I know I have read some horror stories on other sites and that's what scares us so much. dean felt good for about 1 1/2 months after surgery then the headaches started mild and has not gotten severe. took him to ER on 2/26/13 due to confusion. thought we were in the car on our way to Florida for vacation! That's when they did the first adjustment, discharged next day and symptoms still bad and took him back in to ER on 3/3, where they adjusted it again, it is now draining as much csf as possible. headaches, fatigue, of course anxiety all has gotten worse.