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http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Cluster Headache Help and Support >> Getting to Know Ya >> Clusterhead saying hi! http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1306298307 Message started by Thefc1980 on May 25^th, 2011 at 12:38am

Title: Clusterhead saying hi!
Post by Thefc1980 on May 25^th, 2011 at 12:38am

Hi folks,
This is me saying hi!
Been suffering from cluster hedaches for the last 6 years. 3 months of pain and then remission.
Trying to find a way to stop the pain but pills are not helping at all :( maybe I will find "the pill" some day.
Hope to see u all around!

Title: Re: Clusterhead saying hi!
Post by Mike NZ on May 25^th, 2011 at 3:36am

Hi Thefc1980 and welcome.

What medication have you tried so far?

Have you got a good preventive? Anything to abort CHs? Have you tried oxygen? Imitrex?

Where in the world do you live?

The more you tell us the more we can help.

Title: Re: Clusterhead saying hi!
Post by Bob Johnson on May 25^th, 2011 at 6:42am

Please tell us where you live. Follow the next line to a message which explains why knowing your location and your medical history will help us to help you.

Cluster Headache Help and Support › Getting to Know Ya › Newbies, Help us...help you

You can add your location by editing your profile. CP Member --> profile

Title: Re: Clusterhead saying hi!
Post by Guiseppi on May 25^th, 2011 at 9:37am

Welcome to the board. Please feel free to get really wordy with your next post! ;) Give us details about where you live, what meds you've tried, like I said, feel free to be wordy as all get out. Have you had a chance to work with a headache specialist neurologist? We see better results from them as most GP's know little about CH, and your garden variety neuros are not much better.

Glad you found us, hoping we can help you.

Joe

Title: Re: Clusterhead saying hi!
Post by Linda_Howell on May 25^th, 2011 at 10:51am

Yes...please DO let us know where you live like Bob Johnson said above. If you go to the link he gave you, it will explain why.

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but pills are not helping at all

If the pills you refer to are Imitrex pills then I can certainly see why they're not helping at all. The pills are good for Migraines which last a lot longer than a cluster headache does, but for us, we need faster relief such as the injections or nasel spray provides. By the time the pills get into the blood stream and start to work...the headache is going away on it's own.

Linda