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Howard L CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 52 Timonium, Maryland Gender:	What is shadowing? Aug 25^th, 2008 at 8:26pm I've seen the term, but not sure what it means. That's why I'm a noob!!!..
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Karl Ex Member	Re: What is shadowing? Reply #1 - Aug 25^th, 2008 at 8:40pm for me it is the lingering feeling of a headache and usually a warm up for the hit. it just hangs around and can be quite problematic in its own right. personally thats when i get all my stuff gong for the hit i know is coming. there are far more better descriptions i know someone will give you. thats my two cents.
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Re: What is shadowing?
Reply #2 - Aug 25^th, 2008 at 9:19pm

What most of us refer to as a shadow is a very low level hit, that may last hours and hours, but is not a full on hit. Something in the KIP 2 or 3 level. Many times they go away, without ever going to a full blown hit, yet other times, it is the predecessor to a full hit, or maybe after a hit, the shadow just lingers on and on.

Sometimes you will shadow for a length of time, and then go to a full hit, then back to a shadow for a bit, and then back up to a full hit. Some people have gone days without the pain ever going away fully, but flips back and forth from shadow to full hit, and back and forth.

To me, a shadow is just annoying, not real painful, just annoys the shit out of me. The worst of it is when I have a shadow, and then cough (I am a smoker, so I have a smoker's cough) and when I do, I get a massive spike, just for a moment or two, and then it drops back to the lower level. That spike is SO irritating AND painful!

Does that help?

Chuck

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Howard L CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 52 Timonium, Maryland Gender:	Re: What is shadowing? Reply #3 - Aug 25^th, 2008 at 9:52pm Ya know I had a feeling that was it, have had it all day. Before I found this forum I sort of had my own name for it....."the throb" . Thanks fellas!!
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: What is shadowing? Reply #4 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 10:26am The "Throb".......I like it! Guiseppi
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Em CH.com Alumnus Offline I wanna go... Posts: 830 St Peter Port, Guernsey. Gender:	Re: What is shadowing? Reply #5 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 12:20pm Quote: The "Throb".......I like it! I second that! It hits the nail on the head...
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thebbz Ex Member	Re: What is shadowing? Reply #6 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 12:32pm The demon parked and running. Waiting for the greenlight to pain. all the best thebb
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Howard L CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 52 Timonium, Maryland Gender:	Re: What is shadowing? Reply #7 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 1:05pm I'm glad that I was able to make a contribution to the forum at such an early stage of my noobism!!!!!!!
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Re: What is shadowing?
Reply #8 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 5:13pm

Its alright Howard, some of our best friends are noobs. Cheesy

shadow: that place just to the left of a full attack that whispers in my ear "I'm back..." All day shadows=when everyone should pretty much leave Mom alone, because she can be "creepy." My son Mike's description. Nice, huh? Most moms are cool, or pretty, or clueless-I'm creepy.

My answer to that: I know I am so what are you?
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Karl Ex Member	Re: What is shadowing? Reply #9 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 5:28pm thebbz and chuck really described it well. it perfectly described what i experiance but in words i didn't have. you guy's rock karl
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Reply #10 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 6:02pm

I find the shadows worse than the hits the hits are there and i deal with them and i wish for PF time after them but i have shodows most the time in cycle and it is just a constant reminder that i am in cycle they stop me from forgetting for a few hours.

i think of it like the deamon in my head is knocking on the walls just to let me know hes there and he can put me on my knees any time he likes.

isnt it funny how we all talk about our CH in the third person mabey it makes it easier for us to think its not our bodys doing this to us.

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Chad CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 738 Emmaus, PA Gender:	Re: What is shadowing? Reply #11 - Aug 27^th, 2008 at 12:30pm Howard L wrote on Aug 25^th, 2008 at 9:52pm: Ya know I had a feeling that was it, have had it all day. Before I found this forum I sort of had my own name for it....."the throb" . Thanks fellas!! For years I have called it "The Tingler" before I learned of this shadow term.
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ClusterChuck CH.com Alumnus Offline The BEAST rises again, and again, and again, and . Posts: 5394 Greenville, North Carolina Gender:	Re: What is shadowing? Reply #12 - Aug 27^th, 2008 at 2:04pm Guiseppi wrote on Aug 26^th, 2008 at 10:26am: The "Throb".......I like it! Yes, I have always liked the throb too! It feels SO good! Oh wait ... wrong site. This is suppose to be a "G" rated site .. or at least not a "XXX" rated site ... Never mind ... I'll crawl back into the gutter now ... Chuck
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Re: What is shadowing?
Reply #13 - Aug 27^th, 2008 at 2:10pm

ClusterChuck wrote on Aug 27^th, 2008 at 2:04pm:

Guiseppi wrote on Aug 26^th, 2008 at 10:26am:

The "Throb".......I like it!

Yes, I have always liked the throb too! It feels SO good!

Oh wait ... wrong site. This is suppose to be a "G" rated site .. or at least not a "XXX" rated site ...

Never mind ... I'll crawl back into the gutter now ...

Chuck

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Re: What is shadowing?
Reply #14 - Aug 30^th, 2008 at 11:35am

Newbie here as well. I have had shadows daily for the past three yrs but very few actual hits, just occassional quick painful spikes through the right eye. Smoker as well. I always called the shadow the 'curl' until I found you guys and gals. It feels like it curls up on my right eyebrow and just sits there at about a kip 1-2 to test my sanity. To be honest, kinda sick, it doesn't really bother me much any more w/o the hits. Topamax user who can luckily still find his way home daily.

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