Well, my personal cycle experiences are that they are fairly short in terms of CH attacks, meaning I'm lucky because that's just the way it is for me or the meds are pretty effective on me... for now.

However, gradually, things have gotten worse.
After the last attack in the cycle, things are far from okey. It has been progressing in a bad manner worse and worse after every cycle so far.

I don't know whether it's shadows I feel or not but it takes a long time for me (1-2 weeks) to fully regain my concentration and awareness after my last CH. After that, my head tingles almost daily. I'm 3,5 weeks after my last cycle and I still have daily tingles in my head. Some days I feel great, others I'm extremely exhausted.

So has the cycle ended? I honestly cannot tell...
For all I know another CH can kick in any second. Or maybe these tingles will stop any second now...? Who can tell.
I try not to think about it too much but somewhere deep down I'm a little bit affraid that at any time, a CH will come up again. That thought is petrifying so I try to block it out as much as I can.

Still, I try and want to believe my cycle has finished.
The attacks and pain are gone. Whatever it is I feel now, I don't know but I'm doing what I can to counter it.

Cheers

Just by way of encouragement, I'll say that what you describe is exactly the way my cycles invariably end--they fade away.  The attacks get farther and farther apart, and the intensity decreases until I no longer get them.  After a week of no hits or shadows, I'm usually correct in declaring the cycle ended.

Your mileage may vary, of course.

Best wishes,

George

Thanks all for the feedback, it's much apreciated.   I am so glad there are so many people to turn to that understand.

Regards to all and to a pain free night.

Brett C.