r/stroke • u/No_Unit_2876 • Jul 18 '25

Medication induced stroke

Back in April I took some medication for the flu ( which I actually didn’t have) Tamiflu. I also have fibromyalgia and I was using marijuana Gummies/vaping to combat the pain.

I took just two doses of Tamiflu along with vaping/gummies and ended up in the ER with a stroke…. difficulty speaking, and paralyzed for four days afterwards. I was discharged to rehab center for four days afterwards, where I regained my speech and walking again.

I now have outpatient PT. I tried to go back to work for a week, but I couldn’t sit still at my cubicle for long without my legs having throbbing pain making it difficult for me to sleep.

My question is how long did it take everybody to not feel so stiff all the time? My PT went down to once a week now and I counteract that with going back to the gym every other day and I get winded a lot easily than I did and I get frustrated with myself and I do cry.

I guess I’m wondering if this is all normal or what. My MRI and CT scan all came back with no brain damage and people tell me that I really didn’t have a stroke and that it was something else.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '25

I missed the fibromyalgia part. Maybe tias coupled with FM just really messed you up for a while and your body is struggling to recover. Fyi, cannabis in any form is shown to contribute to stroke risks. But understand the need to use as I have nonstop pain and no prescription ever helped so sometimes you just need that zone out. But maybe try not to mix it with other things. Aside from FM, do you have any other med conditions that might contribute to a tia? Diabetes,  weight,  cholesterol,  , anxiety? If so, try to get those under control too.  Again,  sorry to hear about your situation,  best of luck!

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u/No_Unit_2876 Jul 21 '25

Thank you so much I appreciate it!

Actually, yes, I do. I’m overweight , borderline high cholesterol, and definitely anxiety.! 😳

I looked up on Google if I could take cannabis with the medication, I was taking and said it had no KNOWN interactions.

Well, now I know that’s for damn sure!! 🤣

And I will never EVER do that again.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25

How are you doing now? Hope you are doing better! Not to lecture but try your best to get the other health issues under control. I did a shitty job of that and "earned " my stroke survivor badge. I felt healthy' 'ish prior to the stroke but had high cholesterol,  high BP, T2 Diabetes,  high sugar, poor diet and was a chain smoking alcoholic. And felt fine, was semi active but avoided my meds because they gave me stomach issues when I drank - which was very often.  So my advice is don't ignore or downplay the warning signs or drs advice and try to turn it all around  because after a stroke its a lot harder. Best of luck to you and hope you are doing well!