TIA symptoms but ALL tests come back negative for anything

My husband actually had a stroke and everything was good with him. Nothing with his blood work or any of the heart tests they did. They admitted him cause he apparently did have a stroke. The doctor he had while he was in the hospital was awesome. He did a bubble test. This test actually showed there was a pin sized hole in the backside of his heart (PFO : patent foramen ovale) My husband was born with it like we all are but his did not close all the way. He was 49 when he had the stroke. Luckily the heart doctor he had has a PFO. He also did the monitor for a month, etc. and they were all normal. maybe ask about that test to be done. I hope you can find a doctor that can help your husband. You as his partner feel powerless. My prayers are with you🙏❤️

My husband had a TIA 12 days ago and the hospital put him on Plavix for 3 weeks plus aspirin. His cardiologist is doing a second echo and doing a heart monitor for a month. We cannot find a neurologist to see him - there is a year and a half wait for appt. His internist flew the coop and will not get him into a stroke clinic. Does anyone know a neurologist or clinic that accepts Stroke patients in San Antonio area?

@llynst

Has he been tested for Parkinson’s? Has he been to a neurologist? Think this sounds like Parkinson’s as my husband has the same with early signs of dementia. Also with the weight loss ask his pcp to tested his adrenal system. My husband lost alot of weight in a short time and the PCP tested his adrenal. He is off the charts! We are now being referred to an endocrinologist.

Remember, you may not be looking for just one thing to be going on. It may be multiple things.

I would try to find a very experienced Neurologist and endocrinologist and see if any of these things could be a possibility for him. At least you would know what you are dealing with and could try to get him help with some of these issues. Wishing ya’ll all the best.

Just had two recent TMI's mini strokes about 2 weeks apart.
Prior month had a pacemaker and started blood thinners.
Also have hiatal hernia which may be pushing at my heart
causing afib, Brain MRI's with contrast show a small 4 mm
area. Seems a big waiting gave for a major stroke.

I take a full sized aspirin each evening with no ill effects so far. Thanks for the reply.

@kentkemmerling1949 thank you for replying. Are you on any medication to prevent a stroke. I am on a baby aspirin once daily until I have completed the testing and meet with the doctor. My episodes were less intense. No dizziness or blurry vision...just the inability to make sense of the words I was reading and once not being able to say what I wanted to. It's the craziest feeling!!

@kentkemmerling1949
Was it only numbers or numbers just happened to be the only thing you were trying to type?

I just remember I tried to type 3 words on my phone and just random letters came out, thought it was a typo, tried 3 times and same thing. I thought, "Why can't I type this word? How do you spell this word? I have no idea. What word am I trying to type? I'm so confused! OMG, am I having a stroke?" So I said a sentence out loud and only heard gibberish come out. "OMG, I am having a stroke!" Now typos make my heart jump. My MRI showed it damaged my communication center. There were 3 immediate changes that continue 6 months later: 1. I can't seem to hit the right keys on my phone since then. It looks like my finger is on the right key, but usually hits the one to the left. Spatial awareness damage I'm told. 2. Not being able to find the right word, remember names, etc. increased 10 fold. I'm 67 so naturally that happened on occasion, but now it's just embarrassing and frustrating. 3. I started saying words that sound like the one my brain told my mouth to say, but has a completely different meaning such as crowd instead of cloud, shore instead of store, etc. I know I've said it and immediately correct. It’s called phonemic paraphasia. It is a common symptom of aphasia following a TIA or stroke, occurring when the brain successfully identifies the intended word but "misfires" during the assembly of its specific sounds. My brain can't afford to take more hits so let's hope that's the end of TIAs.

Where did they say the location of your TIA was? Do you know what caused your TIA?

@californiazebra I had a TIA a few years ago. I noticed it happened when I was trying to write a date using numbers. I got a little dizzy, blurry vision and couldn't think clearly about anything that included numbers. The uncertainty of numbers has persisted to some degree. Has anyone else ever experienced this? An MRI showed a location for the TIA.

@californiazebra Yes, I was relieved to find out that the EEG was normal but yes, it was so bizarre when those episodes occurred where I couldn't make sense of the words on the page or speak the words I wanted to say. If the MRAs come out normal I'm not sure what the next step will be if any. Okay, I'll keep in touch!!

@neisie13
Yes, please keep us posted. Good news on the normal EEG. Hoping they find the cause and it’s a reasonably easy fix. Having your communication center suddenly fail is scary as heck!