jon019 wrote on Jul 24^th, 2008 at 10:20pm:


Jon, I´m happy O2 works for you (a chronic CH).



Myself I am episodic, 6 week cycles a few times a year only nights.



Been coping quite well using coffee, and recently found a way to stop attacks without use of coffee, hence the post.



If nothing would work surely I would go for O2, my remark was in no way demeaning O2, just it is not the way for me, as I have found another way to abort attacks which (from what I understand) is even quicker than O2. Hence the "cannot be bothered".



Again, I´m genuinely happy O2 is working for you the way it does, and if I offended you or anyone else this was far from my intention.



My post was only intended to share my experience with relief through rerouting blood to the arms, nothing more, nothing less.



It is a pity to see it has been mis-interpreted all together.



It is also a pity to see that apparantly on this board threads can be hi-jacked and posters can be attacked for their opinion (and I do NOT mean you by that).




A real pity. This board needs a good moderator, or a new board needs to be created where opinions and theories can be discussed openly without the static. (again this does not pertain to you).





The method as described in my first post works FOR ME. No matter what anyone else says or does, it works for me, and I know that because I AM me.



And MY opinion is that methods for abortion or prevention of cluster headache attacks which do not involve any medication (I include medical O2 in that group) are and should be well preferred over any other method.



I´m sure we all just love Big Med like Pfizer, heck as far as I know they may even be on this board promoting their products. It sure does feel like it.



In any case I shared my experience, what the reader does with it is up to him or her ofcourse. Please PM me if you would like help in any way with the abortive technique.



I wish all the longest of PF times-

DennisM1045 wrote on Jul 21^st, 2008 at 8:27am:


Agreed.

It's interesting how different our approaches to handling an attack are.  

A long time ago, I used to exert myself considerably during an attack (mostly thrashing around, pacing rapidly, pounding on walls, etc.) until I figured out that I was increasing the intensity of the attack by reacting violently to it.  

Deliberately engaging in some sort of physical activity during an attack is probably different than what I was doing with all my thrashing.  Mine was more like the "fight or flight" response was triggered, with nowhere to go.  After all, you can't fight with the thing, and you can't run away--so you're left with rapid, shallow breathing, increased muscle tension, and increased blood flow.  All of that is bad during an attack, and seems to make things worse.

A lot of the effort I put into fighting the thing nowadays is directed toward controlling my reactions to a hit, calming myself, reducing my anxiety, slowing my heartbeat and breathing, and reducing my physical activity during an attack to near zero.  

Nevertheless, I've seen enough people on here who find relief in strenuous exercise during a hit to convince me that for some it is a worthwhile approach.  I couldn't bear it myself.

Best wishes,

George