I had a headache this morning but it wasn’t horrendous . I assumed I had slept badly or was dehydrated . It wasn’t bad enough for me to think I needed to seek any sort of help with it . I tried to sleep it off and drink lots of water . I went for a sleep, woke up not too long ago and it’s excruciating and much worse . I’ve tried painkillers but nothing is touching it . I’ve had bad headaches before from stress and dehydration so it may just be that , but I also have had episodes of closed over glaucoma and had to be treated for that in hospital . I was told that anytime I had a headache I needed to be careful it wasnt a glaucoma attack . Usually I can tell the difference between a stress headache and a closed over glaucoma headache because the latter is much, much worse , but stress headaches can be very painful to and I can’t go to a&e everytime I get a headache either so it is a hard balance to get
it feels like the same kind of sore head I had when I had the closed over attacks , but I had a similar sore head a while ago and went to a&e and it turned out to be fine, just a tension headache IIRC . I actually posted on here after it as I was worried I had been a timewaster but it was an old account and I can’t remember the password etc . everyone said it wasn’t UR to go to a&e for this but I suppose now this is the 2nd time I’m a bit more unsure in case it turns out to be a tension headache again
Usually I would book an appointment at my opticians (boots) for them to check as they can tell if it’s closed over glaucoma again but it's too late now (it is 5) because I napped all day thinking it was just a stress or tension headache . If it had been this bad earlier today I would have gone straight to boots , but now it’s worse and the opticians are closing .
AIBU to go to a&e as they can tell if it’s a closed over glaucoma attack or just a stress headache ?
I don’t want to be a time waster but it’s getting worse and I’m concerned it’s a closed over attack again and if it is it needs to be treated immediately ( last time I had to go straight to hospital and they were waiting for me there so I know it’s serious) but I don’t want to waste a&e time for nothing … but for a quick 2 minute check they can check if it is closed over glaucoma or not , so AIBU to go so they can check especially since it is getting worse ?