Alikins

Hi Alikins. About 6 months after my SAH I feel very unwell, it seemed to come on quickly. It felt similar to when I had my bleed but not as bad. I went to A & E and they immediately admitted me. They did a CT scan which showed no bleed but something wasn't right, I was transferred to the Southern General in Glasgow, the hospital that treated my SAH. I was kept in for 4 or 5 days (sorry memory of this is not too good) and they observed me, on the 4 th day they did a lumber puncture. I had hydrocephalus but it was not too bad and they didn't want to treat it. The type of SAH I had was a 'spontaneous dissection' a rare subtype, and my bleed was extensive.

The feelings you describe did settle down but it took a while, and like you I was recovering very well in the first few months. I think the symptoms you describe should be investigated further and like Karen says never be worried about being a nuisance. Did you have coiling?

Hi Momo,

Did the ct show that something wasn't right? I did read about hydrocephalus, but as I had a ct scan I thought it would have shown on that and I don't seem to have any of the other symptoms that they say occur with hydrocephalus i.e. vomiting.

I didn't have any surgery as they decided it wasn't sevre enough to warrant any surgery and managed to manage it conservatively.

Thanks for your response, I hope you are doing well now.

Alikins

Hi,

I am new to this site and forum and this is my first post. I suffered a SAH on 21/10/11 as a result of a car accident. They tell me it was only a small SAH and was discharged from hospital 5 weeks later.

I had been recovering so well and was feeling almost back to my old self in February, but early March, something just changed and I've felt so bad since. I literally went to bed one night and the next day I got up I had a headache and felt so woozy. It has got worse since and I'm now also having trouble with my ears (feels like pressure in them all the time and hearing goes funny). Back of head feels so tight and heavy and I'm having difficulty with swallowing and talking just seems to pull on my head and neck and is such a struggle.

I went back to a&e as I felt so bad and they did another ct scan, but said it was all fine. I've also seen my consultant who just put it down to stress, but I was ok before all this started. I'm now so desperate as is it possible to feel this bad after 5 months and having got back to pretty much normality (apart from going to work).

Has anyone experienced similar symptoms or such a massive dip in recovery after all seemed to be going so well?

I hope someone can reassure me as I don't know where to turn next.

Alikins