Has anyone gotten hit while behind the wheel??  Im kinda freaked out about that, NJ roads are pretty congested and noone here seems to have a firm grasp on driving as it is............ Living in the armpit of America is a HA in itself

Hi Eren,   Yep , its happened to me before too. personally, when i am in cycle, i NEVER let my self get far away from my trusty O2. if i am in cycle and i know i am going to be in my car for more than a half hour, i bring my portable bottle. The most important thing to do in this situation, ( I know, its easier said than done), is to REMAIN CALM ! ! ! For me, i usually have at least five minutes between, "uh oh,, here it comes", to "BAM" here it is!!!!! so in those five short minutes, start looking for a place to pull over. the first thing i do  is, roll ALL the windows down, and turn on the air conditioner FULL blast. ( sometimes that helps delay the inevitable). Once you are pulled over, general safety rules apply, such as rolling up windows and locking doors. For me, its not that big of a deal because i dont live in a big , traffic congested city, I can see how it would be a problem for a big city clusterhead. Perhaps when you are PF, a bit of a scouting trip along your normal driving routes would help you find a good safe spot should the need arise to pull over. I hope this helps.   Good luck!!!!!!!! and hang in there!   Tuck

Yeppers,

   Been there!  Keep the imitrex / 02 handy but during my cycle, I try to stay close to home when possible and make a break for it at the first signs of trouble!!!  I have gotten a hit though on a few occasions and just had to pull over! 

Dave  

Been hit when driving and I lived.  But I do pretty much stop my life, because I have zero use for the world when I haven't slept.  Plus, I'm so mean when I'm in cycle, that I shouldn't even be allowed in public.

I remember late in my last cycle I got hit at work, very rare for me, and it was ramping up big time. I ran to my car and drove faster and a little more recklessly than I should have but had to get home to my o2. Got on it and stopped the pain in about 6 minutes.

Now I carry an "E" tank (portable tank) in my car 24/7, never out of sight. 

I will never drive again while a hit is happening. I could have caused an accident and that would have been the worst. Nothing happened that time and I for one will never drive again no matter how bad.

I have had this happen on three occasions. In all three instances I had been outside on very hot, sunny, humid days. Within a few mins. of getting behind the wheel they hit. I turned the A/C on full blast, tilted the vent tward my face and drove home halfway leaning on my right side so I could get maximum use of the vent. I know people must have been looking at me like I was some sort of wierdo!

I'm at the beginning of a cycle (my first in 18 months) and got hit while driving this afternoon. I took imitrex, got home as quickly as possible and went straight to bed. Not fun....

Johnny: I'm not stalking you, really.

The first time I saw this subject raised, I was thinking "crap, if the world at large finds too much out about CH, they'll pull our licenses like they do epileptics!"  Later I realized based on how clueless 99.9% of doctors are about CH we don't have much to worry about from everyone else.

Luckily, as tuck pointed out, most of us get some warning before we're "drunk with pain," and hopefully we're all responsible enough to do whatever it takes not to cause a headline "Cluster Headache Causes Massive Pileup."  When I feel a hit coming, I just pull over wherever I am and call whoever might miss me to tell them I'm going to be late.  If your hits follow a pattern like clockwork, you may know if you're safe heading home, but like driving drunk it's just not something you should take risks with.

I don't think I've ever used a smiley, so I figure I should get it out of the way now so I can cross it off my list:  .

Johnny: No doubt this subject is very different for a trucker.  Reading that, I finally figured out your picture is a profile out the window of your cab.  You know what I thought it was?  I thought it was the silhouette of the state of Arizona.  I'm from Tucson, so my mind just naturally saw AZ.  It's pretty close. That's called peridolia, if anyone cares.