Hello everyone.  I was so discouraged when I first logged on here.  I read a lot of posts and information as instructed.  I couldn't find where I "fit" in all of this.  My GP believes that I have CH and I am in the process of scheduling an appt with a neuro I found on O.U.C.H. (its been 12+ years since I saw one)

I have a lot of the classic symptoms of CH, yet I was not convinced because of the "other" symptoms-headaches that lasted for days not hours, headaches mostly during the day, not waking me at night, yet I have them at the same times of the day, same times of the month and year(7pm, end of the month and August-Sept, Jan-Feb.) I have never spent the time to log the length of the cycles, didn't even know that CH existed until recently.

Been on topamax since last Sept. now also taking verap, along with B100, magnesium and zinc.  Was in the ER 2x last week, Been PF for 3 days since, thats a long stretch for me.

I see that many of you have other types of headaches as well as CH, and I found comfort in this because I don't feel alone any longer.  THANK YOU! I guess I thought you could only have one type of headache, I know silly.  I wasn't using my head! HA!

I want to thank all of you for the great wealth of information that is on here, it has brought me out of despair about this and given me hope and a place to feel not so alone in this.

Kathleen
Wichita, Kansas

Yeah...I think we all kinda shed a tear or two upon finding this place.  BTW....our illustrious web-master who started this whole thing lives in Witchita also.

  My advice...and I know you didn't ask, is to do what Dennis said.  Read, read and then read some more.   There were many people who researched long and hard to put this info out here...any questions you have will be answered by us, as there is always someone here 24/7

Linda