I Feel Crappy All the Time Now Posted: 03-26-06 11:23am
Hello! I'm new to theses boards, and I
was hoping someone might be able to help
me.
I had viral meningitis last august. I
woke up one morning with my entire body
aching. I took ibuprofen all day long,
and tried to ignore it. It finally got
the point where I just wanted to collapse
because my body hurt so bad. That night,
I slept on the couch, with a high fever
and feeling awful. I woke up early in the
morning with the worst headache I had ever
had, and it didn't go away. This headache
was constant for 3 weeks. Doctor told me
it was just a weird viral thing, i'd be
fine, call them if I get worse. So they
kept sending me home and I kept getting
worse. My fiance did some homework, and
suggest to the Dr. That maybe I have
meningitis. He quickly dismissed it
because I didn't have a stiff neck. Two
Dr. Visits later, they finally do a
spinal tap and properly diagnose me.
I was stuck on my couch for 4 weeks,
unable to do much of anything but watch tv
and sleep. I slowly started to regain
some strength, but it was a very slow
process. If I vaccumed the house, I would
have to take a nap afterwards because it
would wipe me out. I had to lie down in
the middle of the day. Grocery shopping
just about knocked me flat. I went back
to the Dr. And he said it's perfectly
normal, that getting healthy will be slow
going.
So here I am 7 months later, and I feel
like crap nearly every day. My body
aches, I feel tired. I just overall don't
feel good. I have a pretty healthy diet,
drink alot of water, take vitamins, plenty
of sleep, etc. But I still feel crappy.
It's starting to really affect me, as I
can't do the normal things i'm supposed to
be able to do. I'm only 22-i shouldn't
feel this terrible!
Is it possible to still feel the effects
of meningitis after 7 months? Or is it
something else? What should I do? I
don't want to feel like this anymore!
Sara
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tarik
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 2
Re: I Feel Crappy All the Time Now Posted: 04-09-06 13:58pm
Hello sara,
i reccomend to learn meditation and apply
regularly.
Regards
tarik
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annpanpickle
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Location: THE NORTH
Viral Meningitis Posted: 04-14-06 17:58pm
Hi sara
when I read your information I really
sympathised and empathised with you as I
was/am in a similar situation. I had
viral meningitis 9 years ago and still
live with some of the after effects -
according to my doctor I always will.
Following my 4 day stay in hospital with
meningitis I spent week after week feeling
really ill. I felt desperately tired all
the time and all my body tingled and
burned which was very uncomfortable and
stopped me sleeping. Frequently I was
told by doctors that viral meningitis was
just like having flu and was nothing to
worry about. This made me feel a wimp as
I was feeling so ill - I blamed myself for
how I felt - I was being weak. But I
continued to feel very ill. After 6
months I found something that would give
me some relief from the tingling and
burning - and that was alcohol. I visited
my doctor as I thought that I was in
danger of becoming an alcoholic! He
diagnosed that I was suffering from a kind
of neuralgia, as a result of having
meningitis, and prescribed amitriptylline
tablets. The dose was increased and
increased again until my symptoms were
under control. I still experience some
tingling and sometimes this still makes me
feel peculiar. I will have to take the
tablets all my life but at least I can
lead a mainly normal life.
My advice to you is to seek medical help
to see if there is anything they can do to
improve the quality of your life.
Hope this helps. Please let me know how
you are going on. Best wishes ann
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Shleepy
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 1 Location: London
Posted: 03-02-07 12:42pm
Hi Sara. Your description of your symmtoms
sounds way to familiar. I had viral
meningitis a year ago and have had
numerous check ups since. Each time I've
been told its all part of the healing
process but to be honest Im getting
increasingly frustrated with it. I'm in my
final year of university, just months away
from the end and I'm seriously considering
throwing in the towel and giving up. The
smallest thing like shopping with friends
for a couple of hours takes me days to
recover from. Im missing deadlines all the
time because everything takes so much
longer.
I noticed that you posted this message a
year ago. How have you been getting on
recently? Please tell me it gets better.
Would really like to hear from someone
whos going through/been through the same
thing.
Thanks
Take care
Cam
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ovni
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 5
Posted: 01-09-08 13:51pm
Hey Sara, hope you're feeling better. I
have been experiencing similar symptoms to
what you've described, only I've never
been officially diagnosed with viral
meningitis. The doctor has said it was a
possibility, but I never had a spinal tap,
so I can't know for sure.
I first began feeling ill in July of 2007.
I got awful pains in my head and
experienced nausea, vision problems, body
aches, sore throat, fatigue, and some
fever. These symptoms would sometimes
disappear for days, causing me to believe
I had recovered, only to show up again
just as bad. Six months later I'm still
feeling some of these symptoms. The level
of pain has become much more tolerable,
and it has been many months since I've
felt the worst of the symptoms, so I seem
to be very slowly improving.
Like I said, I can't say for sure whether
I even had meningitis, but whatever I've
been going through has definitely been a
very slow process. I hope things have
improved for you.
