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Cassio Raposa

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It worked for me, never had headaches again :)
Nov 9^th, 2012 at 1:21pm

I'm not here trying to convert anyone or start a spiritual nonsense discussion. I'm just sharing how I got rid of years of pain due to cluster headache.

Six years ago I switched to a lacto-vegetarian diet 'cause of some philosophical beliefs. The thing is, after something like one month, I stopped having my CH crisis. Never had it again.
Sometimes (like once a years) I still experience the initial symptoms but they vanish over a few minutes and the headache itself never comes.
I'm not saying that stopping eating meat has cured me, but me stopping eating meat and stooping having CH are two things that happened at the same time.
I never took any medication and used to undergo the sessions of CH by just being alone in the dark (the light was soo painful).
Anyway, I just thing it is worth a try, isn't it?

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: It worked for me, never had headaches again :) Reply #1 - Nov 9^th, 2012 at 2:28pm Six years pain free. That's awesome. I hope it continues for you.
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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: It worked for me, never had headaches again :) Reply #2 - Nov 9^th, 2012 at 3:02pm Light sensitivity, huh?
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Potter CH.com Alumnus Offline Team MOOSE DROOL Stinky Stuff on a Hook Prostaff Posts: 3600 Blgs.Mt. Gender:	Re: It worked for me, never had headaches again :) Reply #3 - Nov 9^th, 2012 at 3:38pm I eat nothing but Angus beef, some times a spud, and lots of salt. I'm 3000 days pain free. Try it, beats veggies hands down. Potter
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: It worked for me, never had headaches again :) Reply #4 - Nov 9^th, 2012 at 3:51pm No need to eat vegetables, cuz what you eat eats the vegetables.
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Lobster CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 2417 Gender:	Re: It worked for me, never had headaches again :) Reply #5 - Nov 9^th, 2012 at 4:42pm I turned into a cluster-head at the same general time in my life I became a vegetarian...twenty years back. Guess I ought to go for dinner at Potter's.
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midwestbeth CH.com Sponsor Offline Posts: 1123 Edwardsville, IL Gender:	Re: It worked for me, never had headaches again :) Reply #6 - Nov 9^th, 2012 at 5:45pm I haven't ate meat in almost two years and I still get clusters. The only thing that changed my ch after going meat free is clusterbusters. Good to hear you are pf
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Cassio Raposa CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 2	Re: It worked for me, never had headaches again :) Reply #7 - Nov 9^th, 2012 at 11:05pm Thank you guys . As I said, I've got no scientific background or whatsoever, but that's my experience .
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Chad CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 738 Emmaus, PA Gender:	Re: It worked for me, never had headaches again :) Reply #8 - Nov 10^th, 2012 at 7:02am Long remission possibly.
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ClusterHK

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Re: It worked for me, never had headaches again :)
Reply #9 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 2:22am

Glad to hear that you're pain free for so long! While a lot of people would snort at the notion that a lacto-vegetarian diet somehow affects dilated blood vessels and serotonin imbalances as making no scientific sense, I wouldn't dismiss it outright.

The human body is very complex and nobody knows with 100% certainty how small changes to one part of can affect other parts.

Living in Asia, I get exposed to a lot of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners. It's all about balancing chi and other such stuff and one of the key strategies is to modify the diet to change the balance. Even though I think the theory behind it is a load of baloney, one thing that I can't ignore is that TCM actually works... I hope that one day Western researchers will decide to conduct a thorough scientific study of TCM and in the process unearth a goldmine of new ways to treat many conditions.

So basically, if your change in diet is working for you, then it's just as good as any other method, whether or not it has been "scientifically proven".

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« Last Edit: Nov 13^th, 2012 at 2:26am by ClusterHK »

Now trying a beer test - fingers crossed.

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