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A test
Jan 13^th, 2009 at 6:50pm

I haven't had a hit in days.

So I just drank 3oz of vodka (vodka tonic, a big one)....

All I'm getting right now is a shadow. And it's been over 45 minutes. I think that means my cycle is over. If I was still "active" it would have hit before now, right?

Dumb, I know... But I don't know how else to tell if I'm going to be ok getting back to my life as usual.

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calum CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 37 essex	Re: A test Reply #1 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 6:57pm only signed up today mate but for some reason a spirit wouldnt set it off yet a beer would, but yes,in my own case the majority of times id risk a beer it would come within 30 mins...but were times when it would linger and then devolope... i guess you never know take it easy
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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: A test Reply #2 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 6:58pm Quote: I haven't had a hit in days. "Days" does not mean your cycle is over, although I hope it is. You're pretty brave to test it that soon though.
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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: A test Reply #3 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 6:59pm That's the final test for most of us....the drink test!!! Hoping the beast has left you. Joe
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calum CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 37 essex	Re: A test Reply #4 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 7:00pm why is it drink the main test though? is it something to do with the back of the brain because thats where alchohol affects?
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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: A test Reply #5 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 7:02pm Not sure why...alcohol has always been an instant trigger for me. So if i can take a drink and not get hit...cluster's are gone this cycle. Joe
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George CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Black-Billed Magpie Posts: 8126 Boise, Idaho USA Gender:	Re: A test Reply #6 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 7:03pm Yeah, the beer test. I do it too--although I usually wait until I haven't had a hit or a shadow for seven days. Some wait longer. Sounds like you may have passed. Good. Nothing like the feeling you get when a cycle's been kicked to the curb, is there? <happy dance> Best wishes, George
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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: A test Reply #7 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 7:06pm Quote: why is it drink the main test though? Because Alcohol is a vaso-dilator.
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Gundude CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 17 Gender:	Re: A test Reply #8 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 7:07pm I'm just over 1 hour. I can feel the slight stuffy/pressure/mild pain (nothing compared to a real hit) on my normal side. (right) But seriously, I'm walk and talking and it feels like a normal little headache. It just happens to be on the same side as the clusters used to hit.
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calum CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 37 essex	Re: A test Reply #9 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 7:14pm @linda pardon my ignorance, whats that ? @dude ive had exactly that, and alot of the time it would devolope into a real bad one take it easy
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Re: A test
Reply #10 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 8:41pm

I'm not going to drink any taurine, or take any melatonin, and I'm going to see if my 4am hit gets me.

My last time drinking I had a little one early in the night and a bad one after I went to bed.

For those of you who are chronic, I know I'm feeling really happy and hopeful that I'm ending my cycle... I can't imagine how shitty it must be for you not able to wave goodbye to the demon even for a few months.

As happy as I am to feel better, my thoughts are with you who aren't feeling the same way. You are the toughest people I have ever known.

This isn't bad, right now.

Wish me luck... And good luck to all of you.

Heath

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Reply #11 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 9:45pm

Callum,

@linda pardon my ignorance, whats that ?

Not an ignorant question at all. Our arteries are a manificent thing.

In a cluster headache attack those arteries swell up up...wayyyy more than they should and that causes us pain. A vaso-constrictor is what we need. Hence oxygen, Imitrex and other vaso-constrictor drugs we take. Alcohol dialtes out arteries..as does some heart meds. Think.. narrowing the arteries during an attack as opposed to dialating them.

This a is such a very simplified version of what is going on but I could provide you with a more detailed and medical version if you want.

Linda

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UnderTheRadar CH.com Old Timer Offline Literally Posts: 383 Texas Gender:	Re: A test Reply #12 - Jan 13^th, 2009 at 11:31pm At last! A name! hehe...good luck, Heath...I keep getting one week reprieves, only to have it come back again; I hope this sticks for you. You sound like the kinda guy that has balls of steel. I think that will serve you well with The Beast. -Paige
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