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http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Cluster Headache Help and Support >> Cluster Headache Specific >> wondering if others are the same http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1255369090 Message started by MeggyD on Oct 12^th, 2009 at 1:38pm

Title: wondering if others are the same
Post by MeggyD on Oct 12^th, 2009 at 1:38pm

I am very new to the whole cluster headache diagnosis and I just had a question that others who suffer from this maybe could help me with. I have a headache everyday usually between a 5-7 on a scale of 1-10 and then there are the attacks that bring the level up, but I wanted to know if others have the same thing. Does everybody with ch have pain 24/7 besides the horrible attacks??

Title: Re: wondering if others are the same
Post by Brew on Oct 12^th, 2009 at 1:53pm

Nope. Check the other thread you started.

P.S. - You can only be diagnosed by a doctor, not a nurse practitioner. It would be like me certifying that a bridge is safe for traffic. I could do it, but I'm not qualified to do so.

Title: Re: wondering if others are the same
Post by Karla on Oct 13^th, 2009 at 2:07pm

I would not say 24/7 but close to it. I think what you may be refering to is what we call shadows. They are the low level of pain ha that lingers between hits. For example: From 8-9:30 I am at a level 10. From 9:30 -10 I am at a level 4-6. From 10-11:30 I am at a level 10. From 11:30 to 1:00 I am at a level 4-6. From 1 - 2:30 I am at a 10. Does that sound like what you are trying to describe or did I miss it all together?

Title: Re: wondering if others are the same
Post by MeggyD on Oct 13^th, 2009 at 3:40pm

Yes that does sound like it by my higher levels are much farther apart than that...but thanks for the help...

Title: Re: wondering if others are the same
Post by Joni on Oct 13^th, 2009 at 5:54pm

Never heard of that.
Joni

Title: Re: wondering if others are the same
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