Hi all,
Posting in AIBU partly for traffic but also because I think I need a stern talking to.
I wouldn’t say I suffer with anxiety or health anxiety more than the next person so catastrophising (as I am now) is not something I usually do.
My DS is 7. He came home from school last Wednesday looking pale and complaining of a headache. He fell asleep on the sofa and later on vomited in bed during the night. He had a slightly raised temp, which he continued to have on and off until yesterday.
Since then, he’s been pretty constantly complaining of a headache. He’s been waking 2-3 times a night and crying because his head hurts so much. It seems a bit better from mid morning until mid afternoon and he plays with his sister, has something to eat etc. Then, he’s very pale again, in pain and, once given Calpol or Nurofen, has been sleeping for a couple of hours every afternoon and then back off to sleep as normal at bedtime.
I’m really trying to limit how much Calpol/ Nurofen he’s taking but every day so far has had the maximum 4 doses suggested on the bottle. At times, the headaches seem to make him very panicky. Before I’d got home on Friday, he’d got himself into a bit of a state when my parents were here and was almost hyperventilating when I got in.
He isn’t a child that easily cries but is clearly in a lot of pain and crying two or three times a day because his head hurts to much. I called 111 yesterday and took him, at their recommendation, to an out of hours GP. He checked DS over and said there is nothing obviously wrong.
I can’t send him to school tomorrow feeling like he is and after an afternoon of googling, I’m terrified that he’s got a brain tumour. The tiredness, the headache that is worse at night and in the early hours of the morning. He has no other symptoms so it’s so unlikely, isn’t it?
I don’t know what to do next. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
TIA.