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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #25 - Dec 29^th, 2008 at 8:45pm Thanks, BB.
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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #26 - Dec 30^th, 2008 at 11:27pm No hits last night, and none all day, today. Earlier yesterday, we went out and had Japanese food. I'm wondering if there's some connection. Is MSG a known trigger for CH? It's so weird that I got hit as hard as I did, but since then, no problem. Mysterious....
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Jimi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't feed the moderators Posts: 4925 Madisonville, KY Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #27 - Dec 30^th, 2008 at 11:31pm Don't know about clusters. But MSG is on the list for migraines so it is possible.
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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #28 - Dec 30^th, 2008 at 11:33pm Yep. I knew it was on the migraine list of triggers. I've also had hits after eating Sonic burgers. Thank God ice cream isn't on the list of triggers!!
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Reply #29 - Dec 31^st, 2008 at 5:22am

My cycle (if it is)this time is actually very similar on all accounts to what you are experiencing Frank. Very strange. I'm into week 4 of this and am finding the anticipation that it should be getting worse soon to be a distraction but starting to hope that maybe the last 5 days of no hits could have drawn a close to it, with nary a headbanger.

I feel deserving of one, my cycles last year sucked.

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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #30 - Dec 31^st, 2008 at 8:59am MSG definately triggers many CH'ers, including me.
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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #31 - Dec 31^st, 2008 at 10:35am MSG is just like drinking a beer for me during a cycle. Triggers REALLY bad hits. Jeannie
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Reply #32 - Dec 31^st, 2008 at 12:00pm

Thanks for the feedback on MSG. I went out for Chinese food last week, and it didn't trigger anything, but the Japanese food sure seemed to. Maybe it was the soy sauce... Something to definitely steer clear of.

Boomer, I'm glad your cycle is a mild one the way mine seems to be. I was awakened this morning by that familiar pressure sensation, but five minutes after getting out of bed, it just faded. So weird...

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Reply #33 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:08pm

I didn't think alcohol was a trigger for me. I found out last night, a couple hours after I stopped drinking, that alcohol is definitely a trigger. I only had a few beers and rum & Coke, but I ended up with a Kip-3-4, this morning. It lasted about 30-40 minutes, and it was heavy enough that I ended up dumping a bunch of ice into a dish-towel and pressing it to my eye and the side of my head. Yuck... thpppth...

I'm actually liking this cycle, if such a thing is possible. So far, I've identified two triggers, which is something I've never been able to do before. It seems that this time, if I do something that's a trigger, I get hit. Otherwise, the Beast is leaving me alone. In future cycles, I now know that I need to avoid MSG and booze. I guess most clusterheads already knew that, but this time, I've been able to prove it to myself.

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gizmo CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 522 Germany Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #34 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:12pm Frank_W wrote on Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:08pm: So far, I've identified two triggers, which is something I've never been able to do before. Congrats on the new findings! Oliver
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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #35 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:13pm Thanks, Oliver.
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #36 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:19pm Ya know, that was the one thing I was worried about last night, getting hit if I had a small glass of champagne. I had been shadowing and decided to take some alka seltzer before I ate, then afterwards I was able to drink 3/4 of a small glass of champagne and not wake with any hits or have any shadows this morning.
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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #37 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:23pm Good for you, Mel! Glad you didn't have a New Year's waltz with the Beast. (He's an awful dancer; He keeps stepping on mah eyeball!)
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Reply #38 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:31pm

Frank_W wrote on Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:08pm:

I didn't think alcohol was a trigger for me. I found out last night, a couple hours after I stopped drinking, that alcohol is definitely a trigger.

If alcohol was a trigger would it take hours to kick a CH in?

Or was it just a hit that was coming no matter what?

Just a thought.

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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #39 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:38pm Hrmmm.... You may be right, Jonny. This is the strangest cycle I've ever had. Very sporadic. Eh, not that I'm complaining. This is about fifty-times better than getting slammed 5-7 times a day, every single day/night for 8 weeks.
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KJ CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 596 Indianapolis, IN Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #40 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 7:27pm Food companies hide MSG everywhere. Here is a link that will help you avoid it. Good Luck! Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #41 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 8:14pm Thank you. I appreciate that. That's just crazy...
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Reply #42 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 3:13am

Frank_W wrote on Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:08pm:

I didn't think alcohol was a trigger for me. I found out last night, a couple hours after I stopped drinking, that alcohol is definitely a trigger. I only had a few beers and rum & Coke, but I ended up with a Kip-3-4, this morning.

even out of cycle if i drink enough beer i get an a$$ kicking migraine. wine or whiskey don't have this effect.

i hope you can catch this early man.

try some rc seeds Wink

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Reply #43 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 9:49am

I'm chronic, but since rc seeds, I only get the occasional hit (2-4 a week) instead of the multiple a day, every day. I know what you mean about liking this cycle. This, I can live with.......I just never know when or where or how bad it will be.

I avoid msg, I think it is a trigger for me. I don't know if alcohol is a trigger for me or not. Sometimes I get hit, but most of the time I do not. It's always a risk I take. Good thing I'm not much of a drinker.

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Reply #44 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 11:34am

Thanks, Beth and Johnny. Two hits, yesterday. One, around 2030, and the other, around 0330. Treated them with ice wrapped in a towel. Pretty solid fours on the Kip scale, and each one lasted approximately a half hour. Still livable...

If this cycle started the week before Thanksgiving, then the increasing duration and severity of the hits makes sense. This is about the time that an ordinary cycle would really be peaking.

If things follow true to form, then by mid-to-late January, I should be free and clear.

The kudzu takes ten days to fully load, and at this late date, especially if I'm not getting slammed with sevens and eights several times a day, then I see no need to use it, this time.

Keeping my fingers crossed...

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-johnny- CH.com Sponsor Offline theres no smoking on the dock Posts: 1642 fayette county ohio Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #45 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 3:23pm ch is a fun old game. seems like every cycle is a little bit different. old strategies that worked in the past may not work in future cycles. a battle of whits if you will keep us posted frank. if you need anything let me know.
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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #46 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 3:30pm Thanks, Johnny! Much appreciated!
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #47 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 7:34pm Sorry you're having to deal with finding triggers but glad you are able to identify them. I was never able to find one. Alcohol was never one for me. Keep after the bashtard Frank. Charlie
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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #48 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 8:00pm Thanks, Charlie. The more I think about it, the more I think Jonny may be right. Alcohol has never bothered me, so maybe the Beast was already getting ready to jab me with a sharp stick, anyway. The hit that I had after having Japanese food, though... Wow! THAT ONE got my attention!
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thebbz Ex Member	Re: Getting hit, lately... Weird... Reply #49 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 10:01pm Quote: I'm actually liking this cycle, if such a thing is possible. Headbanging freak Hope the bastard don't get dug in Frank the bb
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