Yes, I'd kick the Dr Pepper before kicking the D3 regimen  . The caffeine and chemicals are unlikely to be helping anything.

But the thing is, it's tough when the supporter is doing all the research and pushing solutions onto a reluctant CH sufferer. My dh should probably be re-examining some lifestyle issues as well, but he is still so burned out with coping with the CH that he isn't really prepared to become more proactive at this point.

CH Wife, I think where we can help is focusing on supporting our sufferers with implementing specific treatment goals. That might mean taking things one thing at a time. In my case it was O2 first, then the D3 regimen, then getting dh to tweak his O2 technique, etc. Without high motivation, a sufferer may not be able to handle more than one goal at a time.

CH Wife wrote on Aug 14^th, 2014 at 11:44pm:


Verapamil can impact the PR interval, which is part of the ECG trace, which could be the issue.

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When taking verapamil it is advised to have ECGs done every few months. This might be worth following up.

If your hubby is taking a calcium supplement noted in the
D3 regime you can discard it, or have at least a 7hr gap
before taking Verapamil.

Hoppy.

So it's been awhile but I have an update. My DH has had and MRI with negative results and now a CT angiogram and we are currently waiting on those results to rule out aneurysm.  The neurologist was ok but pretty cocky which my DH doesn't handle very well.  The dr is not all the way certain that my DH had ch but only due to the irregularity that the headaches strike. Which I don't really get because in my book they happen from  noon to 4am and they do wake him up but not all the time. it could be the middle of the day.  This dr seems to think we should be able to pin point a certain time and know when it's going to strike.   I just think with my husband and his job and stress he had different factors that affect his ch differently.  But the neuro does believe has a something related to the ch family of headaches.  that I have read through and we have weeded out several.  He wants us to try the oxygen and see if it helps and he said that will also help in his diagnosing my DH. DH is now on amitriptylline which according to the resident at our PCP is also used to help with CH. So far he hasn't had anymore ch since last time I posted but that's also because he has been on prednisone this entire time.  I have finally convinced him to wean off and he should be off in 2 days. So we shall see what happens.  We are starting the vit d regimen minus the vit k today. Neurologist said no to vitamin k2 but ok to everything else.  I mentioned the vit d research and he actually laughed at us and said that there was nothing to lead him to believe there was any standing in that data.  But he was ok with DH taking supplements(with a smirk) I think he thought I was gullible but then towards end of visit he realized I worked in the medical field he started acting better.  He wants to start my DH on tegretol(not a fan) after we see him again and CTA looks ok.  My fingers are crossed that I can make him eat crow on the vit d and we don't have to deal with crazy meds.

Thanks all for reading