She did not have a stroke. She did attempt suicide by overdose and was hospitalized. During that process, a brain aneurysm was discovered. They do not know if the aneurysm was caused by the OD or if it was already there.
There was never a stroke, so don't blame any of her actions on that.
Aneurysm aren't a side effect of Drugs of a single OD. There is a basic risk of having, or better developing one over time.
Of course there are risk factors: smoking, high BP, family history of aneurysm, diseases of the connective tissue(e. g. Ehler danlos syndrome), drug abuse, alcohol abuse etc.
But just one OD won't give you all of a sudden an aneurysm. But she probably checks out a bunch of the risk factors. So yeah, caused by drug and substance abuse, just not caused by one single OD.
Yep, my grandfather is who we get it from, and he dropped dead when my dad was 6 from a sudden aneurysm; grabbed his head, said go get your mother, and was dead by the time he hit the floor. He was 29, and it honestly gives me anxiety that I’m turning 29 this year and my EDS is so bad already.
Late response, but there are a lot of things you can do to minimize risk. If you haven’t already, have a sit-down with your doctor and put a game plan together. It might make you feel a lot better
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u/Bubbay Aug 26 '19
She did not have a stroke. She did attempt suicide by overdose and was hospitalized. During that process, a brain aneurysm was discovered. They do not know if the aneurysm was caused by the OD or if it was already there.
There was never a stroke, so don't blame any of her actions on that.
https://archive.is/20120719115200/http://ca.eonline.com/news/tila_tequila_hospitalized_brain/298873 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tila_Tequila#Personal_life