Originally Posted by dshue

I've had a diasatrous experience with the effects from a lumbar puncture, and wanted to know if anyone had any information that might illuminate things for me.

I had the LP done as the last diagnostic test before getting a ketamine infusion - I wanted to make sure I had every test done I could have before taking that plunge. My RSD symptoms had begun six months prior following a sugery, and I had some fears about ketamine. Anyway, three days after the LP, a terrible headache appeared, along with what felt like my spine being ripped out of my body.

After two and a half weeks of this, I had a blood patch done and felt about 80% better. But three days after that, it felt like a lightning bolt struck in my brain, resulting in extreme dizziness and nausea, with continuous muscle spasms in my right glut and a constant pressure on the top of my skull, along with a choking sensation in my throat.

I've been checked for a stroke, for a CSF leak. Apparently neither is present. Things have settled just small bit since they first appeared, and the symptoms get much worse with any physical activity.

Could my RSD-symptoms have spread from this, and in this way?