Readers Respond: Stroke Symptoms

Stroke symptoms aren't easy to define because the brain is such a complicated organ and controls so many things. There are very obvious stroke symptoms, like a headache, trouble speaking (aphasia) and weakness on one side (hemiparesis), but those symptoms don't always show up in every case.

Since stroke symptoms are all so different, here's a chance for readers to share their own personal experiences. Have you had a stroke? Did someone you love suffer a stroke? What happened and how did it feel?

See how others experienced stroke symptoms and share your own below.

dizziness

my wife suffered a stroke 7 months ago. since then she has suffered from dizziness and nausea periodically. she is now taking plavix to thin her blood.

—hc4545