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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Ice packs or heating pad ? Jul 9^th, 2014 at 7:50pm I'm curious what works best for you. Ice packs or Heating pad Cheers, Hoppy.
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Mike NZ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Oxygen rocks! D3 too! Posts: 3785 Auckland, New Zealand Gender:	Re: Ice packs or heating pad ? Reply #1 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 7:58pm Neither Oxygen or injectable sumitriptan work just fine.
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jon019 CH.com Alumnus Offline "Ya gotta believe!" Posts: 1656 USA Gender:	Re: Ice packs or heating pad ? Reply #2 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 9:34pm Hottest frigging shower I could stand...mostly a diversion...cold/ice was anathema... Best Jon
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Re: Ice packs or heating pad ?
Reply #3 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 9:53pm

I use both simultaneously - an ice pack in a hot shower or vice versa. Reckon I can confuse the bastage into leaving.

Was in the shower one night during a real shocker, turning the taps from boiling to freezing, and got things slightly wrong. Scalded my scalp and half my hair fell out.

Didn't even realise until I saw my pillow in the morning.

My name is Brian. I'm a ClusterHead and I'm here to help. Email me anytime at briandinkum@yahoo.com

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Wayne CH.com Old Timer Offline RedBull Rules!! Posts: 368 Christchurch, New Zealand\| Gender:	Re: Ice packs or heating pad ? Reply #4 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 10:17pm Depends on the day, my head tells me what it wants. Sometimes an ice pack seems quite appropriate, sometimes heating is preferred. I will say that I use ice more often.
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maz CH.com Hall of Famer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 1071 Hampshire, England Gender:	Re: Ice packs or heating pad ? Reply #5 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 4:30am I've tried both, but neither has worked so far. I still keep trying though out of pure desperation, but always end up turning to the 02 and sumatriptan.
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Re: Ice packs or heating pad ?
Reply #6 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 5:05am

Ice packs are my best friend during an attack. I would freeze an area till it was numb and move on to the next area. Needs to be soft ice pack so I could really jam it into the eye socket or wrap it around my head.
The main problem is that I generally need to freeze more than one area at a time which is a real juggling act when you can't think straight.
Always thought of designing an ice balaclava that covers everything at once.
For now I keep 4 ice packs on standby at all times.
Also works well in conjunction with red bull for dampening those insidious shadows.

Tried a hot shower once during a hit and it sent then pain scale through the roof.
Clear choice for me

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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: Ice packs or heating pad ? Reply #7 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 5:44am Frozen peas are our friends.
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