travel to another continent with him. Life, at last, feels magical, gratitude is embodied within you and then you suffer a severe #Stroke at the age of 46. It leaves you speechless (aphasia) leaves you visually impaired and your brain is permanently damaged.

I am 2 years and 3 months post-stroke now and finally ready to write about it all, the stroke, the recovery, #Neuroplasticity and healing. Watch out for up-coming articles.

Care taking my mother for two years and so, ever since she had a stroke and her left leg and hand wouldn't work. Having lost my father(verbally n physically abusive father with whom I couldn't have a good closure, not understanding he was dying) before years ago, the pain of grief feels so scary! Already going through stress and worry about different things of my life, I often wonder if I will be able to handle it. I often distract myself, but today when I saw her pale, helpless face.. something broke inside me thinking about the inevitable. Financial issues hover over this situation, and I, being depressed for a long time, cannot help but feel helpless. I have felt this helplessness before, just last week! last time it stressed me so much! today. sadness! Though, didn't want to stay stuck there. Have been reading a book with tools to manage depression, maybe from there got the inspiration think about what I can do to make things a little better. While caretaking my difficult-to-handle mother, I often feel overwhelmed, frustrated, Irritated and whatnots. It gets too much at times. Today after so many years of not really praying to God, I asked God for some strength to go through it all, and It kinda works as well. While my modern mind doesn't let me believe in what has written in the holy book, I find solace and strength in his name. And while navigating through this difficult time, I am thinking about journalling each and every (even if small) achievement, with the hope that they will keep me going, inspire me, show me I can do it, or maybe even console in times of real grief, mourning and "Did I do my part?" moments.

What Is Speech Therapy?
Speech Therapy is the assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders, performed by a speech-language pathologist through the use of a wide variety of techniques and exercises like communication devices, picture cards, modeling, and play based activities. It helps people of all ages improve their ability to speak, understand language, express themselves, and swallow safely. Last but not least, Speech Therapy can be used to help improve and treat a wide variety of conditions and disorders such as speech language delays, voice disorders, and difficulties resulting from conditions like stroke or traumatic brain injury.

Hi, my name is head86. I'm here because I have had 6 episodes of transient expressive aphasia that I believe are caused by migraine, although a number of neurologists are trying to convince me that they are being caused by TIAs. The aphasia symptoms do not last longer than 60 minutes during each episode. I have been trying to find a neurologist that can make a clinical diagnosis in determining whether these episodes are migraine related or symptoms of stroke.

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