My first ch cycle arrived back in fall 2001. I had begun university studies that fall and moved from Finland to UK (London) and at first I thought that the HA was stress-related one; I've had HAs since I was 12, including migraine. The first cycle lasted from from October to December and was a lot milder than the ones which followed. The next one, which begun in the following October, was pure hell. I was diagnosed with ch in January 1, 2003.

Sanna

This might be hard to believe but  I cannot remember how mine stared.  I have had these things since I was a child.  I think that I may have been at school on a very hot day.  I had a terrible headache that my  said was due to the heat.  I was in the second grade.  That was the first one I remember.

After that I started getting them in the spring mostly.  Sometimes I would have them in the fall, not as bad though.  Our family doc gave me Inderal for migraines but that didn't help.  My Mom always told me that I had a very low tolerance for pain.  She got  migraines and didn't behave the way I did when I had one.  I remember her joking with my sisters about how I would act when I had my first child ( low pain tolerance and all).  Once in labor I was kind of like " this isn't so bad!"
I was so thankful when I finally got my CH diagnosis from a neuro.  I'm not a wimp!

I am sorry that you all get these things but I love that you all are here to understand EXACTLY what it is.

Jeannie