Long term effects of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

[color=darkred:a1de437226][/color:a1de437226][b:a1de437226]Hi, I have just come across your post and it rings all the bells in my head. I am the partner of a now 42 year old man who had a Subarachnoid Haemorrhage 3 and half years ago. He was lucky at the time to survive and had 3 bleeds coiled at the time.

His symptoms after these 3 years are debilitating fatigue which has impacted on his ability to work, (He still works but gets so exhausted that he needs rest days in between), he is extremely irritable. Gets angry very quickly and easily, can't \"multi task\". Speed of cognitive thinking has been effected as in, it is just this little bit slower which is very frustrating for him as well as for myself. (It is usually the smaller things in life which seem to be causing the most problems). He is very forgetful and finds it really hard to communicate within the relationship.

The change in personality is huge and very frustrating. He has been prescribed anti depressants which do help a little for a while, but there really is only a small improvement.

I am sorry for all you have had to go through and think I do understand where you are coming from. I don't have any answer to what is helpful as we are struggling ourselves with similar issues, but am wishing you well for the future.

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My hubby suffered his SAH 2009 but not through an aneurysm his was a bleed of no know cause, very lucky. he is back at work but his memory is not very good, long term or short term. we have been married 17yrs but he feels it is 3yrs as he cannot remember anything prior. this is very upsetting for me, i have had the short fuse temper, have been threatened and hit, he was never like this before. the worst bit for me is that his inhibitions have gone, like most men they look at women but my hubby stares now and says to me "that woman has great T..S" yeah it does wonders for my confidence. what do i do? many a times i have felt like leaving him but one day i will as all want is to be loved. i am never going to get that now.

I do feel for you all especially Waterball. I had the joys of experiencing a SAH in 2011 and I'm still in the course of rehabilitation. Unfortunately it does totally change your life. I believe it's quite normal for sufferers to become easily irritated and lose control usually verbally in social environments. Therapy usually makes a difference unless you can force the sufferer to take a sedating medication. Either way it's not going to be easy. I myself had to be restrained when in hospital as I was in complete denial that I had even had the injury itself. It went on to the point I was given haloperidol three times a day until I was finally discharged at which point I still had to take them until I could be weaned off.

All I can say to Waterfall is that it seems to have almost reached the point of abuse in your relationship. If you aren't receiving any advice from medical staff who were involved with his condition it is really up to you to take things further sooner than later before you find yourself reduced to nothing. Good luck to all 🌟

Hello-I know it is over a year since your post-how are things?

Hello, Just checking you are still around this Forum. How are you ? 

Hi. I had the same thing in September of 2014 at age 53. Prior to that I worked endlessly and also was in good physical condition. I have never fully recovered and am just like him with the irritability and short temper issues. I also get fatigued quickly. I have headaches every day and on about 6 different medications. I'm hoping to maybe go back to work at some point, but haven't worked since. I feel for you. They are about to put me on a newer medicine to combat the irritability issues. I am in the United States and you're probably not. His issues are normal. Only those of us who've experienced it know exactly how it feels. But those close to me feel what you're feeling and I know it's not easy for you.

Jeffrey

Hello. I also had a SAH in August 2007 aged 25 years old. I've one coiled & one clipped. I also had no counselling after, I know I've never been the same since to with my personality. I've just recently had 3 session of counselling & are due for the fourth in the new year. I feel really down as I've just kept everything in all these years & hid behide a brave face since which now seems my down fall. I also have anger issues, which look like they affect my family life & work. My marriage is suffering & my ability to be a dad to. I'm not violent person but it tears me up personally every time. Thanks for your time.

I'm a 40 yr old female, that's on my own with 2 children, currently 10yrs and 7 yrs but December 2014 on day before Xmas eve I suddenly got massive headache, as I'd suffered in past I put it down to a migraine as just lost my dad, and found out my partner of 14 years had 6 month affair so stress was factor, also smoker. Took migraine tablets and vomited few times, was keeping eye on time as thinking I be up early with kids, I woke up on my bathroom floor but panicked as young kids in house, phoned my mum at 5am describing what I thought but was panicking about kids, mum drove straight over, phoned my sister as I wasn't right, not that I can remember. Sister phoned 111 and advised ambulance on watt, next hours a blur if honest, was in HDU nuerolgy and panicked, I was taken down xmas eve for repair to ruptured aneurysm and a second due to rupture. Both coiled successfully, was discharged 14 January as they went through groin. Since then my fatigue is so bad, I'm loosing tempter so much with children, I'm on such short fuse too. Had councilling but feel my symptoms getting worse xxxx

I too had subarachnoid haemorrhage and don't remember too much of my time in hospital. This was 24/12/2014 and I'm struggling with fatigue, depresssion and short temper. I've had councilling but seems if I'm around my mum then I feel ok but on my own back at home with my 2 kids I feel like coiled spring, which if honest is not fair on them as on my own and they have been through so much already xxxx Stay strong and please reply xxxx

I have just found this site and after reading your stories I feel I can relate to you all. I had my SAH in 2012, mine was at the front of my head, which apparently is rare. It was 8 mm and coiled but a few days later I had a 2nd bleed caused by the surgery this was in a different location. 4 plus years on and I have migrations often with a constant low level head ache. My body has rejected all medications so now having botox directly into the skull, which is helping . I have nerve damage in the back of my head , neck and shoulders which is like a constant toothache. I still can't sleep and My fatigue is off the scale. I have daily dizziness with the nausea too. My short term memory is really bad and my common sense is very disturbing, I often touch very hot things etc. I can't stand for too long or walk any distance without my body going like jelly. Concentration and ability to understand things is massively changed. Overall my whole life has changed and I can only describe it as though I'm living in an arcade game and nothing seems real anymore. I do feel depressed and anxious but unlike some I don't get aggressive I just get emotional. I really expected to get better and go back to work but alas that has not happened , I'm lucky if I can get up and dressed these days. Loud noises , bright lights or movement plays havoke with my head so crowded places or travel is so unbearable. It is so hard to express the level of and intensity of the problems but even harder to live with them. I truly hope that anyone affected by this awful health condition sees improvement over time.

I survived same 17 yrs ago - and have same exp + now am having eye muscle/nerve issues in left eye with a sliding sensation in feet. Any similar?

Hi,I’m just wondering if anybody has had a SAH without any cause? At 28 I had been to the doctors with what I can describe as a thunderclap headache for four months they told me it was a migraine. Last July I collapsed with no sensation in my legs in front of my children. I’ve since been left with sight loss in my left eye,and I can’t describe what it feels like when I’m in a supermarket or busy place,I feel flustered or panicked. Thanks for reading.x