u/Capable_Eggplant1078

Hey folks!

I haven’t heard much about this but I think I have it.. I had strokes last year and I’m a bit of a hypochondriac in general so I’m always anxious. In the last month I’ve been under immense stress and very suddenly I have developed dizziness.. it isn’t a boat swaying dizziness like some say and it’s not vertigo.. it’s almost like things are too vivid and too bright and my vision gets overstimulated… walking feels like I’m floating… if I focus a lot on the dizziness it usually starts to cause pressure in my head and ears… then of course adrenaline hits and heart rate goes up.. I wonder if anyone feels anything like this… it’s only been a month and it’s really debilitating and I’m literally calling out of work because of it. Everywhere I walk I feel like I have to try and ground myself and doesn’t work… I also noticed that if I looked down on my phone and look up, it gets me immensely dizzy… does this sound familiar to anyone?

Hi everyone!!

October 2025 I was admitted to the hospital bc an MRI came back abnormal. I was having light slurred speech as well as numbness in my tongue and lips on my right side with prompted me to go to the doctor. The MRI showed enough to warrant an admission.l to the hospital. I did a couple CT’s and additional MRIs and a spinal tap. The results of the spinal tap showed no real inflammation the MRI and CTs verified an extremely stenosed segment of my M1 in my MCA.
Turns out I had a couple strokes. I have no deficiencies now and about a year later I’m on daily aspirin and statins. I’m 30 years old, and the conclusion is that it was a dissection that has healed very poorly, and remains basically occluded. I’ve understood that this is very rare, especially in the area which it happened, but I wonder if any of you know someone or have dealt with this yourselves…. I guess I’m just concerned about having a normal life moving forward and the likelihood of future strokes