Taking medication is the one thing that’s getting me down - a small thing, I know in the grand scheme of things, but I went from taking no medication to taking B12 suppliments, Clopidogrel, Atorvastatin and Baclofen (though I stopped the latter this week as I wasn’t sure it was contributing to muscle weakness and affecting my mental health, which is a known sides effect for 1 in 10 people’s taking it).
Has anyone else been able to reduce or stop medication altogether? That would really give me hope of getting back to my pre-stroke life.
My Mum has come off all her preventative meds apart from 75mg Asprin. She would come off this too but right now we (carers) give her the meds and so she can’t “refuse” it as such.
Pre-stroke she was put on B12 which she took for about a year but then decided to stop.
So before the stroke she was on no meds for a year or more. In her entire life she was only on B12 for about a year so. She was not comfortable with it but did it to “please” the “pushy” children who “knew better than her” - they were and are wrong!! Only she knows what’s good for her and that’s because she listens to her body.
We have discussed this topic and I believe Trace @Trace57 has some good information that might help you decide.
You have to choose what is right for you and my Mum’s advice has always been listen to your body..
It is likely you will get responses for and against coming off medication and so you will have to choose.
At the moment my BP meds are doing the job of keeping a realist reading, I suffered with high BP prior to stroke 227/100 then I had a stroke, so I’m ok to keep them, my cholesterol tablets I feel I still need as my neck artery was filled with plaque, hence clot to my brain, temporarily starved of oxygen, blood thinner tablet I’ll keep that too as aspirin didn’t agree with my stomachs long term, I’m on flecanide which I’ve taken for years that regulate my heart rate it’s working as I haven’t ended up in hospital for year where my heart rate beats 180 a minute and they have to sop my heart to reset it. So for me the benefits outweigh the cure, but I hate taking tablets!
I guess we all need to weigh things up good luck whatever you do
I have to say, my GP pharmacist is really on the ball and phoned me within 24 hrs of me filling in an econsult for a medication review via the NHS app. We have an appointment for a full telephone consultation on July 7th.
I am keeping note of how I’m feeling so I can sort out what’s stroke related and what might be a side effect of medication.
I earned a lot of points at Costa when I was in hospital, so I got myself a nice mug, which keeps cold drinks really cold and hot drinks really hot and it’s within reaching distance at all times.
You are the first person i have known to to have had a clot in your Artery, Can i ask if you had surgery? I had a carotid Endarterectomy 2 years ago, and unfortunately I to will be on stats and thinners for the rest of my days.
If I can get down to one or two tablets I can live with that. Unfortunately the Clopidogrel has really messed up my diet ( all my favourite foods are messing up my digestive system and that’s all I’ll say to keep it Forum Friendly ) so I think I’ll ask my GP about alternatives.
Stopping the Baclofen has already made a massive positive impact on my mindset.
