Can brain aneurysm surgery change your personality?

Can brain aneurysm surgery change your personality?

After a Brain Aneurysm/AVM/Hemorrhagic Stroke, survivors and family members say one of the most difficult emotions to handle is anger and frustration. Most survivors would describe themselves as having a personality change or a lack of impulse control due to anger.

Can an unruptured aneurysm cause personality changes?

Depression and anxiety are very common among survivors, whether you suffered a ruptured aneurysm or were treated for an unruptured aneurysm. These may be caused by the aneurysm itself and also by the many life changes that may occur as a result of the aneurysm.

What are the long term effects of a brain aneurysm surgery?

You can experience issues like muscle atrophy due to diminished physical activity during a long recovery. And you may develop anxiety or depression in response to the changes that you have gone through due to your brain aneurysm rupture and surgery.

Does aneurysm affect memory?

Memory involves many parts of the brain, and if a brain aneurysm rupture or treatment damages any of those areas, your memory will be affected. Survivors of ruptured aneurysms usually do not remember the event or much of what happened in the hospital, and never will.

Can you live a normal life with an unruptured brain aneurysm?

An unruptured brain aneurysm may cause zero symptoms. People can live with them for years before detection. If a brain aneurysm is unruptured, no blood has broken through the blood vessel walls. This means the “balloon” in your blood vessel remains intact.

Can you live a normal life after brain aneurysm surgery?

You will probably feel very tired for several weeks after this surgery. You may also have headaches or problems concentrating for 1 to 2 weeks. It can take 4 to 8 weeks to fully recover. The incisions may be sore for about 5 days after surgery.

Are there warning signs of a brain aneurysm?

Warning Signs/Symptoms

• Sudden and severe headache, often described as “the worst headache of my life”
• Nausea/vomiting.
• Stiff neck.
• Blurred or double vision.
• Sensitivity to light.
• Seizure.
• Drooping eyelid.
• A dilated pupil.