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anvilhead
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Begone ye Devil!
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Well shit, ain't this a fine way to meet?
First, let me say to the creator(s) of and contributors to this site, THANK YOU!!!...
My last week of research here has helped me immensely in my understanding, coping and yes, achieving a significant reduction in pain levels and duration of pain, regarding my clinically diagnosed Cluster #*~^&$%^@!ing Headaches!
Long sentence, I know. I am still a little exsaperated to say the least and I have long since forgotten how much sleep I've had/missed lately. Please forgive me.
Did I say it's great to be here!?
I ain't touting any cures be sure. I have however, at least temporarily, attained some measure of control over this "Invisible Electrified Kodiak Bear" which has been stalking, attacking and then sometimes eating me alive for 5 weeks now. Day after day, night after night, every 3rd or 4th hour on the half hour, with the exception of an occassional random skip or, additional bonus attack.
I was calling the beast an IEKB and a Demon weeks before I was finally "correctly" diagnosed with CH btw. I had never heard of this evil affliction before that.
Now I know.
Second, my online nick, anvilhead, is a very old one and unrelated to any inference or symbolism regarding pounding on one's own head. I couldn't do that if I wanted too during an attack or even in between. I become acutely hyper-sensitive on the upper-right front, side and top of my head during even milder attacks. Poking around in the wrong place in between bouts can cause quite a nice little short jig for me too. Knocking on the unafflicted side of my head sends shock waves which also hurt. My personal policy now is. "Don't touch it where it hurts!" I do rap the knuckles of my left hand on something hard, fairly intensely at times. My right hand already hurts from work. I'm a guitar player and I cherish my hands so I have to be careful. I also involuntarily kick something once in awhile, which helps me. I was thinking of getting a punching bag and then today I saw someone else mention it here. Good idea, imo! I'm thinking one of those big ones that ties to the ceiling and to the floor like at a karate school. Something you can really go at hard (legs and arms) and keep the noise to a minimum. Perhaps I'll jury-rig something up 'till I can afford one. Maybe wrap some sweatshirts around one of the cat trees around my house and do some sparring with it. "Wax on, wax off" Daniel san. More appropriately perhaps. "Die Demon, Demon Die!" In a pinch at home you could stand your couch on end and hit it. Probably pretty dusty though. I digress.
Gate control theory should be called, gate control. It works. I already knew that. It seems to me that throwing punches and kicks would get the blood to the extremities below the head and provide a good vigorous workout. Breathing from the gut to get the O2 going as well eh? The obvious bonus is remitting your aggressions on something and knowing you won't end up in jail for it. If you hurt yourself a little. Good. Just don't over-do it. Definetely DO NOT drive a steel sledge into your head like my handle may suggest!
Anyway, my given name is John. I live in Madison, Wisconsin USA. I'm 136 yrs old. A hundred in the last 5 weeks alone! I smoke 2 packs a day and I no longer drink alcohol since just recently. I'm not an alcoholic IMO but two weeks now without. It was the one trigger that put me on my knees crying or even praying and I'm not particularly religious. Just one beer was enough for me one time. I never got through a second drink before onset of an attack. 30 minutes or so. It only took me 3 times to figure this out luckily. Again before CH diagnosis.
tbc...
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