What Does a Stroke in Your Sleep Feel Like?

Other symptoms include sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding, difficulty in seeing in one or both eyes, trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination, and sudden severe headache with no known cause.

What happens when you have a stroke in your sleep?

It's possible to wake up with stroke symptoms as a result of a stroke that happened while you were asleep. These are sometimes called "wake-up strokes." Wake-up strokes are not technically different from other strokes. However, they can be more dangerous because treatment is delayed while you are sleeping.

Can you survive a stroke in your sleep?

People who have strokes while asleep are at risk of death because they're unable to benefit from treatment early. It's unknown how many people die in their sleep from a stroke each year. For those who survive having a stroke while asleep, there's a risk of permanent disability due to delayed treatment.