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Jordyn CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 33 Battle Creek Gender:	Triggers? Aug 15^th, 2011 at 12:14am I'm just a little curious about what everyone's triggers are.
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LasVegas CH.com Sponsor Offline Episodic CH since 11 yrs old, now 50. Posts: 2020 north of the 60th parallel Gender:	Re: Triggers? Reply #1 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 1:57am Alcohol and you are too young to drink
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martian CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 8	Re: Triggers? Reply #2 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 3:05am Yep Alcohol. Even a taste. Also, Tobacco (reformed smoker), exposure to strong solvents (petrol, turpantine, Acetone) and dont know about anyone else, but, hot a bath. So, if you are a car mechanic, smoke 30 a day, drink like a fish and are obsessed with hot tubs, your in trouble.
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Mike NZ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Oxygen rocks! D3 too! Posts: 3785 Auckland, New Zealand Gender:	Re: Triggers? Reply #3 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 3:15am Everyone is different. For me, alcohol isn't a trigger, but getting over tired, over hungry can be. Whilst being near others that smoke (I don't) isn't a trigger, the smell of nicotine replacement chewing gum is.
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Reply #4 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 6:12am

Triggers can trip off an attack only when we are in an active cycle of Cluster. That's why alcohol is O.K. when we are not in a cycle.

Much of the chatter in the past has been about foods, conditions, etc.--info imported from the migraine crowd. I think we are pretty well settled on alcohol, solvents as the big ones for Cluster. Individual exceptions rule.

The only decent research I've seen was from Europe, some years ago: distilled spirits and red wine were triggers, white wine not.

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Reply #5 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 9:00am

If you are not already keeping a headache journal, consider doing so Jordyn. Triggers can be real individual, tracking attacks is the best way to isolate yours.

Mine are alcohol, messing up my sleep cycles, extreme hunger and sustained stress. As Bob mentioned, off cycle, none of those bother me at all! I've never smoked so not sure if that would be an issue for me. Wink

Keep firing those questions off Jordyn, you're on the right track with tackling your CH's!!!

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Jordyn CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 33 Battle Creek Gender:	Re: Triggers? Reply #6 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 9:16am Okay, thankyou all so much (:
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Reply #7 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 9:26am

I found a newly discovered one for me recently.

I was chronic for many years but things have been strangely going good and haven't been getting hit for some time.

Working nights and getting home in the morning, it's not like you can order a pizza at 6am. So I shopped for some frozen pizzas for the freezer. Very consistently I felt a CH coming on some time after eating them. Looking on the box, they have a lot of salt in them.

I tried a different frozen meal that also had a lot of salt, most frozen meals do, and again needed the oxygen.

Just guessing, I never usually eat much salt, but it has the propensity to raise blood pressure. It seems this is able to start a normally dormant underlying CH with me because otherwise I've been ok, but I know now not out of the woods.

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biscohead CH.com Newbie Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 13 x0\|Albany\|USA\|\|0\|0\|NY,New_York Gender:	Re: Triggers? Reply #8 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 9:29am Alcohol Smoke (not the funny stuff though...that seems to help me) Greasy food Gust of cold wind (lucky this cycle came in the summer for me) Diet soda
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Jordyn CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 33 Battle Creek Gender:	Re: Triggers? Reply #9 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 10:02am Okay, thankyou both so much (:
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mikstudie CH.com Old Timer Offline Beastmaster Posts: 284 Westland Mi. Gender:	Re: Triggers? Reply #10 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 12:14pm Two or three beers,for sure. when in cycle only. Falling asleep while in cycle I will wake an hour later with the beast, but I worry no more,I just kick his butt with a Red Bull and some O2, I WIN!!!
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Jordyn CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 33 Battle Creek Gender:	Re: Triggers? Reply #11 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 1:27pm Haha nice
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Reply #12 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 3:48pm

mine are ;

getting hot

getting frustrated or aggitated with something can set me off

beer (not vodka or whiskey ) 1 can of beer/larger can set me off straight away

sleep (usualy awake from a dream with ch)

staying still for to long , like laying down on my laptop or playing on ps3

sometimes strong food

ive started to notice drinking coke may be causing triggers but im not sure

then most of the time it seems nothing sets them off they just come when ever they want Embarrassed

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Reply #13 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 4:14pm

Sleep (including naps)

Alcohol

Gasoline, bleach, and probably other solvent fumes

Second hand cigarette smoke

high alitudes

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CH according to Bejeeber:

Strictly relying on doctors for CH treatment is often a prescription that will keep you in a whole lot of PAIN. Doctors are WAY behind in many respects, and they are usually completely unaware of the benefits of high flow 100% O2.

There are lots of effective treatments documented at this site. Take matters into your own hands, learn as much as you can here and at clusterbusters.com, put it into practice, then tell this CH beast Jeebs said hello right before you bash him so hard with a swift uppercut knockout punch that his stupid horns go flinging right off.

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Jordyn CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 33 Battle Creek Gender:	Re: Triggers? Reply #14 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 4:33pm Okay, thanks guys (:
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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: Triggers? Reply #15 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 4:36pm Alcohol even a tiny amount Some Perfumes, Gasoline, bleach, chlorine etc. Air Pressure changes (ie Weather changes) Getting too hot Cigarette smoke or smoking too much Some Foods, drinks and Spices Lack of sleep Changes in eating schedule or not eating Over exertion
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Reply #16 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 5:19pm

JustNotRight wrote on Aug 15^th, 2011 at 4:36pm:

Alcohol even a tiny amount

Some Perfumes, Gasoline, bleach, chlorine etc.

Air Pressure changes (ie Weather changes)

Getting too hot

Cigarette smoke or smoking too much

Some Foods, drinks and Spices

Lack of sleep

Changes in eating schedule or not eating

Over exertion

Exactly the same for me!!! Our beast must be cousin's Undecided

barametric is a BIG one for me!
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Reply #17 - Aug 16^th, 2011 at 9:41pm

Here's something to consider, might be worthless, but might be helpful about triggers...

RE: the D3 supplementation that is widely applauded on the "123 days.." thread

...just saw an advertisement on tv for a D3 product called "Schiff-Mega D3" sold at Walgreens, CVS, etc., etc. It was ironic timing to watch this on tv of the benefits of D3 etc considering I just started this regimen for preventing CH's.

HOWEVER, this particular product called "Schiff-Mega D3" includes a RED WINE EXTRACT as an ingredient.

Red Wine is noted by many of us to be a trigger, so thought it was worthwhile to post this as a possible caution to those who plan to purchase D3 that they may reconsider buying this particular brand of vitamins.

Bottom line is look at the ingredients and best to stick to the brands that Batch and others are finding success with.

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Blue Meanie CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 31	Re: Triggers? Reply #18 - Aug 16^th, 2011 at 11:12pm Alcohol Direct Sunlight Hairspray Perfume Inscense I'm a little strange, smoking cigerrettes didn't bother me as long as it wasn't inside a closed space like a crowded bar or restaurant full of smokers. Of course that's not a problem now since you cannot smoke indoors in Illinois.
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