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Stroke survivor - always hungry

Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases | Last Active: Oct 19 7:05am | Replies (41)

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So my father had a stroke about 3 months ago and fortunately they were able to give him TPA and do a brain stent to improve blood flow so he seemed to be okay however when he returned home he began to go to the kitchen and eat things constantly to the point that he wouldn’t even sit down, just pull things from the fridge or microwave and eat while standing up. Now he is literally in the kitchen all the time, cooking and eating even minutes before lunch or dinner and he usually doesn’t wait to eat those meals with family or guests. The only upside is that most of what he eats is cauliflower or some low calorie vegetables so he hasn’t had weight gain, but the behavior has become a real problem for multiple reasons. Wish I had a solution but telling him only makes him upset and he disregards whatever we say to him about it. Not sure if that’s from the stroke or just being stubborn.

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Strokes change ur life completely.
U almost become another person
Changes ur personality.
So I suggest, be patient w him, let him be, remember is not his fault to be acting like this.
I had 2 strokes n changed me.
Even my closest family, grown up kids, don’t understand me w all this changes. I became a little isolated from their opinion in order to learn n adapt to my new me.
Read about stroke damages to Hypothalamus or damage to the Amígdala n u will understand him better.