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svargas05 CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! I Hate CHs! Posts: 24 Dallas, TX Gender:	What are your triggers? May 8^th, 2014 at 8:44pm Go ahead and list what triggers your headaches...so far, the only thing besides time itself that trigger mine is alcohol. Haven't found correlation with other things.
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SmallNStout CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 28	Re: What are your triggers? Reply #1 - May 9^th, 2014 at 7:02pm apparently being a human being alive on Earth is my trigger. Definitely alcohol (which is sad, cuz I love my wine). ANY and ALL changes in weather (which really sucks since I live in FL and it changes every 10 minutes).
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Dave_W CH.com Veteran Offline Pain Free Days!!! Posts: 101 Lilburn, Georgia USA Gender:	Re: What are your triggers? Reply #2 - May 26^th, 2014 at 9:16am Alcohol, chocolate, and cheesy jumbo hot dogs. Actually, any kind of aged cheese or processed meats. Ick.
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BobG CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 6422 St. George, UT Gender:	Re: What are your triggers? Reply #3 - May 27^th, 2014 at 1:02pm REM sleep. Barometric pressure below 30.00. Strong smells such as air fresheners, flavored candles, old-lady-going-to-church perfume.
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maz CH.com Hall of Famer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 1071 Hampshire, England Gender:	Re: What are your triggers? Reply #4 - May 27^th, 2014 at 5:01pm My doctor goes away on holiday......I start a cycle.
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: What are your triggers? Reply #5 - May 27^th, 2014 at 5:09pm maz wrote on May 27^th, 2014 at 5:01pm: My doctor goes away on holiday......I start a cycle. LOVE it!! Mine are sleep deprivation, major sleep cycle disruptions, sustained stress, extreme hunger and alcohol. JOe
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Re: What are your triggers?
Reply #6 - May 30^th, 2014 at 7:10am

Guiseppi wrote on May 27^th, 2014 at 5:09pm:

Mine are sleep deprivation, major sleep cycle disruptions, sustained stress, extreme hunger and alcohol.

Very similar to mine although it is a reduction in stress for me (vacations / weekends) but no problems with alcohol (I'm one of the lucky ones).

It is interesting that my migraine triggers are very similar to my CH ones other than the addition of caffeine and chocolate as triggers.

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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Re: What are your triggers? Reply #7 - May 30^th, 2014 at 3:49pm All processed foods that contain nitrates. Chocolate. Cheese. Pizza. Alcohol. But, only when I'm in a cycle. Hoppy.
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Re: What are your triggers?
Reply #8 - Jun 13^th, 2014 at 11:22am

It's such an important topic.

Though thinking about it - I'm not sure there is a (specific) trigger, or maybe everything is a trigger when in cycle.
I tried finding out about it so I'll know what to avoid, at some point I've come to think everything that made other people feel good (smoking, drinking, eating delicious foods) would be a trigger for me.
I got over that, because it was too depressing Sad

The one thing I do avoid is stressful situations as much as I can. I don't have a medical proof for that but I tend to start my cycles when I'm most needed at work or school or home.
And when a cycle starts - I give up physical exercising.
(and Alcohol - that goes without saying)

Nana

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TalD CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 10 Israel Gender:	Re: What are your triggers? Reply #9 - Jun 29^th, 2014 at 9:26pm Those are mine, ordered in the rate of how much do they affect me: Alcohol Lack of sleep Hunger (I guess it is the lack of sugar in my blood) Strong light Thirst Aromatic smells, like fuel smell
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bluesunshine CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 95 Gender:	Re: What are your triggers? Reply #10 - Jul 2^nd, 2014 at 11:30pm During cycle, beer and alcohol are definitely triggers. My last cycle started after a night of too much beer and Jagermeister. Can jagermeister be a trigger of a cycle? No I will not drink that again to find out, I will never touch Jagermeister again. blue
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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: What are your triggers? Reply #11 - Jul 3^rd, 2014 at 7:03am Thirty five years searching and I've yet to find a trigger. I truly wish I could, so long as it's not beer.
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Sconley50 CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 4 Gender:	Re: What are your triggers? Reply #12 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 9:25pm Triggers? As far as I can find, there are no triggers. My son has kept track, and we have no idea what causes them to start or what causes them to stop. He has had the headaches for as long as 2 years (with one 6-week break). He has separated from his wife and has now had a few days in the past 2 months with no headaches.
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