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Hi Everyone, I had a series of minor strokes on October 3. After lots of time in the hospital they finally did an angiogram and found vasoconstrictions. After other tests they determined I had RCVS. It's rare and I really need some input from someone else who has it. It's been two months now and the biggest problem I have is fear, as well as not feeling normal and wondering if I ever will. I have deficits in my right arm and leg and my left hand that constantly remind me of what happened and scare me about what might happen. Any little headache or weird feeling in my head makes me scared, and the past couple of days my vision has been weird, so I'm afraid of what might happen. This was brought on my birth control pills (which I took to prevent endometriosis pain), pseudoephedrine allergy pills and a boatload of stress from family visits when I was too busy at work and school over the summer/fall. I have been off the birth control since the stroke, have totally changed my eating habits so I get tons of vegetables every day and I'm riding my exercise bike at least 30 minutes per day. I'm trying to lose weight and it's coming off slowly. My husband tells me I'm fine, the doctors say I'm fine, but I don't feel fine. I get exhausted just taking a shower or any time I have to stand in one place, because both legs shake like crazy. I'm really tired all the time, but it's not a sleepy tired, more like exhaustion. I can't even have a conversation in person or on the phone without feeling exhausted afterward. I no longer drive because I'm scared and I don't go out in public if I can avoid it because I don't want to get stuck in a line or something while I'm so tired. I have a follow-up MRI scheduled just before Christmas so they can tell me what things look like in there. Until then, my imagination is running away with me. I know you're not supposed to let fear control your life but I need to know how to make that happen. Anyway thanks for reading and any advice will help. Thank you.
