Hi Guys,

In addition to the post below I submitted last week. I wanted to follow up with another query.

After a 48 hour break last week the CH hits came back although milder and arriving about 4am for the last few days. I feel i'm very close to end of episode (day 29) but alas the Mo'fo is wiping his feet on the mat before he leaves.

Last night i woke up at 12:30 with what i'd call a combination of shadows and a 2/3 on the kip scale.

I decided i'd ride this out as opposed to popping a sumitriptan. Although i had only taken on average 1 per 24hrs for the last 5 days I was wondering why they were still hanging around and thought that maybe it was just rebound headaches from all the meds and maybe try to do without.

I slept on and off all night (cold cloth on the head/face/teeth) and resisted meds. At times the pain would go to a 3 then down to a 2 or a 1 and i'd drirt back to sleep.

Now I'm in work and its 10:30am and it's still not gone. So really i've had this niggly mild but annoying CH about 10 hours now....

Anyone experience this ? I'm gonna neck a redbull to see if it will clear it up. It's like its refusing to go until i take a Sumitriptan...

Thanks and looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

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Yes, I've had similar.  Several hours of shadows that don't quite develop into a CH, but don't go away either.

Thanks for the replies all.
The shadows would wear you down but at the same time for me it's a lot better than a CH.

Interesting one. After 6 nights pretty Much clear with Only mild shadows on and off I decided to have a couple beers as I'm on vacation ...

Unfortunately this led to a 3am ch and a sumatriptan was required....  although not too bad it was still a 5ish on the scale.... 

So no beer for me just yet... I suppose I shouldn't complain... It seems the end is nigh....
I thought I was out the woods but obviously not quite yet...  Any pf day is a great day... I'd still like a beer though....

Any questions?

i think im going through a Ronan76 type issue now, as ive suffered through a few this week without having to take a shot.  I do take shots when i awaken with one though, as I feel sleeping through the night helps interrupt the cycle.  I have taken an ambien every night this week about a half hour before climbing into bed to help stave off the fear of sleeping....I think its helping.  By the way Batch, i just put 5 - 2000 IU vitamin D3 softgels under my tongue....I figure it cant hurt to get started with supplements.  So 10000 IU to get started.