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Had this for about 9 days now, saw doctor on Tues who signed me off for a week, diagnosed and was offered lumbar puncture/ brain scan to confirm diagnosis, don't feel sick but do feel really spaced out, slow thinking, dizzy and not liking sunshine! Getting really bored but don't feel well enough to go back to work and wondering how long it will take to return to normal. Not being treated with any medication.
Anyone experienced this?
Gareth
My Mrs did, long time ago
took about 4-6 weeks for the headaches to go (initially happened every time she stood up)
mind, viral meningitis could be any one of lots of viruses or even just "failure to be bacterial meningitis", so your experience may vary
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Rushed into hospital 12 years ago with viral meningitis. Spent a week in hospital that I can't really remember much about and then needed 12 weeks off work to recover. Still wasn't 100% when I returned to work. Symptoms at the start(3 or 4 days) were like the worst flu that I could imagine and then I went rapidly down hill from there.I didn't even know who I was never mind get out of bed ! Family called the emergency doctor who said it was viral megingitis straight away. Rushed to hospital, had a lumbar puncture to comfirm what it was. Not a pleasant experience.
I had viral meningitis when I was 19. It started as a sore throat. It was unlike any sore throat i'd had before or since. It became inflamed and hard making swallowing difficult.
Then came the headache - ouch! I was admitted to hospital where they did a lumbar puncture - essential for diagnosis. A thoroughly unpleasant procedure followed by no movement fo 8 hours - i was bursting for a slash by the end of it. Lying down and going to the loo is not something I could do.
I remember the doctor saying I had 80% lymphocites, whatever that meant, but they told me it was viral.
The first 48 hours are crucial. You either come through unscathed, brain damaged, or you don't make it. I think I came through unscathed (!?!). The only time my late father (who was a doctor) showed signs that he was worried when one of us was unwell.
I was put on very strong pain killers called DF118 (some opiate based drug), but these only made the pain just bearable. I had a few delerious semi-concious nights and like others' experiences, it was just weird.
It was On the 4th day the nurses wanted me to get up and serve everyone tea and I remember how painful getting up was. The pain didn't go away until I layed back down. It was in the days of matronly type wards. If they had understood the condition, they would have let me rest. In the end I asked to go home for some rest.
I was off work for a further two weeks and it took another month after that to get back to normal.
You will be very tired, so take it easy.
