February marked 12 years chronic. Not an anniversary to celebrate eh? Well, I have been using seeds and while they were cutting down the amount of hits I was getting, it wasn't eliminating them.
Then, back in December we took a trip to Las Vegas for New Years and had a blast. HOWEVER, I had no o2, so I just took some Frova tabs with me.
(Frova, while taking longer to activate, 'seemed' to keep the attacks far and few between.)
I hadn't used Frova since doing the seeds, but once I did - BAM! Starting getting hit 4-7-12 times a day. It was really messing with Jeff seeing me get hit so much, but he has been incredible as a supporter and told me long ago that "CH will never scare him away."
I believe him too, since he has helped me ride out some level 10's that got ugly.

Anyway, after taking Frova, the seeds stopped doing their magic. I started getting frustrated and was running through o2 like a madman. Then mid February, someone gave me some preferred busting materials (what I THOUGHT was enough for 2 doses) and after the 1st dose, got hit one major, one minor. So, I prepared for the 2nd dose, which was the bottom of the bag (and it didn't dawn on me how many of those little pinheads were in there) and got a little more than what I bargained for: a 10 hour hold-on-to-your-seat blastoff to wonderland! Luckily I was able to 'maintain' throughout, with moments of "I am way too old for this shit" interjected in between.

Since then (3rd week of February) I have been hit 3 times! Yesterday before bowling, I started shadowing. That has been going on for a week now, but no breakthroughs. So, am going to dose seeds in a couple of days in hopes it keeps the CH's away.

I am utterly convinced that ALL triptans perpetuate the CH's and are an absolute last resort - with consequences. I'll stick to o2 ONLY as an abortive from here on out.

Knocking on wood,
Carl D

I like to think of triptans as "postponing" the current hit.

You're still gonna get it, just not right now.

Brew wrote on Apr 6^th, 2010 at 12:00pm:

I like to think of triptans as "postponing" the current hit. You're still gonna get it, just not right now.

Exactly. I also think that "one" you abort will bring along a couple of buds for later.

Carl D wrote on Apr 6^th, 2010 at 12:10pm:

Exactly. I also think that "one" you abort will bring along a couple of buds for later.

ClusterHit II

He's back. He's pissed. And this time...he's got his homies.

Carl D wrote on Apr 6^th, 2010 at 11:55am:

Since then (3rd week of February) I have been hit 3 times! Yesterday before bowling, I started shadowing. That has been going on for a week now, but no breakthroughs. So, am going to dose seeds in a couple of days in hopes it keeps the CH's away. I'll stick to o2 ONLY as an abortive from here on out. Knocking on wood, Carl D

GO FOR IT!  It has worked for me!  seeds and O2 only and four YEARS pain free.

Sandy

what are the seeds, ive been away a while and guess am not familiar with these?

Yeah, Carl.  Pretty sure you're not suppose to use triptans with alternative seeds.




Carl D wrote on Apr 6^th, 2010 at 11:55am:

with moments of "I am way too old for this shit" interjected in between.

LOL.