Hello all

I am new here, and relatively new to cluster headaches(4 years).

So I just want to get your opinion on the effect of high air pressure and shadows. For the last month I've been noticing that when ever the air pressure here in Calgary AB gets to be 102.00 or higher I get a pretty intense "shadow"( I call it a shadow because it's somewhat painful but not enough to make me cry lol). I'm not due for my cluster cycle until end of July ish time.

I guess this could just be what people on here reference as the "beast lurking" but I was just curious if any one here had noticed an association with high air pressure and CH.

Any thoughts or opinions would be great, I've read a lot of helpful information on this forum from all of you.

Thanks
Bertikus69 

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There are a variety of experiences like your's which folks report as having some relation to Cluster. Many of them don't gain many, "me to", responses and the medical literature I've read has not focused on this one.

Some folks use heat to abort an attack; others use cold. Both seem to work but there isn't much concensus around either camp. And so on....

These kind of variables don't gain any research attention and so over-the-fence chatter is all we really have.

Oh, anosther one: several years ago we had a long discussion about pressure points which trigger an attack. This one, interestingly, gain some agreement on specific points on our bodies which often trigger an attack.

Welcome!

I recently went on a big retirement trip. We were away for a month and trip involved eleven flights. Towards the end of each flight, about a half hour before landing, just at the very beginning of the descent, Out would pop the beast.

It was every flight, and always at the same point -approx half hour before landing. I'm not much of a scientist, but it seemed too much of a coincidence not to be something to do with the air pressure in the plane.

And to show how different we all are, I've flown over a hundred times within a CH cycle with not a single CH at all whilst airborn.

But I've often seen people say of air pressure changes can trigger a CH for them.

Hi Berti...welcome aboard...sorry you need to be here...grab an oar and row...aint no passengers, just crew... but its a great boat!

Only had one hit during an air ride...but atmospheric barometric changes used to be a major trigger for me...and others...not so much for me now...

Best

Jon

Extreme changes in air pressure are a strong trigger for some. But I think many times it's the presence of two or more triggers that generates an attack. For example, the change in air pressure plus the insufficient oxygen inside jets plus lack of sleep etc.

Thanks all. I think its just going to be one of those things that i am going to have to deal with as it comes.

This applies to migraines, not CH:

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Falling barometric pressure, a sharp increase in humidity, a sudden drop in temperature -- these weather changes may trigger migraines in people already susceptible to them. And it appears that stable weather may help reduce the incidence of migraines. "I had a patient here in New York who moved to Arizona and experienced an astounding improvement in her migraines," says Richard Lipton, MD, director of the Montefiore Headache Center. While New Yorkers endure sudden and frequent changes in humidity levels and temperature, Arizona residents enjoy fairly uniform conditions marked by dry, warm air. Research supports the theory that changing weather triggers migraines. In one survey that asked migraine sufferers to list triggers, 53% responded "weather." Not everyone can move to a different climate so they can feel better. But migraine sufferers can take some action against weather-induced headaches. First, Lipton urges his patients to keep a diary of their migraines to make cause-and-effect connections. Then, if weather changes seem to play a role in migraines, the next step may be to discuss pretreatment with a doctor to avoid the onset of pain.

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