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Sep 26^th, 2008 at 6:14am

Okay here goes...
I've been sitting up all night on the internet reading this board till my eyes bleed. It's an awsome thing you've got goin here. I'll try to keep this short. I've had clusters since I was 16, I'm 35 now. I started out cronic and am now eposodic. My remissions vary between 6 months up to two years. I'm starting a new cycle now and they usually last 6 weeks. I use O2 for attacks at night and run about 2 miles for daytime attacks. I'm feeling pretty good right now all hopped on caffine - I don't use caffine to abort I just like the stuff Grin

- but it does lessen the pain a notch or two most of the time. I smoke too much, drink too much beer(when out of a cycle) and I talk too much.
I stay as positive as I can in a cycle, because tomorrow is going to be a great day! Best wishes for PFD to you all!

JOHN

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MPMIII CH.com Veteran Offline Posts: 112 Alabama Gender:	Re: Insomnic Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2008 at 8:02am John, Glad you found the site, but sorry you had to. There is a lot of good information here. What type of meds do you use for prevent? How long were you chronic before you went episodic? I am chronic and I hope that one day it morphs into episodic. Best of luck. Regards, Malcom
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Re: Insomnic
Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2008 at 1:16pm

Indestructible wrote on Sep 26^th, 2008 at 6:14am:

...I smoke too much, drink too much beer(when out of a cycle) and I talk too much.

I stay as positive as I can in a cycle, because tomorrow is going to be a great day!

Best wishes for PFD to you all!

You and me are going to get on together just fine. I've just scratched your name into the label on my can of beer (not an easy feat) and I'm drinking to your damn fine health.

While we stay positive, we have hope, and tomorrow will be a great day.

Cheers and beers,

Brian down under.

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DennisM1045 CH.com Alumnus Offline One wave at a time! Posts: 3437 Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Gender:	Re: Insomnic Reply #3 - Sep 26^th, 2008 at 1:43pm Welcome John! Love your id!!! -Dennis-
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Jackie CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Go For It!!! Posts: 5903 Goshen, IN Gender:	Re: Insomnic Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2008 at 2:19pm Indestructible wrote on Sep 26^th, 2008 at 6:14am: I stay as positive as I can in a cycle, because tomorrow is going to be a great day! I love your attitude, John!!!!!!!! Welcome to the family. Jackie
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Indestructible CH.com Newbie Offline Tomorrow is going to be a great day! Posts: 17 KCMO Gender:	Re: Insomnic Reply #5 - Sep 27^th, 2008 at 7:57am LMAO Brian that kicks a$$! I'm workin your name into a can of red bull now. Cheers brother. Thanks for the welcome! Malcom - I was cronic for about 4 years. I don't use any preventative meds. JOHN
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flipperlips CH.com Alumnus Offline Live, Laugh, Love Posts: 935 Mcallen, TX Gender:	Re: Insomnic Reply #6 - Sep 27^th, 2008 at 8:28am Hi John and welcome to the family. I'm a firm believer in the power of positivity. Keep up the great attitude and make everyday a great day. Hugs and Kisses Jen
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Reply #7 - Sep 27^th, 2008 at 12:23pm

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! John! Great post! You have an incredible attitude,Mister! Welcome to Clusterville, sorry you need this place, but, methinks you'll do just fine!!!

I can see you and AussieBrian, sitting here, for him, in the afternoon, for you the wee smalls of the night, toasting each other over and over and............................LOL! Well, at least outta cycle!
One question, if ya please?? Is it insomnia, or fear of sleep?
Wishing you PF rest.......and WELCOME!
Cathi

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Indestructible CH.com Newbie Offline Tomorrow is going to be a great day! Posts: 17 KCMO Gender:	Re: Insomnic Reply #8 - Sep 29^th, 2008 at 3:10am First thanks to everyone for the warm welcome!!! Cathi I was insomnic the night I posted this. There's always a little fear of sleep in a cycle so I do tend to stay up a little longer. Wishing all of you PFDAN! JOHN
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Reply #9 - Oct 1^st, 2008 at 10:22am

I figure I'll post here so I don't clutter the board with a new thread.

To clarify my posting times, I work a second shift 6pm to 4am. So my middle of night is around 9am.
I'm up from a cluster again. Angry

I've had these things for a lot of years now and I've gone from nothing but tylenol to taking Imetrex, Zomig, Pred. taper, etc.. And now I'm happy with O2 and exercise. A few days ago I started the killowatt3 and it's really working. I skipped the St. John's Wort before I went to sleep, and here I am - after a massive workout. I decided against the O2 as it doesn't always work when I'm at a k8.

I wanted to say for those who want to try exercise as an abortive, I have great success with it. I've noticed that if I'm slacking it doesn't work. I exercise when out of a cycle but not near as intense as when I'm working to get rid of a CH. I usually run, but I'm gonna start lifting weights more now.

First thing I keep forgetting to say is that I have a playlist on my ipod that is just for my CH workout and I crank it LOUD It has to be loud enough that it's hard to think. This creates a distraction as well as puts me in hard core mode. This is very important! Exclaim

Then I start off with a jump rope to get my body loose. Then from there I just do whatever comes to mind. Usually arm curls, bench press, overhead press, and leg squats. I stay constantly moving, so while I'm recovering from bench presses or whatever, I'm jumping rope. INTENSITY IS A MUST!
I hope this can help someone.

In the meantime, I've got my fingers croossed for the killowatt3 mix.

JOHN

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