Hello, i had a ruptured brain aneurysm 5 years ago. Till this day i still suffer from memory loss and dizziness almost every day.
Welcome Hannah! I’m in the ruptured group as well and it can be a test of patience. Seems in my early years post rupture many things were a huge challenge. I’m 11 years and a few months out and things can still be a challenge, some days worse than others. Having memory issues as well, what I was taught to do is put everything in my calendar on my phone like appointments. I put two alerts in for me if I need to go somewhere. I set alarms in my phone as well, mostly for the dogs medication. ST also suggested a variety of different games, the only one I’ve been consistently doing is sudoku. Reading has helped as well for word recognition. I was an avid reader prior to my rupture. When I had my lengthy stay in NSICU, my best friend brought in an easy to read mystery and I had to ask anyone going by what a word meant. I gave up reading for awhile and just got back into a couple years ago. Though it can hurt my eyes being on an electronic device, I just have to highlight the word and the dictionary gives me the definition. Free books are abundant on the internet so it doesn’t hurt my drastically reduced income.
I get “lost in my brain” sometimes and don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing. PT told me to change positions every 15 minutes and change tasks every 30. I definitely struggle with that as I can’t seem to get anything done but it’s not allowing me to get fixated on one thing.
As for dizziness, make sure you’re staying hydrated. Don’t know if you’ve been doing much reading on here, so I’ll share my Neurosurgeon’s mantra “hydrate, rest, eat protein, hydrate some more, repeat.” I have to practice this every day.
I do have a question or two, have you contacted your surgeon? Do you have a neurologist you see for following you? Either one or both should be told about the dizziness and your memory issues. Perhaps they have some tricks up their sleeve they can teach you. Also have you been told your aneurysm is occluded? Hang in there, things do get better with a whole lot of patience as it seems we take one step forward and three back more than we want.
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Yes, i have had angiography done every year for 5 years. The surgeon says everything is perfect. Neurology says the dizziness is due to changes in blood pressure, and that i should not get up too fast, but im trying to get a second opinion of that.
I also have anxiety and mood changes. Does this effect you?