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@optymus13

Wow! This has been a HUGE help for me. I am a 36 year old male and had a Cerebellar Stroke this last weekend. I was sitting at my desk at work when all of a sudden I felt extremely dizzy... 2 years ago I suffered a Cerebral stroke. Which fit the typical F.A.C.E. test. This one was very different so I didn't think it was a stroke. So back to my desk. I tried to stand up and fell and hit the wall. I sat back down. I could barely move my arms and legs, my muscles weren't working. So I started scooting my rolling chair with what little strength they had in my legs out of my office to find somebody to tell them something was wrong. My mind was perfectly clear and my speech wasn't impaired. My eyes were going in circles and figure eight shapes and I couldn't control it. I found somebody and they called nine-one-one. I started vomiting uncontrollably. This lasted for the next 6 hours. I was taken by ambulance to the hospital where they ran a bunch of tests. They admitted me and an MRI and found that I actually had a Cerebellar Stroke. I'm currently on coumadin, two years ago after my first stroke I had to have open heart surgery and now have a mechanical mitral valve. The reason for the Coumadin. Today on my way home from work I stopped at the grocery store. Walking around the store I felt extremely dizzy like I was going to pass out or puke. I went and sat in my car with my phone ready to call nine-one-one thinking it was another stroke. It comes and goes in waves. From what I have been reading on here that seems normal? What other side effects have people experienced? Just so I know what to look out for.

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Hello @optymus13 and welcome to Mayo Connect.

Thank you for sharing your story about cerebral strokes. Each. person's experience can be so different.

I am glad that you have found some help here on Connect. I am also surprised by the many after effects that stroke victims have. I encourage you to keep reading and posting, there is a lot to learn on Connect.

If you care to share more, I'm just wondering, do you have any speech or mobility problems as a result of your strokes?

The symptoms with your Cerebral Stroke sounded very much like mine when I had the stroke. The only significant symptom for me now (10 months since) is my right arm and right leg get a little heavy or tight (for lack of a better term) after a mentally draining week. Sometimes my speech seems a little slurred at the end of the week, but others don't seem to notice. Goes away over the weekend when I have had time to get out of work mode, shut the brain down a little. Sleep does wonders, I try to get 8 hours each night, will sleep 9 hours if my body needs it. I also notice that I have a little stiffness in my right when walking down the stairs first thing when I wake up. Goes away by time to get in the kitchen and I loosen up a little.