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Old 05-21-19, 03:00 PM
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It's bizarre that someone your age and in your condition would have a stroke, and FWIW, I think it is odd that they would be treating you with a series of drugs as if you were that 70ish overweight, diabetic couch potato. And all those drugs look to be compromising your quality of life.

I would seek second, third, and fourth opinions from different docs and specialists and be the annoying squeaky wheel until they find out WHY you had the stroke. Simply putting you on a serious combination of meds without knowing the cause would be unacceptable to me. Once they are sure why it happened, all those drugs would be easier to swallow ... literally ... or even be shown to be unnecessary. IMHO, all drugs have side effects, and should be taken only if they show benefit for YOU, not a demographic you really don't belong in.

At the very least, if shown to need the drugs (the benefit outweighs the side effects), different doses may be in order.
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