Hello, my dad had a minor stroke a year ago now and at first had no long term or short term memory at all. He didn't even know what a yoghurt was! But gradually over this year he has got better, now remembers long term things but still has a great deal of problems with the "now" memory. This really frustrates him as he is tired of trying to remember things all the time. Just thought that i'd let you no of the symptoms that my dad had, really his only problem after the stroke was his memory problems, no paralysis as I thought would be expected in a stroke.

Hope i've helped a little.

Em.

My dad had a stroke 2 years ago and he has suffered quite significant memory loss. It has improved but his short term memory is very bad and he forgets most things within a few minutes. His long term memory is ok but some things seem to be a bit jumbled up, like the timeline of events etc. He also tends to make things up as he speaks sometimes. Its very sad and hard to deal with as it gets quite frustrating.

My dad had a stroke 2 years ago and he has suffered quite significant memory loss. It has improved but his short term memory is very bad and he forgets most things within a few minutes. His long term memory is ok but some things seem to be a bit jumbled up, like the timeline of events etc. He also tends to make things up as he speaks sometimes. Its very sad and hard to deal with as it gets quite frustrating.

it's possible as stroke survivors usually have focal gliotic areas in the brain.These are areas where the brain cells are damaged, which may lead to memory loss.

There are brain stimulating exercises like doing simple hand tasks, recalling phone numbers, simple math etc. There are also drugs like Piracitam which are prescribed,so you may consult a Neurologist for it.

All the best,

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My freind's father of 67 years old had a minor stroke 3 months ago and he was having severe memory problems. Otherwise he can be considered have no other physical problems. He can't recognize and recall his own name and family members, behave undecently, talk nonsense and use wrong words during the first month. He was one of succesful director of organization and now he have to leave his job unfinished all the sudden. The family members are very depressed and the neurologist said they can't be very sure whether he can recover his memory. Kindly advice.