vs1988

Hey Seraphiscain

I seem to be in the same boat as you. I posted mine in the Headaches forum. Last night, I had a very bad, painful headache with nausea and dizziness. I searched the web and found info on aneurysms, and I pretty much panicked. I think the anxiety made my symptoms worse, but it was already very painful. I took an Advil and eventually the pain subsided.

I read that the pain from an aneurysm that has ruptured does not go away, and the person's condition very rapidly declines to the point where a bystander or the person themself will call 911. However, I did read about sentinel headaches (which pretty much added more to my anxiety). Sentinel headaches are supposedly warning leaks that happen before the actual rupture. They are very similar to the actual rupture in terms of pain and symptoms, but are generally milder and therefore a lot of times dismissed as a regular headache. I've read conflicting info on this and am still trying to figure it all out. Some sources say that a sentinel headache is continuous or transient, but does not go away until the rupture occurs. Other sources (this is the scary one) say that a sentinel headache happens once, and then the person is fine until days or weeks or even months later when the "real" rupture happens. This had me freaked out.

I'm currently just taking it slow and seeing if anything comes up. If your symptoms keep happening you should go back to the hospital and ask for a head CT scan just to be safe. That's what I would do, but unfortunately I can't at this point.

Good luck.

VS