Posted by dominic tramonte on July 17, 1998 at 12:58:59:
In Reply to: Cigarettes & Alcohol posted by Lee M. on July 17, 1998 at 00:22:01:
well, i cut out the alcohol pretty quick, of
course. i don't need another "extra" headache, the
regularly scheduled ones do me just fine, thank
you :-).
when i first started these, i also quit smoking,
hoping to beat them-- didn't help, but then the
cluster had already started (this was before i
knew what clusters were, or had been diagnosed). i
have no opinion about quitting between clusters.
tried once and stayed off of 8 months, but then i
got my summer cluster anyway-- who knows?
during the cycle, i have noticed that, if i can
stand the pain of smoking during a headache, it
will often alleviate some of the pain-- doesn't
make it go away, but lessens it. hardly surprising
given what smoking does to your blood pressure.
otoh, i can't always stand it-- sometimes it makes
my head pound so i can't.
this fwiw, ymmv.