Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

S stands for speech.

If you have any problems with language, all of a sudden...

and you're watching me and I'm now, in my mind, I may still be hearing my language, but clearly what's coming out is a problem.

That's a huge warning sign.

S, speech.

T stands for tingling or numbness in the body.

Usually this is going to be on only one side of the body, but not all the time.

So really paying attention to what's going on with your limbs and how you're feeling.

So S, speech, T, tingling.

R is remembering.

All of a sudden, are you having a problem, an acute problem with remembering your spouse's name or where you are?

or not where you parked your car.

That's kind of a common one that we all get.

But if you're having some major acute problem with remembering, that's a warning sign.

O, off balance.

If all of a sudden you're having a real off balance and often one side of the body will droop, one side of the face may droop,

You may be dragging your leg all of a sudden.

You may have a little bit of paralysis in your arm.

You can't get it to go.

These are warning signs.