Stroke or TIA? at 14
 

Hey my Name is austin i joind this site because i have a phobia fowlowed by symptoms of TIA or Stroke i fear them and sometimes i experiance symptoms i always check my face and i sometimes fell numb in my cheeks but people say thats anxitey i just dont know i am booked in to a ct scan on the 14th just help me know are they scary painfull hurt i just want to know :(

Hello Austin and welcome to NeuroTalk. I'm sorry that you're going through these symptoms at the moment. What you described can be brought on by stress, but I think it's good that you're getting this test done to ease your mind.

CT scans are not scary, or painful in any way. You simply lie down on the XRay table and the scanner takes a series of cross-sectional photos.

Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing to your appointment. Some places require you to change into a hospital gown, where others don't.

Metal objects including jewelry (piercings too), spectacles, and dentures can affect the CT images and should be left at home or removed prior to your scan. You may also be asked to take out any removable dental work.

Good luck with the results. Let us know how you get on.

Hey i worry about a stroke s my brain is normal i still worry about a stroke what i wanted to know is do strokes hurt i will read my findings out if thats okay.

Unenchanced scaning of the brain peformed

No intra or extra axial haemorrage or mass lesion

the ventricals and csf spaces are normal
no evedence of acuteor established infraction
no bony abnormailty of the skull base or vault

Okay so there are my findings do i have a problem with stroke or not? do strokes hurt are they a nice way to go i just dont know

Hello Austin. Your scan seems pretty good.

People can get odd feelings in the face (tingling/numbness) if their calcium level is low. So make sure you eat yogurt once a day (400mg there) and drink juices with calcium added (like Minute Maid w/calcium) and eat your veggies. You can take a supplement too if you want.

Also at your age, a stroke is not common. But if you are low in B vitamins, you can develop elevated homocysteine levels, which irritate the blood vessels. This can lead to blocked arteries as you age. So it is good insurance for you to take a B-50 complex of your choice once a day in the morning. This may help your anxiety some too.

So take my VB okay i will do i drink alot of low fat milk so no worrys with calicum but with my ct if i were having problems would it show up?

Welcome to the forum Austin! :)

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I have a bit of experience with this since my mom had strokes later in life. They saw the damage on the MRI and I think it showed up on the CT scan as well.

I agree with MrsD. It's very rare for strokes to happen in people your age. It will help you to feel a bit better though if you eat healthy foods, take your vitamins and get regular exercise as long as you don't have any condition that limits physical activity.

When I was in my early 20s, my sister had a brain aneurysm and I often worried that the same thing was going to happen to me. So I decided I was going to take extra good care of myself to lessen the chances of that or other illnesses.

I hope you'll start to feel better soon. There are lots of nice people here so maybe you'll make some friends if you look through the forums. Take care. :hug:

Hi again Austin. Your CT result was normal.... no tumors, no bleeds, no aneuysms and no evidence of a stroke, from what you've written. Even TIAs usually leave some evidence if you've had them in the past, and there's no evidence of those either.

As mrsD said, Vitamin deficiency could give you the symptoms that you've been getting, or stress could bring them on.

It sounds like you haven't been back yet to see your doctor to get the official report of your scan. Hopefully when that happens your doc will be able to ease your mind.

Im scared of heart atack aswell and the smorning i woke up my whole left arm was numb and could bafrley moove was it a tia am i going to have a stroke in the next 48 houres

Do you play a lot of computer games or x box games?
repetitive motion things??
sitting for long stretches of time with bad posture???

Sometimes those activities can cause symptoms in your arms- the nerves or blood flow can get affected by the static postures. { not a lot of movement to keep things flowing like they should.}


sleeping with arms in certain positions can make your arms go numb.
a certain % of people will lose the blood flow to the arms when arms are above the head.

Hi Austin

the very best thing you can do is to get your parents to take you back to the doctor to discuss your CT scan and you can tell him your concerns

did you know that even stress can cause the symptoms you are describing...
it may just be that you are so worried that you are getting what is known as "psychosomatic" symptoms

often, when we read up on stuff on the Internet, we can imagine the worst!

I hope your doctor will be able to set your mind at rest

But my memory is degrading and everything my doc dont listen he says mate your 14 not 69 years old then i would be worried he says it has to be under strong circumstances for kids to have a blood clot.But im overweight and stuff dont ghet much exersize im really scared am i going to loose all brain funtion everyone says im to young

Hey and just a few seconds ago it felt like i had no contorl over my right hand and my right face felt tingely im scared could it be my mind playing tricks the other day i woke up and my whole left arm was numb and unmovible my dad said from lieng on it but i just dont know im scared no one listins to me scared of stroke they think its silly and stupid my age scared but i fell things am i going to have one was it a TIA :eek:

Hey guys this morning i woke up really dizzy and got out of bed and even fell over from balance the other night i was half asleep and i felt my ears go really funny this could be it or a stroke to the point were i couldent get out of bed ive been a bit dizy the whole day and i have had these headachs and fell like i cant speak normaly sometimes alhough ive had this for a while did i have a TIA please help me im scared and also i went back to sleep and then when i woke up the second time i was still dizzy but then i felt my memory in a sort of loop my memory has been whack for the last 2 weeks from benzo withdrawel im scared what do i do :eek: and also i read that Various problems in the brain such as a stroke can cause balance problems

come on guys help me out im really scaed im geting bad problems

Aw, there's not much we can do from online! You need to talk to your parents and see the doctor! You're making me feel bad, I have two sons! :girl(sad): Talk to your parents or talk to the school nurse if this happens at school. :hug:

If the drs, testing and your parents feel you are ok -- then the next step is to talk with parents about your extreme anxiety on this health issue.

Well, I think you should have your blood sugar tested.

You could be starting with diabetes. Type II now is showing up in teens, and you mention you are overweight. I'd get that checked
for sure.

Hey gang im a litle scared at the moment..At the supermarket today i was picking up oranges when all of a sudden i could not get the bag open my fingers felt strange like they couldent moove 100% then i started to panic and then it felt like i couldent left my right arm but i still sort of could i dont know it was scary i even squized one of the oranges because of my panic/ i get this funny felling on sometimes on the right side of my head and my hand will fell funny also but this felling was alot worse almost like my arm couldent moove 100% and i do suffer with panic atacks and anxitey but im really scared this was a TIA? ive been to the docs before with Stroke fears and stuff and he gave me a ct and it came back fine...but now im sure i have a prolem i have also been geting this strange sensation on one side almost like it fells heavy an off balance i have had this problem for a while just sort of handled it what should i do was it a TIA?

hey Austin,

You have been given some great replies, but one thing that really i have to question is your benzo use, as you did say you in a few post above you were on a 2 week benzo withdrawal, and they are a serious medicine and depending on your usage the withdrawal could be possibly responsible for a lot of your issues.
Please talk with your doc's about it, and also if you have a problem with over taking med please check into other support groups , they have young peoples recovery groups all over the place.
Just a thought. I wish you the best , Please be careful.

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