Originally Posted by sarah1987

Hi I've searched the internet for weeks and your right a blood patch does seal the puncture all I got off one gp was yes its possible the dura has been punctured and I mentioned a blood patch and his reply was it isn't needed as its been so long it should of sealed itself by. Now I'm petrified cause it can leak furtjer and I've read can cause a brain clot or something so I'm getting a bit worried even my local accident and emergency refuse to help me saying there isn't a problem when obviously there is all I can remember during labour after being high is when the needle was inserted in my spine I had a bad burning pain run down my lft leg and didn't think anything of it as I never had a epi with my other two children just thought it was normal as it was in my spine that's when a few days later my left side went numb arm neck face like a stroke so went to hospital to be told its nothing I continued 2 other times to go to hosp as other symptoms crept in to be told again nothings wrong with me so kept going to my gp to be told its in my head its anxiety of all things but I know and anyone knows when they are poorly and somethings not right so finally after 17 wks I'm reffered to neuro friday all my gps and my local hospital could of sorted this when it started but they couldn't be bother I'm now reffered to a brilliant hospital this friday fingers crossed they help me xxx

Originally Posted by sarah1987

Long long story to tell...I am 24 yrs old I have had my 3rd child 17 weeks ago I had a epidural never had one with my other two children before and since I've had a epidural I've been poorly with no answers seen 5 gps and not one can tell me what's wrong so here I go with symptoms...pressure and cold sensation behine left eye...serious bad head pressure all over and makes my head so heavy...tingling in hea and sharp bad pains tht cripple me I get a intense bad burning in my head I throw up my eyes go funny..hot and cold sensations in my head and a crwaling feeling left temple and popping sensations in my head too I get heart palpatations but my heart ok had a ecg had bloods done december they came back fine my head feels like its rocking bad and I get like a tingle all over my head.. Its affecting my ears they feel full of preussre and are burning outside I've told my gp whi looked in my ears and saw nothing ?vibrations in legs and starting to go through every part of me internal vibrations not felt on out side... Buzzing feeling inside and now shaking inside when I am not shaking outside I am petrified I get a constant feeling of blacking out all the time even when sitting its scaryI've only been like this since my baby she's 17 wks old now I'm having bad headaches I've never sufferd with headache until I had my bab my head cripples me I dread going to bed that bad I cry I'm so scared I won't wake up I've been to 5 gps in 17 weeks they haven't even got a idea what it is and finally thursday yesterday I got reffered to a neurologist as not one gp has any idea what's wrong with me but that isn't until feb 2nd another four weeks this has ruined my life for 4 months that bad I'm on anti depression tabs now I am so scared as I have never had any of these probs before I'm only 24 has anyone ever has any of this before I'm so scared getting no answers!!