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black CH.com Old Timer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 347 Greece,Athens Gender:	what do you think is your trigger? Jul 27^th, 2010 at 6:12pm except alcohol(ok not for all and always) what else do you think it's your trigger?
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mc_ashes CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 44 x1\|Vicksburg\|USA\|usa\|347\|246\|MS,Mississippi Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #1 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 6:31pm For me, I'm convinced that certain foods trigger CH. Tomato-based sauces are at the top of my list also anything containing MSG (cold cuts, hot dogs, Chinese food etc.). It's really too bad because I enjoy Chinese food and many tomato-based foods.
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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #2 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 7:16pm

I know my triggers well.

Stinky petroleum products and sprays (eg. SHoe waterproofing spray)

Freshly tarred asphalt road.

Pine Sol cleaner.

Strobe type lights. (think of a sunny day with the sun behind a row of trees and the flashing that creates)

Barametric pressure changes.

This one coconut lime scented body lotion from Bath and Body works...

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Skull Buster CH.com Junior Offline WARNING: Easily amused Posts: 59 birmingham AL Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #3 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 8:24pm anything like gasoline, or solvents like acetone ect... beer sweet N low artificial sweetener. Thats the only 3 that I know positively gives me a visit.
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feneq CH.com Junior Offline uncommented Posts: 31 germany Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #4 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 8:44pm everything causing a vasodilatation - so aswell stuffy hot air is, per contra frosty & fresh air helps twice- vasoconstrictive and cold air contains more oxygen...
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lib CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 48 mississippi Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #5 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 10:35pm Corporate meetings; you think it's all the "hot stuffy air"? lib
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Lettucehead CH.com Old Timer Offline I am very blessed... Posts: 293 Iowa Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #6 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 10:51pm Stress - big one for me 24 hour shifts at work hot stuffy air (and all that implies) computer/TV glare
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Racer1_NC CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline "Well, let's go see." Posts: 4417 Lewisville, NC Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #7 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 10:56pm That cheap "old lady" perfume.
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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: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #8 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 9:11am Sleep cycle disruptions..... Sustained stress....... Letting myself get really really hungry None apply when off cycle! Joe
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feneq CH.com Junior Offline uncommented Posts: 31 germany Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #9 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 1:05pm unfortunately it happens in university auditoriums aswell,- which is not really stressful- i had to take 5l oxygen-bottles to every single 5 hour hardcore exam, but in the summer time i prefer to take it with me to any lecture
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George CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Black-Billed Magpie Posts: 8126 Boise, Idaho USA Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #10 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 1:33pm REM sleep. Best, George
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Reply #11 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 1:42pm

daynapping

-as you already know i've had an addiction to pain-killers, and as i decided to make the cold turkey i didn't sleep for 18 days
(i am serious)
and had no single attack in this time in the middle of a CH-period
don't do this at home.
after all i was really fucked up and exhausted so i collapsed and slept for 27hrs in the probably deepest sleep i've ever had

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Reply #12 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 1:47pm

Either I haven't paid enough attention to dietary or chemical triggers, or I don't have any. My guess is the latter, yet alcohol does the trick.

For me its sitting with poor posture. Mainly if my neck is cranked at all, or if I slouch. My GF is pregnant and loves to cuddle, which can trigger one if she lays/sits up against me, and forces me off center. I'm sure if you put a pound of butter on just one of my shoulders, it would be enough some times. If I sit crooked, or take a nap. Even just laying down for 5 mins will do it.

My theory is that blood flow gets cut-off, or restricted, even slightly, through my neck. I nearly broke my neck twice, along with concussions no more then a year or two before I got CH.

Its just a "possible" theory, since I know enough, to know that I know very little about the Beast and his plans for me.

No rest for the Wicked, I suppose. Wink

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Agostino Leyre CH.com Sponsor Offline "Hit like a phillips head into my brain." Posts: 3803 Madison WI USA Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #13 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 1:59pm Perfume CHeap vodka Hot dogs. I stay away from those things even if I'm not in cycle but my head isn't completely "clear".
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kobzar CH.com Newbie Offline cluster headaches suck! Posts: 6 new york state Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #14 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 2:12pm hot humid weather, long hours at work, physical stress.
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feneq CH.com Junior Offline uncommented Posts: 31 germany Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #15 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 2:22pm try to focus on differences between positive psychological stress and negative one - eg. "you like something, and to achieve your goals you're giving everything contra your boss gives you a pile of paperwork with the words 'to be done until five' " do both stress situations have the same result in triggering?
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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: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #16 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 3:22pm Stress is a funny one. For many, staying worked up and stressed out keeps the beast at bay, as soon as they relax or "let down", WAM they get hit. For others, like myself, sustained stressful situations will bring on an attack. One more way you'll find CH is incredibly individualized! Joe
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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #17 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 3:25pm

Guiseppi wrote on Jul 28^th, 2010 at 3:22pm:

Stress is a funny one. For many, staying worked up and stressed out keeps the beast at bay, as soon as they relax or "let down", WAM they get hit.

For others, like myself, sustained stressful situations will bring on an attack. One more way you'll find CH is incredibly individualized! Wink

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I couldn't have said that better myself Joe!

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feneq CH.com Junior Offline uncommented Posts: 31 germany Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #18 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 3:34pm you're right, it's just that way you described,anyway i am very interested in everyone's single appearences to analyze the complex connections
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Reply #19 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 5:29pm

Guiseppi wrote on Jul 28^th, 2010 at 3:22pm:

Stress is a funny one. For many, staying worked up and stressed out keeps the beast at bay, as soon as they relax or "let down", WAM they get hit.

For others, like myself, sustained stressful situations will bring on an attack. One more way you'll find CH is incredibly individualized! Wink

Joe

Very true - I hadn't thought about it like that!
I knew there was an association to long hours at work and work related stress but hadn't really realize that it is more AFTER the work...
I rarely, if ever, get more than a shadow at work - even during those (now thankfully rare) 24-36hr shifts. However, once I get home and settle in my chair to relax (or certainly settle to sleep) - BAM!

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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #21 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 5:36pm

Alcohol (any amount, any time)
Stress
Lack of proper Sleep
Perfume
Smoke
Barometric changes
Melatonin
Ginseng

And those are just the ones I can think of at the moment. Roll Eyes

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A Sneeze?

Has anyone ever noticed a CH hit start after a sneeze? I have a couple of times not sure if it's the sneeze or if CH hit was already on the way.

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Headache Boy uk CH.com Old Timer Offline Matthew ch 11 v 28 Posts: 373 Mersea Island nr Colchester Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #22 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 8:18pm Hard labour for me , or rather stopping hard labour, like Joe said within 10- 15 minuets of stopping work I would get hit , in my last ( and first ) cycle , and that said Ive not had this long enough to identify any others , other than alcohol some times . God bless Nigel
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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #23 - Jul 29^th, 2010 at 10:44am

JustNotRight wrote on Jul 28^th, 2010 at 5:36pm:

A Sneeze?

Has anyone ever noticed a CH hit start after a sneeze? I have a couple of times not sure if it's the sneeze or if CH hit was already on the way.

I personally believe that the CH was probably on the way and the sneeze was probably initiated by the nose starting to run. Just my guess. But I'm no doctor. Wink

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Mike Bernardo CH.com Veteran Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 231 Chesterfield, NJ Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #24 - Jul 29^th, 2010 at 3:10pm Shellfish. Joe's Crabshack nearly killed me a few months ago.
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