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Headaches, anger and confusion
Discuss dealing with post-encephalitis symptoms.
Headaches
- By doublec · New reply yesterday at 7:51 pm
- 5 replies
- My husband was hospitalized in late September for a week with West Nile Encephalitis, he was out of work for three weeks but is doing much better except for the headaches. He was just having them every ...
Wife's remembering a bit and also that she doesn't remember.
- By Anarchy_X · New reply November 19, 2009
- 3 replies
- Well my wife has been on Risperdal for two weeks now and is able to remember somethings, once and a while of course, but more importantly is saying that she knows there are things she doesn't remember ...
herpes encephalitis Is it normal for my short term to be almost gone?
- By Eemeena · New reply October 30, 2009
- 11 replies
- My short term doesn't activate well. And also I feel like I'm constantly dreaming while awake. Is this normal ...
Do the headaches ever stop? Can they be controlled?
- By Live_On · New reply October 29, 2009
- 15 replies
- I have had severe headaches shortly after the original diagnosis and treatment and they have continued until present. They are in fact the largest problem I have post E, along with frustrations with abilities ...
Headaches 5 years later...
- By denisencj2001 · New reply October 26, 2009
- 9 replies
- Has anyone else had headaches start years after having "E"? I was diagnosed over 5years ago and have always had minor, "normal" headaches. But back in November of last year I started having what I think ...
Delirium, Schizophrenia, or just typical
- By Anarchy_X · New reply October 20, 2009
- 12 replies
- Doctors are calling in a cognitive specialist and a psychiatrist to see if my wife's incoherent speaking is delirium or worse yet, schizophrenia. Couldn't it just be the confusion that happens with encephalitis ...
Speech problems, is it really aphasia
- By Anarchy_X · New reply October 17, 2009
- 7 replies
- My wife is still recovering from Herpes Encephalitis and while she seems to understand everything that is said, she isn't able to always speak coherently. For example she can tell me "I love you honey ...
Still agitated is this typical?
- By Anarchy_X · New reply October 14, 2009
- 3 replies
- Last night my wife couldn't sleep and became agitated around three in the morning with wanting to take all of the things hooked up to her off and trying to get out of bed. She had been awake and sitting ...
What about the confusion and altered mental status?
- By Anarchy_X · New reply October 11, 2009
- 5 replies
- As I posted earlier, my wife is just coming out of ICU but still in the hospital. She is responding well to all commands and requests from staff and family/friends, but when not being engaged by someone ...
Can we get a date of the post that stays with the post
- By one_lil_red_hen · New reply September 30, 2009
- 2 replies
- Can we get a date that a post was originally posted that will stay with the post and not be change into new reply today, or new reply yesterday??? Is there a way to keep the original posted date with ...
Headache relief comment/suggestion
- By WendyStation · New reply September 30, 2009
- 3 replies
- http://lh5.ggpht.com/_el2o4NcQ4y0/SsD3RZ cjEuI/AAAAAAAABlY/iG7IH80jrYM/Migraine.J PG The above link leads to an interesting comment/suggestion on migraine relief. (Quoted from the book "The Doctor Is ...
headaches
- By jesslaw · New reply September 18, 2009
- 9 replies
- Hello everybody, It is almost my two year anniversary and I have not experienced headaches except for a few minor ones just after release from the hospital. However, the past two days I have had very ...
13 Month Head ache
- By populus02 · New reply August 11, 2009
- 6 replies
- For 13 months now Iv had this headache, and back pains. Nixproxien takes away the worst of it but its still there, although Im started to get used to the medication. My medication has ran out, and the ...
Frustration followed by acceptance
- By samuel · New reply August 1, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hello to you all. Yesterday I was out on a little relaxation expidition on my day off. I was on my way let go of some of the foginess, head pain and frustration I find myself in on a daily basis. I rode ...
Am I "normal" after 4 1/2 years after having E?
- By ctt · New reply May 27, 2009
- 12 replies
- I continue to have headaches, almost on a daily basis. They are not always migraine-like, but they can be pretty brutal. MRIs & CAT scans are, of course, normal. I also have a lot of trouble finding the ...
had another seizure last night
- By pigboyjb · New reply March 28, 2009
- 11 replies
- also still have headaches since last night. they seem to be in the front part of my brain. dr wants me to go to the hospital. more and more money. any chance of getting on ssi for some help. do i have ...
Brain fatigue
- By curlycanuck · New reply March 28, 2009
- 12 replies
- does anyone know the medical terminology for this process of "brain fatigue and brain shutting down" ? I never can remember to ask my doctors when I am there. I talked to the heart and stroke foundation ...
PAIN!
- By xoxoxoxoxo · New reply March 1, 2009
- 8 replies
- My migraines these past few days are now getting worse!! The back of my neck is getting stiff/hurting,..AGGERVATING!!!!!! I've never had that happen before. Im just so sick of this ...
Emotional lability
- By Mac33 · New reply January 16, 2009
- 35 replies
- Before getting ill, I was always a very stoic thing. I very rarely got angry, I never made decisions based on emotions, your typical Vulcan really. People would get angry about something and I'd say "Why ...
Weird vision/perception thing . . .
- By Mac33 · New reply October 6, 2008
- 19 replies
- Not really sure if this is the right topic, but I'm having a verrrry strange visual/perceptual experience right now . . . Was typing at the computer, everything seemed normal, then all of a sudden my ...
