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A member asked:
What are the signs of vp shunt over-drainage my headache feels better when i lay down and would you get pressure on the shunt if it was over draining?
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Headaches mostly: Headache is definitely one of the most commonly experienced symptom of shunt overdrainage. Talk with your neurologist or neurosurgeon and see if they can't do the proper studies and get a history that supports that possibility. Postural relief, as you describe, could be supportive of that as the problem.
Answered 7/13/2015
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