Just because you got headache ...

[Shannon97]

Just because you got headache I'm scared it's meningitis

[StrawberryCream]

Hi Shannon

I have read your previous posts and am aware that you worry about a lot of symptoms you experience and whether they are an indication of a serious condition, or illness etc. If you were getting meningitis your headache would be excruciatingly constant and unbearable and you would not be messaging on the healthunlocked sites but going straight to a doctor. Your post indicate that you often have a symptom which leads you to join various sites and I am thinking that you are perhaps a person who worries excessively over every twinge, ache or pain and I would suggest that you go to your GP and be asked to be referred for therapy eg CBT so that you can find the root of your health anxiety and find ways to manage it as well as being able to know when you do need to seek medical advice/assessment. I think that your anxiety is possibly causing some of your sympoms as all that worrying would certainly cause a headache? I know that since I was life-threateningly ill with meningitis both my young son and I tend to panic if I am even a bit ill eg a cold but then we have to try to get it into perspective and not over-react because all a cold needs is paracetamol and rest and it will recover. But we also keep mindful of the fact that it could be more serious.

Best wishes

[Shannon97 in reply to StrawberryCream]

I read something on Facebook or something and if I have a symptom I think I've got it,what causes meningitis,sorry if I sound stupid😭

[StrawberryCream in reply to Shannon97]

The internet can be a good thing with helpful information but it also enables us to access information that can turn our little niggles, problems and worries into great big ones! I suggest that you stop scouring the net and these healthunlocked sites as it's feeding into your anxieties and leading you to image every little twinge is a sign of something major or life threatening! When you are concerned go to your GP who will assess your symptoms and then can either reassure you or consider if it might be something that needs more investigation or treatment. You do need therapy to help your anxiety and to help you think about the cause of it and to learn strategies to help you lesson your anxious feelings.

[Shannon97]

I can't help it😭 What about the menegitis jab

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I have suffered headaches and crippling migraines for years but believe me, there's NO headache or migraine compared to the hell that is a meningitis headache. Chances are you have migraine or stress induced headache. Happy to discuss management techniques 🙂

[Shannon97]

I've had enough of feeling like there's something wrong x