I'm a 56-year-old man who had a shunt put in 12 years ago. For the first few weeks after surgery, I was complaining of seizures and constantly worried the thing was blocked. It wasn't. I get absent seizures now and take Gabapentin for those, but my life is a whole lot better since surgery than before. My best advice to you is to give it some time. This surgery takes a while to get over and a while to evaluate.