Well I returned from the neurologist with no O2 prescription.  He said,  "I'm sure it's not clusters.  Let's get an MRI done, here's some migraine medicine samples.  Have a nice day."

Now, I admit the one symptom that have not developed yet is the multiple full blown ch's day after day for a period of time.  But I am getting them more and more frequently, several within a 2 week period with shadows in between.  Also, my father didn't get full blown cycles until his ealry 40's (I'm 37) and got them progressively more and more through his 30's (like me).  O2 worked for my father where everything else they tried up to it failed.

Why not give me a prescription for O2 and see if it works?  I can't track down the doctor my father went to, which would be nice.  I'm all for getting checked out and making sure it's not something else, but if O2 will make the pain of one episode stop, I want it.

Welders 02.
No prescription needed.
Get a regulator and a mask and your set.
There are many threads here on how.

Edit:spelling

I agree, continuing to look to get a definitive diagnoses is a good thing.  I asked him if O2 was a good for treatment for anything other than clusters.  He said, no, but it could have a placebo effect. 

So, my fingers are crossed, but I'm guessing there are at least a few more attacks in my future.

thanks for the responses

BarbaraD wrote on Jul 19^th, 2008 at 10:36am:



Ummm...me !!!!!