Meningitis Question...me with possible symptoms, help! kinda long, please read and help if you can?
So. tuesday i get trigger point injection shots (lidocaine in backand neck to treat fibromyalgia pain) I go home, feel ill but I already had a migraine for the past few wks and it had gotten worse after shots. I go to ER that night with severe headache, migraine with sensitivity to light, shivers ( was cold no matter how many layers or blankets i had), docs run test, say I caught a virus they have been seeing around and they tested me for meningitis. i didnt have it but told me if it persist to come back.
next day I still feel ill, get a bit dilusional, loose focus and take my pain meds hopin git will take away pain. I take and anit-inflammatory and my imitrex..no relief. I take two ( or I swore I took two) zanaflex's (tizanidine's), minutes later, i'm so dizzy i can't see, migraine is worse. i don't remember calling 911 but I did and ambulance came, took me(and my sleeping 6yr old) to same hospital. (they swore I was on drugs til i came back clean) they said i overdosed, so okay
today...i feel worse. neck super stiff, headache hurts when i talk and still have a small case of sensitivity to light, no appetite and achy body...what should I do?
could this be meningitis? I read up on it and it can take a few days to work its way into your system...I rarely get sick so I am terrfied at how I feel...
anyone know what meningitis feels like?
i didn't tell them i was worried because I have no idea what it is (at that time, i have researched it now), i called the ER and asked what the dr tested me for and they told me they were busy....
i think I will go in but to a different hospital since this one acts as if me callin about a health issue is messing up their day! I just hate to pull my 6yr old out of bed again for his 3rd trip in a row to the ER with me
Public Comments
1. IF you told the hospital that you are worried about memingitis, they would've done a spinal tap. Did you?2. meningitis is going around really bad right now, as far as i know all the symptoms you are telling me sounds like you have it, you can google it and it will tell you what all the signs are hope this helps good luck!
3. see another er doc,soni.get to er asap,,,,,,,,some symptoms are sleep apnea,,,,,muscles tightening up ,like involuntarily,light sensitivity,lot of others,,,,,as i type,looking at the keys,I make mistakes,that slow down typing speed,still have bouts of insomnia.at a critical point,I'd gone without sleep for 3 days,,,,my eyes would cross,,,,,nod off,wake up with a strong shake,nod off again,it was horrible, exhausted but unable to get restorative sleep.,the needle they used might have been contaminated,,,it cb meningitis,,,,,see folks at er like I said,call 911 and don't hesitate,they should draw blood do do a cbc,sed rate included,and do a spinal tap
4. zanaflex is a very dangerous drug--even regular doses can cause your blood pressure to plummet--causing you to feel dizzy and pass out--by blood pressure dropped to 60/40 and pulse to 40....
you don't sound like you are being treated appropriately for fibro--there are not triggerpoints with fibro--and lidocaine shots are not a generally accepted treatment-
