Posted by gary g (208.133.221.147) on August 28, 1999 at 11:33:33:
In Reply to: No trigger here posted by Steve G on August 28, 1999 at 07:56:53:
OK - this is NOT a slam - don't anybody take any offense
domini domini domini
there - on to the subject
I have read MANY people's posts over time, that claimed they were sitting there writing during "a 10", or that they'd been in pain all evening and couldn't stand it any more -
I'm VERY confused......
On my own "scale" of attack severity, which I devised YEARS ago to keep attack journals for treatment analysis, something I still do -
there is no way in hell I could sit still sufficiently to work the keyboard at much over a "3"
at a "5". my wife - who is a REAL tough cookie, daughter of a surgeon, "strong-stomached" pragmatist has to get away from me because she just can't cope with what she sees - at a 5 I've turned beet red, my eye is nearly swollen shut, I'm heaving my breaths thru a gaping mouth, and any sudden noise, light etc hits me like an electric shock - I MIGHT be able to sit in a chair but ONLY with extreme effort to try to "ZEN" myself away from my body & the pain demon
at 8 I am completely gone, physical controlwise - maybe can still pace, but apt to just collapse to the ground - up. down - lean against doorframes, slump to floor - crawl up again, probably howling, etc
TYPE DURING AN ATTACK
are you guys sure we have the same malady ?