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Orgasm headache - A&E?!

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Lilyloolock · 19/09/2026 11:04

Sorry for the TMI but I'll get it over with quickly.

90 mins or so ago my Saturday morning lie in ended in the way it often does, with a masturbation induced orgasm.

TMI over 😀

immediately afterwards,.for the first time in my life, a thunderclap headache.

I have read about these before (including on here). I now feel fine, and have since got up, had some toast, had a shower etc. exactly as normal. But I have googled it and it said that if it's the first time I should go to A&E immediately! This seems to go against the advice on here, and I feel absolutely fine now as if nothing happened.

I really don't want to spend the day in a&e but I also really don't want to die! AIBU to ignore Dr Google (who also told me I had skin cancer when I was actually just wearing the wrong clothes in hot weather) or do I really need to have the world's most embarrassing trip to a&e?

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Lilyloolock · 19/09/2026 11:24

Rowgtfc72 · 19/09/2026 11:21

Ah like an icepick headache?
Concentrated in one spot, intense pain?

It was at the base of my head. Yes intense pain. Maybe I am misusing the term thunderclap but I Googled orgasm headache and it mentioned urgent a&e if it hasn't happened before (which it's not).

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Muchtoomuchtodo · 19/09/2026 11:22

Call 111

Rowgtfc72 · 19/09/2026 11:21

Ah like an icepick headache?
Concentrated in one spot, intense pain?

Firstbornunicorn · 19/09/2026 11:21

I'm not sure what defines a "thunderclap" headache, but that sounds a lot like a cluster headache.

JustWalnut · 19/09/2026 11:18

Dr Google should also have told you that these headaches are very rare. You'll be fine.

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Lilyloolock · 19/09/2026 11:15

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 19/09/2026 11:14

Firstly, if you absolutely certain it was a Thunderclap headache, it doesn’t matter if it has dissipated now, it still needs to be checked as there is a risk of recurrence, silent bleed etc - and there is a prime diagnosis window.
Secondly, stop focusing on the ‘cause’ because you might be wrong and it could have been a coincidence. And it’s not embarrassing anyway, certainly not to the medical professionals, and you can overcome yours.

Not quite sure what the word 'thunderclap' means medically but it was a short, sharp pain in my head.

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Judashascomeintosomemoney · 19/09/2026 11:14

Firstly, if you absolutely certain it was a Thunderclap headache, it doesn’t matter if it has dissipated now, it still needs to be checked as there is a risk of recurrence, silent bleed etc - and there is a prime diagnosis window.
Secondly, stop focusing on the ‘cause’ because you might be wrong and it could have been a coincidence. And it’s not embarrassing anyway, certainly not to the medical professionals, and you can overcome yours.

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Lilyloolock · 19/09/2026 11:14

GreenFootstool · 19/09/2026 11:05

Thunderclap headaches are a medical emergency.

You can't know if you've had a hemorrhage without a scan.

Has it fully dissipated now? What happens when you sit / stand / shake your head?

Edited

Shit. Yes it's fully dissipated. It did after about a minute. I have been absolutely fine since and had a normal Saturday morning. I have sat at the breakfast table, stood in the shower, climbed the stairs, and I've just seen my head now as I type this! All fine.

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AllIwantForChrismasIsAKitchenAidStandMixer · 19/09/2026 11:07

This happened to my now DH maybe 2 weeks into dating. Mortifying for all involved - had to regain excruciating detail about sex position etc. He was fine - just a powerful orgasm - but A&E took it extremely seriously and fast tracked him through as they were concerned about a brain haemorrhage

All of this to say - it’s probably fine but it might not be so you should go and get checked out.

GreenFootstool · 19/09/2026 11:05

Thunderclap headaches are a medical emergency.

You can't know if you've had a hemorrhage without a scan.

Has it fully dissipated now? What happens when you sit / stand / shake your head?

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