Hi all , well the last 2 months have been sheer hell , and i mean hell on earth , i started with kip 6 head aches that soon followed by regular 9-10 k headaches , walked through hell on earth the last few days , BUT  finally i think my ch's have ceased , its been 48hours + and not a twinge , i had a grande finalay , of a kip 3 for 36 hours non stop , nothing that usualy works, worked, ive never experienced anything like it , i had been hitting the nasal sprays hard for about a week , then out of no where i got a HA  that the nasal spray didnt have any effect on , it wasnt a full blown headache id say a 4or 5 k headache ,i actually thought i had blown a blood vessel in my brain or something , id never experienced this thing in 15 + years , but it lasted 1 n half days , no let up , nothing i did would shake it .then finally it cleared and ive bin pf ever since , its like a miricle , im actually on a euphoric high at the moment .tomorow will be 3rd day pf , feall really clear headed .
So yeah i thought id like to share my uphoria im going through right now , all my empty med things are all over my house including red bull cans , but im now gonna clear up , and play some music , first time in months lol 

Hell yeah! Dance, sing, enjoy the pain free times. Just always be prepared for a return engagement. Here's hoping that'll be a while.

Joe

Yeah! me too long time sufferer.  Stop the nasal spray, feels like nasal congestion but its more of a referred pain, pressure.  Try ice on your face.  I used to use the nose spray and take percocet, oxycontin, aND NOTHING WORKED.  Finally an ER Doc who was also a sufferer gave me a shot of Torodol 60 mg.s and like magic the pain was gone..he gave me refills as well as a suppository for the nausea I get.  Torodo is an anti-inflamatory, but cannot be used for more than 5 days at it is hard on the kidneys.  next time you have a cluster, go to an ER and ask for Torodol injec, its NOT A NARCOTIC so they won't think you are a druggie.  Knock off the Monster, Redbull actually sets you up for a bad head.  I have been using tjhe Torodol for a couple of years now, works good as does neurontin 300mg TID, less frequent and less severe.  If I miss a dose or two I usually have a headache within 24 hours.

Yeah! me too long time sufferer.  Stop the nasal spray, feels like nasal congestion but its more of a referred pain, pressure.  Try ice on your face.  I used to use the nose spray and take percocet, oxycontin, aND NOTHING WORKED.  Finally an ER Doc who was also a sufferer gave me a shot of Torodol 60 mg.s and like magic the pain was gone..he gave me refills as well as a suppository for the nausea I get.  Torodo is an anti-inflamatory, but cannot be used for more than 5 days at it is hard on the kidneys.  next time you have a cluster, go to an ER and ask for Torodol injec, its NOT A NARCOTIC so they won't think you are a druggie.  Knock off the Monster, Redbull actually sets you up for a bad head.  I have been using tjhe Torodol for a couple of years now, works good as does neurontin 300mg TID, less frequent and less severe.  If I miss a dose or two I usually have a headache within 24 hours.  I call my CH the Dragon because it feels like my head is being eaten and burned at the same time.

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You realize that this tosses your credibility out the window, right?

ETA: Allow me to elaborate a bit. The vast majority of CH sufferers at this site find that the combination of caffeine and taurine in energy drinks can actually abort an attack, if not alone, then in concert with high-flow O2.

jackieeyerly wrote on Aug 29^th, 2011 at 2:33pm:


Energy drinks contain:

• Taurine - a calcium Chanel antagonist - just like verapamil
• Caffeine - a vaso-constrictor - just like oxygen

It's no wonder that they help with CHs, quite the opposite of what many doctors suggest without looking at the facts.