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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #50 - Jul 31^st, 2010 at 9:10am

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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That is the same for me.
Also exercising - I take the dog for a walk and wham - can hardly make it back...
And alcohol and hot tubs.
I can't wait until I am out of cycle.

When I explain to people about clusterheadaches; they still insist I have introduced something new to my diet or int my lifestyle that causes these.

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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #51 - Jul 31^st, 2010 at 10:39am

When I explain to people about clusterheadaches; they still insist I have introduced something new to my diet or int my lifestyle that causes these.

They mean well! try not to hold it against them, everyones first response is to "fix" your problem! Take some tylenol, drink less coffee, relax, eat a donut! I smile, nod my head, and move away!

Joe

"Somebody had to say it" is usually a piss poor excuse to be mean.

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Joni CH.com Old Timer Offline Knowledge is Power Posts: 476 Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #52 - Jul 31^st, 2010 at 1:17pm My after thought: Known triggers for a cycle...genetics, DNA, heredity, biology, anatomy...how ever you want to say it!
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JustNotRight CH.com Sponsor Offline CH version 15.0.8 member since 2005 aka GingerS224 Posts: 1300 Wilkes-Barre, Pa (USA) Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #53 - Jul 31^st, 2010 at 3:46pm Good point Joni. I just wanted to clarify; I was discussing triggers for some CH hits not cycles since I don't have cycles. I have CH year round and often only go one or two days per week at most (If I'm LUCKY!) without getting a CH hit.
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Jim L CH.com Sponsor Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 84	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #54 - Jul 31^st, 2010 at 11:18pm Joni, you reminded me.... 2:00-3:00 am is a big trigger for me.
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Joni CH.com Old Timer Offline Knowledge is Power Posts: 476 Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #55 - Aug 1^st, 2010 at 2:41am Jim L wrote on Jul 31^st, 2010 at 11:18pm: Joni, you reminded me.... 2:00-3:00 am is a big trigger for me. Haha! Good one...I can relate!
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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #56 - Aug 1^st, 2010 at 2:42am

JustNotRight wrote on Jul 31^st, 2010 at 3:46pm:

Good point Joni.

I just wanted to clarify;
I was discussing triggers for some CH hits not cycles since I don't have cycles. I have CH year round and often only go one or two days per week at most (If I'm LUCKY!) without getting a CH hit.

Oops...my mistake! Sorry! I can't imagine being chronic!!!!!!!!! Bless your heart! That is just not fair!

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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 #57 - Aug 1^st, 2010 at 5:07am Quote: My after thought: Known triggers for a cycle...genetics, DNA, heredity, biology, anatomy...how ever you want to say it! Don't Know about heredity etc. as far as I know no one in my family has ever suffered from CH althoe me dad did get migraines, could that be it ? Nigel
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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #58 - Aug 1^st, 2010 at 8:15am

Joni wrote on Aug 1^st, 2010 at 2:42am:

JustNotRight wrote on Jul 31^st, 2010 at 3:46pm:

Oops...my mistake! Sorry! I can't imagine being chronic!!!!!!!!! Bless your heart! That is just not fair!

No apology or mistake made on your part Joni, my 1st comment was to you (the good point part). The rest of my post was a comment in general for this topic. Cool

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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #59 - Aug 1^st, 2010 at 10:24am

[b]They mean well! try not to hold it against them, everyones first response is to "fix" your problem! Take some tylenol, drink less coffee, relax, eat a donut! I smile, nod my head, and move away!
Joe

Hi Joe,
I need to learn how to do the “smile, nod, and walk away” part. I have a tendency to want to “educate” people and I get so frustrated! I need to learn to get off my pompous high horse and let it go. My husband can usually keep me in check; he sees it coming. He’s not always with me though! LOL I need to practice... smile, nod, move away.... smile, nod, move away.... smile, nod, move away. Does this work on Mother in Laws as well? LOL
lib

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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 #60 - Aug 1^st, 2010 at 2:18pm Does this work on Mother in Laws as well It hasnt yet....but I keep smiling, nodding....and walking away! Joe
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Jim L CH.com Sponsor Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 84	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #61 - Aug 1^st, 2010 at 5:43pm Gluten, anyone? (not me, but I've heard it might be a trigger for migraines.)
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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #62 - Aug 1^st, 2010 at 9:03pm

All this talk of mother in laws got me thinking about a trip to see my mother inlaw today .
She has two of those automatic aerosol air freshener things that go off every 20 minutes in her 13' square room ,although it's more like 10 minutes between the two of them.

