Well today I seen my family physician. I'm on day three of my ch's. They usually last two weeks. I had to beg him for the imitrex spray. He gave me a script for 6 doses refillable after a month. Whole lot of good that will do. I swear if I hear him refer to them as migraines again I'm going to lose my mind. Ohhh on the bright side my neurologist can get me in for a appt. in 6 WEEKS!!!! FML

Another strong advocate for using oxygen here. Using a non-rebreather mask and 25lpm flow rate I can kill off my CHs in about 5 minutes, side effect free and as many times a day as I need to.

Joe's idea about using prednisione for a 2 week taper should be a good option for you as for other preventives it'll take almost the two weeks to get to an effective dose.

What you could also do is to look at the use of vitamin D (Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or ) which is proving to be remarkably effective for many. You could start this say a month before your next cycle is likely to start (easier if they start at the same time each year) or even use it year round.

And do stock up for the next cycle, having supplies ready for when you might need them. It makes a huge difference compared to scrambling around when the beast is dealing out CHs.