Many find relief in energy drinks.......RedBull....etc......

Hyperventilating, through the nostril on the affected side, with your nose either:

A: against an air conditioner vent.
B: In the freezer compartment of your fridge
C: Outside if it's really cold.

Frigid air in the nostril of my affected side will substantially bring down the pain for me.

Hang in there, maybe the beast will let you rest for a night, here's hoping.

Joe

In yet another mystery of this cursed affliction, Joe's cold ideas don't work for me, but I can lessen the pain with a heating pad wrapped around my head or by breathing in the steam off a bowl of boiling water.  Sometimes it also helps to plug my nose and clear my ears...weird, I know.

Hope something works for you...I've been down the road you're on too many times.

Scott

I've been known to go out to my car and sit in the AC while closing my eyes w/ head back. Wrong time of year now I'm sure but that idea came from my only save from a CH. While I was at the hospital one time in the middle of an attack I had to sit in the xray room for a few minutes in waiting of my xray appt. I sat in that room for 10 minutes and came out feeling like I'd been freed of it all. It's a dust free environment with sufficient ac blowing. I'm guessing that's what did it and not the transmissions from the machines. I still drop a suggestion in the box for a 24 hr. headache lounge built the same way as the xray room.
Hope you made it allright.

With Red Bull (and the other energy drinks) it is the combo of caffeine and taurine that helps some of us.

Oliver

soak head with hot water scalding as hot as u can stand it .   I sit in shower and make hot water Jet on my left temple area .   Sometimes helps..   but also wonder if its just a different pain sensations.

How high a flow did you use and what kind of mask?

plug up any vent that lets room air into the mask.  Set you LPM up from 4 to 15 or as high as it will go if it doesn't go that high.  Hold the mask to you face (the little plastic strap isn't a good idea) and inhale. Crack the mask away from your chin when you exhale.  You want to be breathing 100% 02.  With the regulator set at 4 you don't get enough volume.
Tabitha

I learned something new. Thanks! I didn't realize that it should be up that high. Will do that!!!

It made a difference. I taped up the tiny holes on the mask and turned up the flow...two headaches nipped right in the bud!!!! I think it only took 5 min to get rid of the headaches instead of 20! Thank you so much!

That's great news! For 02 to be effective your lungs must get ONLY 02, no outside air, no exhaled air. That's why the re breather mask and the high flow rate are so critical. It just tickles me to no end when 02 kicks the beasts butt for someone. Hoping it keeps beating him down for you!

Joe