How can those things be called air fresheners , thay should be called air polluters , pumping chemicals in to the air.

any how within 10 minutes of being in there started getting shadows, and that happens every time I go there. So I always take a can of red bull with me now to counter it .

Guess where I'm going to avoid going during my next cycle Cheesy

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Arde CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 76 Dayton, TX. Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #63 - Aug 1^st, 2010 at 9:31pm Headache Boy uk wrote on Aug 1^st, 2010 at 9:03pm: How can those things be called air fresheners , they should be called air polluters , pumping chemicals in to the air. Exactly the way I feel about them.
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-johnny- CH.com Sponsor Offline theres no smoking on the dock Posts: 1642 fayette county ohio Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #65 - Aug 2^nd, 2010 at 2:10am i got one. how bout waiting in line? ever been standing in line at a fast food restaurant and got hit? how bout getting hit at a gas station behind some jerk weed picking out lottery tickets? plain ole inactivity is a trigger for me.
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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #66 - Aug 2^nd, 2010 at 6:57am

Definitely waiting in line. I'm not sure why that is, but it can be a problem. Once, I was waiting in line for Migranal and I had to run out of the drugstore to hit the O2. And while I was chonic for the past three years, and hits came cyclically, I could still trigger a new hit with certain activities. So for me, I was chronic, and could trigger a "bonus" hit. lance

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Joni CH.com Old Timer Offline Knowledge is Power Posts: 476 Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #67 - Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 3:04am I am so unfamiliar with chronic clusters...I just can't imagine living that way! I am so sorry for you!!! Have you always been chronic? If not, do you have any idea why the change?
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wimsey1 CH.com Alumnus Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 2457 MA Gender:	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #68 - Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 7:28am Cluster headaches morph. It's the nature of the beast. lance
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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 #69 - Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 9:27am Just found what I think is another trigger; extreme change in barometric pressure. The last 2 times we went from clear, sunny days to quick storms moving in, the headaches started, and were gone within a day. May be coincidence, but I don't believe too much in coincidence.
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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 #70 - Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 9:30am Sadly Mike that's a relatiely common trigger, for many any change in the weather means an increase in hits! Joe
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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #71 - Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 11:00pm

wimsey1 wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 7:28am:

Cluster headaches morph. It's the nature of the beast. Sad

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Oh...No one in my family has ever had them morph into chronic even after many, many years. Thank God! My sister has had them the longest (46 years) and they are the same today as always with the exception of introducing Imitrex, which makes her 6 week cycle shorter. Mine have been the same for 26 years... 8 weeks at a time. My mother's went away for several years before she died. I guess it's still back to our genetics...hope so!!

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joedell71 CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 17	Re: what do you think is your trigger? Reply #72 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 7:46pm I think mine are barometric pressure changes and hot humid air. As I have recently started to cycle again(tour de france anyone har har) and I am working outside in the sun in what has been some very hot humid weather here in western new york I am suffering
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Re: what do you think is your trigger?
Reply #73 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 7:57pm

Joe: NE Pa here and I know what you mean, it's like a friggin sauna out there!!

Make sure you drink lots of water and as much as possible stay out of the sun!

Swift Barometric changes are an added Trigger for many including myself. Yes I am chronic and Yes I still have Triggers or things that have a tendency to increase my hit ratio. I get CH year round with no extended breaks, if I am extremely lucky I get a Day or two off during a week, but that is the extent of my CH vaca. Undecided

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