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Bonnie lee CH.com Veteran Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 131	I call them devil pokes Feb 15^th, 2012 at 12:20pm Does anyone get periods in between episodes where you get single sharp.jabs of pain behind your eye as if the devil is trying to.remind you that he is still here?
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MeL CH.com Junior Offline Carpe Diem! Posts: 28 Cleveland, Ohio Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #1 - Feb 15^th, 2012 at 1:58pm I've never heard the term "Devil Poke" but I may have to use that! Yes, I'll get a sharp pain that almost brings me to my knees. It'll last maybe 5 seconds and it's gone. I never really paid it no attention since it usually happens when I'm really tired.
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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #2 - Feb 15^th, 2012 at 2:39pm I've heard them referred to as "Ice Pick" pains. The worst is when I feel it in my teeth.
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wimsey1 CH.com Alumnus Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 2457 MA Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #3 - Feb 16^th, 2012 at 8:25am Yup, and they do bring me to my knees. Once, while I was standing around shaking people's hands (occupational hazard) I got a sharp stab, dropped to a knee, and boy did that person book it out of there real fast. Devil's poke works for me. Blessings. lance
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Bonnie lee CH.com Veteran Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 131	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #4 - Feb 16^th, 2012 at 5:25pm I call it the devils poke because it reminds me of the devils crooked cold finger giving me a sharp poke behind my eye as he laughs out loud as if to say.... "You might think that i have left but i am still here."
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AussieBrian CH.com Hall of Famer Offline CH - It's all in your head! Posts: 3851 Cairns, Qld, Australia Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #5 - Feb 16^th, 2012 at 5:57pm Devil pokes. I love it.
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Mike NZ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Oxygen rocks! D3 too! Posts: 3785 Auckland, New Zealand Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #6 - Feb 16^th, 2012 at 10:08pm AussieBrian wrote on Feb 16^th, 2012 at 5:57pm: Devil pokes. I love it. Sounds like a great name for a beer!
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Andy T CH.com Junior Offline If its not Brok, Dunt try fix it! Posts: 39 Yorkshire, England Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #7 - Feb 17^th, 2012 at 8:15am Agreed, it does sound like a good name for a beer, but like Lance having had the odd one thats physically felled me, I wouldn't want to drink the stough!!! lol Spot on name for em though, Bonnie Lee Stay PF boys n girls Regards Andrew
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Billie CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 62 Maryland Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #8 - Feb 17^th, 2012 at 12:03pm Yep, I get those and sometimes little pains right in the areas that my clusters hit when I'm in remission periods, thinking "oh, no here we go again." I swear they taunt us.
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Re: I call them devil pokes
Reply #9 - Feb 17^th, 2012 at 3:29pm

My god, yes! Before I researched it, I called them "spikes." It felt like someone ran up behind me, jabbed a spike into the side of my head, and pulled it out. Blinding. "Icepicks" are the general term, idiopathic I believe is the specific, and "shadows" a lot of times on here. But I think Devil Poke is the best description so far. I think you've coined one, Bonnie!!

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Reply #10 - Mar 20^th, 2012 at 11:45am

Yes, I know EXACTLY what you mean, I had them for 14 years, and I have now been clear of all headaches for 6 years. DRINK WATER please! Not fizzy, not ice cold, not juice, not squash, just tap water and 6 pints a day for a week. You'll pee a lot to begin with but it will settle down once you are totally hydrated. That poke in the back of the eye, like a warning of agony, is your blood getting too thick. Try it and your life could be like mine is now... awesome!! Good luck

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Re: I call them devil pokes
Reply #11 - Mar 20^th, 2012 at 12:01pm

Alex Gingell wrote on Mar 20^th, 2012 at 11:45am:

Yes, I know EXACTLY what you mean, I had them for 14 years, and I have now been clear of all headaches for 6 years. DRINK WATER please! Not fizzy, not ice cold, not juice, not squash, just tap water and 6 pints a day for a week. You'll pee a lot to begin with but it will settle down once you are totally hydrated. That poke in the back of the eye, like a warning of agony, is your blood getting too thick. Try it and your life could be like mine is now... awesome!! Good luck

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George CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Black-Billed Magpie Posts: 8126 Boise, Idaho USA Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #12 - Mar 20^th, 2012 at 1:33pm Water X3. Seems to help some people. Never did anything for me, but that doesn't mean much. Here's the link to the post that Margi put up ten or twelve years ago. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Best, George
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deltadarlin CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3823 Downsville LA Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #13 - Mar 21^st, 2012 at 8:06am Well damn, blood is too thick? Drinking water thins it down? I'll have to let all my friends who are on blood thinners know, that they are doing it wrong! No need for blood thinners, just drink more water!
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Bonnie lee CH.com Veteran Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 131	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #14 - Mar 22^nd, 2012 at 7:34pm LOl. I am a nurse. Thats the first I have heard of that one. More water to hydrate. Yes. But not to thin out your blood.
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Darkfire CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 32 MD, USA Gender:	Re: I call them devil pokes Reply #15 - May 7^th, 2012 at 1:38am Those sudden sharp jabs scare the crap outta me and cause insta panic attacks which in turn cause me to tense which messes up my damaged neck which makes the CH worse.
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