Two days ago I was on my boat fishing. I had been on the water for about five hours. As I’m an avid fisherman, I had forgotten to take my blood pressure med that morning.I was sitting on a seat and rigging up a line for a different soft bait, when I could not focus my eyes. I was seeing a different picture in each eye. Then when I would close one eye, it wouldn’t track to a moving object. A you can imagine, that was quite spooky. I had one line in the water and cut that with my knife I managed to stow the trolling motor, fired the engine up, and took off for my sons house where I store my boat on his lift. Five minutes out I texted my son and told him to meet me at the lift and that it was an emergency. Less than 15 minutes later we were at the hospital. After telling the people in the front, what happened, They admitted me. My blood pressure at the time was 156/86. My normal blood pressure is in the normal range unless I forget my blood pressure med. During the next 24 hours, I had a CT scan, both with contrast and without, heart, x-rays, MRI, and more blood tests than I can repeat, all of which were negative. The doctors diagnosed it as a TIA. As anyone who has ever been admitted in a hospital, there is not much rest. Your nighttime sleep is divided between blood pressure monitoring, stomach injections for dissolving clots, changing out intervenous fluid bags, and other activities the nurses have for you. Naturally, when I got home, I was pretty tired. The next day, however, I should’ve bounced right back according to the doctors. Instead, I’ve been exhausted all day, with three naps of about an hour each, I normally work full-time on commercial aircraft, so my energy level is way up there. A nap for me is usually 10 to 15 minutes. My age is 74, and I’m in peak health for my age. After a TIA, is it normal to be exhausted like this?
@wingkeel
Very scary that missing one dose of Eliquis can lead to a TIA. Glad you were able to get help. I was recently in the hospital for 24 hours due to a TIA with aphasia. Like you, I didn’t sleep a wink. How do you normally react to missing a night of sleep? One thing that always makes me really tired for 2-3 days afterwards is the contrast used for scans. Maybe you too? Hope you feel better soon.