# Is the Atkins diet causing my severe headaches?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 21, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-atkins-diet-causing-my-severe-headaches/196624 "2003-08-21T07:59:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-atkins-diet-causing-my-severe-headaches/196624/21 "2003-08-24T02:42:41Z")

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Sorry to hear this, **JerseyDiamond**. Get well soon.

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**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-atkins-diet-causing-my-severe-headaches/196624/22 "2003-08-24T08:21:45Z")

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Well, I am back home. My husband took me to the ER at about 6 in the morning, wednesday. They suspected it to be Meningitis, so they did some bloodwork and a Lumbar Puncture. OUCH!  
The bloodwork was off, which gave them more reason to believe it was Meningitis. They gave me antibiotics, lots of Morphine :D, and a sodium chloride drip. I couldn’t keep any food or water down at that point. ☹  
They kept me overnight. They wanted to keep me a day longer, but I was feeling so good. The neuro team told me to give it a few hours, and if I still felt good, they would let me go.  
YAY, I’m home.

Luckily, it was not bacterial. It was Viral Meningitis.  
Thanks for your good wishes and advice.  
I personally didn’t think it was the Atkins diet, but my husband did a search on headaches and Atkins, and found a lot on it.

CK, I would never just rely on a MB. I now when it’s time to see a doctor. I guess I just couldn’t imagine me getting sick. We all think we’re invincible, you know! 🙂

Thanks again.

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**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-atkins-diet-causing-my-severe-headaches/196624/23 "2003-08-24T08:23:09Z")

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sorry, that was suppose to be thursday morning… 🙂

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