On top of my Clusters, I also have daily chronic headaches (although they are becoming less daily, thankfully) and migraines (which run in the family). I'm also discovering I probably have mild Asthma, and that there is a strong link between Asthma and Migraines if one or the other is hereditary.

So, I've been doing some research on the link of Asthma and Migraines and found this interesting article: Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or

The bit I want to highlight is below. But basically it says that people with migraines are more sensitive to their surroundings. I've noticed, especially as my clusters have become worse, I am ultra sensitive to my environment. Light, temperature, sound, touch... Sudden changes can bring on extreme pain, and have triggered clusters or migraines, in fact I know for certain that sudden, unexpected, cold will trigger a migraine, if not a cluster.

I have to mentally prepare myself every time I sit down on a toilet seat because they are cold, and even that is a shock, albeit not enough to trigger pain, but enough to register a shock to my sensitive system. Every environmental change these days is acutely registered, from getting into and out of bed, and light changes in the seasons, and car lights, and and and... none of that used to bother me to the degree it does now.

So, just curious if this is common for the rest of us. Or if it is just a migraine sufferer thing.

Here's the excerpt from the article:

"People with migraine inherit a nervous system that is more sensitive to change than those without migraine. This nervous system evolved to be highly vigilant of its environment. When the migrainous nervous system is functioning well, this vigilance is often reflected in positive ways. For example, people with migraine are often well-organized, perceptive, and successful in school and artistic activities. This heightened vigilance may also be why migraine sufferers tend to be light sleepers and more emotionally vulnerable. However, if the nervous system perceives a threat from either the external or internal environment, the nervous system response can be an attack of migraine."

Renée

Potter wrote on May 14^th, 2011 at 9:47am:


How poetic. LOL

Yeah, I thought about that, especially where I live. I'm in an 18th century Hall, it gets cold here in the winter (electric blankets are a God send). Shame all toilets in the world weren't heated.

This could describe me. I have had some asthma symptoms in the past, migraines run in my family, and temperature changes are the most common triggers for my headaches, but I am very sensitive to a lot of noise, heat, cold, smells, everything lol
My parents are both very high strung and I would sometimes have the headaches kick in when they were yelling/stressed a lot, as well as just being at family gatherings with a lot of excitement.
I still think there has got to be some other factor like, reason why the 'sensitivity' of the nervous system becomes a problem, if that makes sense. Hopefully something I can change with my health or habits, I dunno....if that makes sense...

After I got done poking around the valleys of clusterville...and made the climb to talk to the wise man on the mountain top...

THIS is what he said:


Guiseppi wrote on Jul 7^th, 2011 at 8:05am:

Snurplebeans wrote on Jul 7^th, 2011 at 11:54pm:


I thought of it, but there is no atmosphere.

Yeah and you'd likely need a tank full of oxygen to survive up there.... Sounds like this would be a brilliant solution for some! 

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An e-tank wouldn't last long enough to survive an hour or two 

Great to hear the topo is keeping beasty at bay Mike, here's hoping it continues!

Joe