Posted by Brian W on May 04, 1998 at 10:02:12:
In Reply to: Help!!! Husband is going crazy with clusters!!!!!!!! posted by Eva on May 03, 1998 at 21:40:19:
Let me share my tea experience with you. After being painfree for a year and a half i ran out of decaf coffee one day. I made a pot of tea instead. Shouldn't be any big deal, right? It wasn't a big deal until the next day. I drank tea for two days instead of decaf coffee and started getting a major cluster. It was 'scary' if i may understate the fear that cluster people know too well. I got to the pacing stage, no major pain but blood surging through the legs, one step away from agony. I immedidately started drinking warm water instead of tea or coffee and the cluster sensation eased over the course of 2 or 3 days. My triggers seem to be coffee, tea and alcohol as well as nitrites in smoked meat and pastrami. I'd recommend checking out the San Francisco Headache Clinic Homepage for a list of possible triggers that should be considered. Good luck, i hope this has been some help. Brian W