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Laying down
« on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 10:21am » |
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I have to ask this question:
Can anybody actually lay down while being hit?
If I assume the position in the presence of a shadow it only takes 10-15 seconds to SEVERLY intensify. After a hit, if I lay down too soon, it comes back. I can hardly THINK about laying down without things getting worse.
Is this just my version of clusters or what?
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #1 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 10:36am » |
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While in cycle, i never lay down. I sleep upright in a recliner because laying down seems to bring them on for me too.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #2 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 10:36am » |
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I cannot lay down with them and I wondered if this was to do with the blood to the head thing. Also find keeping still pretty hard.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #3 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 10:55am » |
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Laying down is out of the question. It only intensifies the pain, if that's possible. I too sleep in the recliner when at the peak of my cycle.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #4 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 11:03am » |
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Laying down not an option!
I've actually had nurses in the ER yell at me to lie down!
I thought my mom was going to haul off and hit the woman! 
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #5 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 11:13am » |
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Can't lay down either, I'm just asking for it if I do. I ride the recliner too!!
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #6 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 11:47am » |
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Laying down is not an option. Unless I nearly OD on abortives and passout. (usually wanting to never wake up at that point, it's a fine line between passing out and damn near dead).
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #7 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 12:05pm » |
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This is one of the noted differences between clusterheads and meegrainers. Meegrainers want to lie down and be still. Clusterheads need to run from the pain.
For a true clusterhead, laying down during an attack is not an option.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #8 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 12:47pm » |
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I agree, laying down is not an option.
on Jun 3rd, 2003, 12:05pm, Bob P wrote: Clusterheads need to run from the pain.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #9 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 12:49pm » |
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This is what I thought. I posted this to check it out but also if ANYONE out there is 'rolling around in bed' trying to deal with the pain,
"GET THE FUCK UP --- NOW !!!
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #10 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 1:55pm » |
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If anyone can lay down during a headache then he/she doesn't have cluster headaches.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #11 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 2:07pm » |
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Hard to lay down when you are running around the
house, yard, etc......
When diagnosed, every clusterhead should get a complimentary pair of track shoes (& helmet.)
Nope. Laying down no option.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #12 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 2:18pm » |
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on Jun 3rd, 2003, 1:55pm, BobG wrote:If anyone can lay down during a headache then he/she doesn't have cluster headaches.
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Your right they have a headache.
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Well, I can't "go lay down" when I get hit, but if I get hit while I am already in bed, sometimes I will stay there, BUT I CANNOT lay still. I thrash my head back and forth back and forth as hard and fast as I can. The worse the pain, the harder I thrash. (my husband actually gets used to this pretty quickly during a cycle!) For some reason, this helps me once the pain is gone, to be able to go back to sleep. If I get up and pace or drink coffee or get my ice packs or whatever, I have a harder time going back to sleep and seems there is more chance of getting another one in the same night. At peak, it is more likely I will get more than one a night anyway. And sometimes I can't stay in the bed.
But a day time hit? No, I definitely don't go lay down.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #14 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 2:38pm » |
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on Jun 3rd, 2003, 2:07pm, KingOfPain wrote:
When diagnosed, every clusterhead should get a complimentary pair of track shoes (& helmet.)
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Love that idea KOP!
Also wouldn't mind being issued some boxing gloves 'cause I have a tendency to punch doors and walls....I eventually learned to use my left after damn near breaking my right hand one night.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #15 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 2:40pm » |
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I cannot lie down during an attack, but I sometimes do sit on the edge of my bed rocking back and forth holding my head hoping the medication will kick in. I pace, but don't run, just for the imitrex. I think it's just how i deal with my own attacks. Lying down though is impossible for me.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #17 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 4:03pm » |
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During an attack my instincts are movement. Being still is a task. I've had clusters for a long time. I have been hit in public places.......and have forced myself to remain still. It is difficult. It is the opposite of what your instincts are telling you to do. But I have done it. It is possible to be still while having an attack. I've had so many throughout my life that i had to bite the bullet. Is is possible? Yes. Is it what ya wanna do during ch? No.
If a person has cluster headaches, they will eventually become aware of what it is they have. It's just too intense of an illness to remain forever a mystery to the sufferer. I've said it b4. When I was 13 years old the school nurse put me on the cot, dimmed the lights and put a blanket on me. I laid there. Believe it. It happened. The tornado was blowin, but I was small, and the world was big........it took a long time for my voice to be heard --------I was about 23 when ONE doc was intrigued enough to take notice of the difference..........
Laying down during an attack is a struggle and does not come naturally. One must force themselves to do this. That is the differential. IMHO. 
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #18 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 4:12pm » |
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Nope can't lay down. Before I knew what I had, I told the ENT doc that the attacks start when I lay down (I thought I had a punctured sinus or something from the oral surgery, & when I layed down it was leaking into my head). I later realized that I layed down at the same time each night. I now have about 300 pillows that keep me propped up.
I agree with everyone else...Laying down is not an option for a Clusterhead.
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I need to lay down in a quiet dark room with soothing music, as soon as I fall asleep the HA goes away and I wake up the next day refreshed and spunky.
I dont know what it is with you guys, I can always kill a Kip 10 this way.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #20 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 6:59pm » |
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yeah. pass the wine and cheese 4 ya nod off 
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #22 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 7:16pm » |
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can't lay down have to pace
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #23 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 7:29pm » |
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No laying down.
Rocking or pacing are my only options.
LOL Jonny.
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Re: Laying down
« Reply #24 on: Jun 3rd, 2003, 7:54pm » |
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i too cannot lay down. i awoke with a level 10 last night...i dashed to the er, and the doc MADE me lay down and turn off the lights. what a dick. then he gave me 2 huge shots of dilaudid...sweet relief. i have even smoked crack to stave off the clusters...it worked twice, now it makes them worse. only strong narcotics can help my headaches. i avoid taking anything until i get a level 7 and above. stadol works great, and i have never gotten addicted. 
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