In this episode I explore the poorly recognised condition known as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak.

The podcast reviews the causes, clinical manifestations, and the fraught treatments of what is known medically as spontaneous intracranial hypotension.

I also illustrate the narration with such enlightening memoirs as those of Andrea Buchanan titled The Beginning of Everything: The Year I Lost My Mind and Found Myself, and of Karen Paddock titled Karen’s Journal of CSF Leak Headaches and Chronic Pain.