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Many stroke survivors feal fear, anxiety, frustration, anger, sadness, even grief at their physical and mental losses. These feelings are a natural reponse to the trauma of a stroke. Some emotional disturbances and personality changes are caused by the physical effects of brain damage. Clinical depression, a sense of hopelessness that disrupts the ability to function, is the most common emotional disorder. Signs of this depression may include sleep disturbances, a change in eating habits and routine that may lead to weight loss or gain, lethargy, social withdrawal, irritability, fatigue, self-loathing, even suicidal thoughts. This post--stroke depression can be treated with medication and phsycological counseling.
Stroke's not for sissys and that's why one should do everything they can to avoid it. That's prevention and the subject of a future series.
Previous blogs talk about the problems you, as a stroke survivor, must face. It's not easy. Neither is life.
I'm a stroke survivor. Been there. Done that. It's taken 40-plus years to accumulate the facts and knowledge to make useful and hopefully helpful comments. If I can do it, so can you. It just takes guts and God (or whomever, whatever, you choose) and a good caregiver.
And, that's where we're going next.
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