Was using adderall to plow though some reading material and suddenly felt the right side of my face tingle and go numb, I then looked in the mirror and my face had slightly drooped. Immediately went to the hospital and it turns out I had a TIA whats basically a transitory stroke, im now on high blood pressure and high cholesterol medications and im not even overweight, I'm also only 31 with the possibility of a full on stroke always on the horizon.

If you have a history of heart issues, just leave stimulants of any form alone tbh, im even wary of coffee at this point.

  • D3FNC [any]
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    3 years ago

    As a (shitty) doctor I don't mean to be that guy but I can't help it - unless they saw an aneurysmal venous formation or a blockage on an MRA, I really doubt you had a stroke.

    It's much more likely you had vasospasm (essentially a severe migraine, which is probably itself a mild form of epilepsy). Most Americans over 30 probably qualify for BP meds and statins given our lifestyle but if they actually thought you had a stroke they would have evaluated you for being on blood thinners; the stroke guidelines would mandate having put you on a daily aspirin. It would also automatically mean they investigate you for having irregular heartbeats that would increase your chances of having a stroke, such as atrial fibrillation, which causes clots to form in the heart.

    Edit: how much adderall are we talking here?

    • leonadas444 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Any input is appreciated. This is a more welcome thought than me actually having a Mini stroke. It was really only just the left side of my face going numb and my face dropping slightly but noticeably. Either way it was scary enough i'm going to start trying to treat my body better in the future.

      it was about 100mgs of adderall, I was using it recreationally and for focus. I have adhd legitimately, im just not prescribed meds at the moment.

      • D3FNC [any]
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        3 years ago

        Always good to listen to your body informing you that you have now reached a hard limit, I guess. Yeah anything past 60mg would definitely raise a lot of eyebrows, that's well past anything remotely approximating evidence based treatment.

        Also just FYI I know people use mini-strokes and TIA interchangeably, but the T in TIA means transient, it's not actually a stroke unless there's persistent dead tissue and/or neurological symptoms. Glad you're ok.

        • leonadas444 [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          Absolutely man, thanks for your opinion. Always cool to have a legitimate DR comment on anything related to medicine. Thanks for the information on terminology, yeah the laymen on the internet tend to conflate mini strokes and TIA, I think at the worst, I probably had a TIA. More than likely it was the Vascospasm you described since i'm really not noticing any long term consequences at all from what I experienced and the symptoms match up.

          This forum is full of some smart ass people.