Callico
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Your right eye drooping and your right nostril running sounds like it could be CH. You are to new at it to be really sure, but I know for certain that I could not lie down with one. Please keep reading, and at least know what to ask for if yo have to go in again. THROW THE VICODIN AWAY!!!
If it is CH opiates will only get you hooked, and will do NO good for the pain. Morphine doesn't touch mine. The only pain killer that does anything at all is Demerol, and I don't want to touch that stuff. Was put on narcotics when first diagnosed 25+ yrs ago. All it did was that I got stoned. STill HURT, but just didn't care, until I tried to get off of them. Years later I still got the urge to take one.
If you have to go in again, ask for Oxygen with Nonrebreather mask at at LEAST 15lpm. Suck on it like it is a lifeline. Hyperventilating on it if possible. Another thing to try is a Red Bull or other such energy drink. Chug it down as fast as you can possibly drink it at the first sign of an attack. If O2 or the energy drink break the attack within 15-20 mins that might be an indicator, but most of all, it gives yousome relief. I also drink a lot of coffee during the HA's that you described as the precursor to the main hit. (What we call a shadow)
It would also be helpful if you would keep a diary of your HA's, giving times of hits, duration of hits, and intensity, especially if you can show the progression of an attack, ie buildup, peak, and end. Check the button on the left for th "kip scale". This is a pain scale developed by Bob Kipple, a fellow clusterhead. It takes a lot of the subjectivity out of the normal 1-10 pain scale by showing physiological reactions we go through at the various stages of an attack.
Hope this is helpful.
Jerry
Edit to add: You mentioned the Dr said you were dehydrated. That seems to go along with CH for some reason. See the button "water x 3" on the left also. Sometimes drinking a lot of water will help also. Just makes me use the bathroom, but is helpful for a lot of others.
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