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Cerebellar Stroke - experience/treatment/recovery
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Just curious, anyone dealing with "brain flooding" here, at least I am assuming that is what I am dealing with? I used to get a little out of sorts shortly after my cerebellar infarct when grocery shopping, too much going on around me with all of the people, stocked shelves, noise and so on, felt a little light headed and anxious. Shopping has gotten much better over the past 11 moths since my episode, but I still get like that when walking through the machine room at work. There are big machines here, different smells, lots of noise, moving parts, steam, aisles to walk in, etc. I get a little light headed and a little anxious, not too bad, but I do feel out of sorts and can't wait to get to an office area or my office. The feeling subsides fairly quickly, just curious if anyone else experiences this and if you were able to return to normal.
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It is very difficult for me to visit a big mall. I can barely make it through without feeling dizzy, getting tinnitus, feeling like my head is twice as big, vision difficulties, etc.Even in smaller grocery stores, although if I get to know a store with all of its attributes I can handle it much better. Social events with a lot going on, many people talking at once makes me dizzy and all of the above. I often feel lurchy and off balance and feel sickly in stores, church, other buildings. It has been three and a half years since the accident and the TBI and it all still is with me.
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Dear @hammond99,
I suffered a Hemorrhagic Stroke on 05/04/01, and I absolutely suffer from excessive noise, strange smells, and am confused every time I go shopping, even when it's the exact same Grocery Store! I also have difficulty being in crowds! I find it very overwhelming and overstimulating, even 17 years after my Stroke! I haven't been able to work since my Stroke; as I was diagnosed with Epilepsy, 2 years post-stroke! I still feel these things, but it also depends on the person!