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| Mon, 02-01-2010 - 11:17pm |
My mom was recently hospitalized with what we thought was some form of a stroke. She started developing blurred vision in her left eye, speech became slurred, couldn't think of the words she wanted to say because she couldn't remember them, couldn't remember her own address, confusion, memory loss. We took her to the ER and she was there for three days. She was very dizzy when she was there as well. Well, the MRI did not show a stroke but the neurologist told her that all these symptoms were caused from uncontrolled depression. I thought he was half nuts.
At one time, I would have considered her to have uncontrolled depresssion. We lost my dad in May of 2008 and she was very depressed for several months but I would say she is substantially better over the past several months. No new life stressors or changes. I haven't seen her this good actually for a long time.
So, I'm wondering if anyone has had any of these things related to your depression or someone you know. We are trying to find some answers. Thanks



Hi, Brenna - the only case I know of is a man in my church.....he developed numbness and tingling in his hands and became very withdrawn.
Oh my God..how strange I read your post. I am on this board because I'm trying to cope w/my mother whom I believe to be seriously depressed. She won't see me or my family as of a yr now. I have a new baby and she wont see us,him..hurts a lot. I've even been in the same room w/her after driving from MD to TX and my kids were nearby..she refused to see them and barely spoke to me.
Anyhow, my mom was also dizzy (vertigo) and had numbness/tingling in her left hand/arm. She passed out a time or two also and she as hospitalized believing it was a stroke too. Nothing showed up on the scans except a pooling of some fluid in her brain which was unexplainable and not necessarily the cause of her issues. Well, she has since gotten off meds for it, can drive again but is still acting strangely depressed. Now I wonder if it's what you're saying your mom has. I just don't understand this depression thing. A lot of times I think it's fake or convenient really. That's because she manipulates situations to her advantage and blames it on her "illness" whatever it may be at the time. I always say that the way she is(isolated, talking about others she "loves" and opinionated) can't be healthy for her.
Uncontrolled depression? What the heck is that? Is it curable? I can't even bring this up w/her because she'll deny being depressed and then run me thru her medical history to prove it to me. But what you've described to me about your mom(slurred speech, forgetful) is exactly what my mom has. Too bad mine's too far into it to discuss this rationally.