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Your personal CH triggers?
« on: Jul 9th, 2003, 11:15am » |
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I am looking for Known CH triggers besides alcohol.
Any and all imputs are appreciated.
Thank you, Patrick
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #1 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 11:24am » |
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I just posted a list in your Welcome Back...Geeesh string.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #2 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 11:38am » |
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I think a serotonin imbalance (caused by some anomoly in the hypothalamic regulation of neurotransmission) inducing my trigeminal nerve to release vasoactive neuropeptides triggers activity from pain transmitting nociceptors along all three branches of my trigeminal nerve. It is the presence of these neuropeptides which induce dilation of blood vessels along the trigeminal nerve.
Fortunately triptans bind to my 5HT1d receptors to block the release of these neuropeptides through some 5HT1d specific inhibitory mechanism, effectively aborting the attack.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #3 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 11:40am » |
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Bob -- ref: Geeesh thread -- Holy shit what a list.
New one for me -- Altocor 60mg (lovastatin) Thought my friggen eye was being ripped from my head. Hung in there for about 8 hours overall. With numerous little breaks throughout -- just long enough to let you think it was over. Wrong - Loser - try again!
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #4 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 11:46am » |
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your Altocor 60mg (lovastatin) has been added to the list. Thanks
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #5 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 11:49am » |
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Thanks Bob -- I do appreciate you taking care of us the way you do. Hopefully it may save someone else from having an evening of hell like I did.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #6 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 12:06pm » |
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In addition to the great list on the other thread, anger for me.
Anger is an invitation to the beast.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #7 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 12:17pm » |
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... I honestly don't know.. but I think excessive sunlight causes some shadows...
... sorry I couldn't help more...
... as far as alcohol... the stronger the more painful...
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #8 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 1:23pm » |
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There's a few of us who have found that vicks is a trigger as well. I used to use a vicks inhaler to try to clear up my stuffed nose and would get hammered with an attack.
I quit using the vicks and life improved greatly.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #9 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 1:30pm » |
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None here.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #10 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 2:21pm » |
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The only trigger that I can say with absolute certainty hits me is when I have a wide change in sleep cycle. An example - If I have a lock-in with the kids on Friday, I can guarantee you that by the Tuesday a week and a half later, I will start a cluster episode. This has happened to me time and again like that. Almost always the week or so after I drive a long ways for vacation I get one, when I have been up all night.
It stands to reason since the hypothalamus is tied to clusters as well, that when I have a wide change in sleep, it gets off kilter.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #11 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 2:29pm » |
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I also think when my sleep is more than usually lessened I seem to jump start an attack. Also major stress seems to do it too.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #12 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 2:44pm » |
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I'd have to agree with Big Dan on the sunlight.....trigger for me as well 
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #13 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 3:02pm » |
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Stress can bring on mine.
Alcohol
Niacin
my boss (she never shuts up)
My boyfriend (he never shuts up)
Heat
did I say my boss yet?
Lack of sleep.
Oh yeah..and my boss
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #14 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 4:22pm » |
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I hafta agree with one of Jayne's triggers...
HEAT does it for me..when it starts to get hot here.. I never stray very far from the pool,the freezer or my frozen peas. Seems that if I can cool my temp down a bit, it will abort or at least lessen the headache..
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #15 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 4:59pm » |
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... with the sunlight, it gives me shadows out of cycle... that's what I was trying to say....
... working outside during the summer is a bitch for me...
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #16 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 5:04pm » |
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Jayne's boss. Anytime, anywhere as far as her boss is concerned. I think we should spay or neuter the person. To save time on the search I'll just do it to mine and call it a "Proxy Snip". ;D
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #17 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 5:35pm » |
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So far, I've only found one trigger. I absolutely cannot refinish hard wood floors......will trigger a hit withing minutes. A vote was taken, and the rest of the family believe it's the manual labor invovled.... ;D, I say it's the fumes...... 
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #18 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 8:09pm » |
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Out of cycle...nothing...in cycle, alcohol...and nitroglycerine !
Look here and here.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #19 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 8:16pm » |
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Being chronic, I would have had to say nothing. Til last month when I went to a BBQ and there was Citronella candles going everywhere. The fumes were very strong and I got hit immediately. I'd only been there less than 5 mins. So someone else got to eat my filet mignon. shit!
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #20 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 9:33pm » |
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Would you believe that "selantro" does it. Have to be careful it is not in the food when I go out to eat. Also, if I get severely overheated, it can bring one on.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #21 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 9:39pm » |
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Alcohol (80% of time) and rise in temperature are the only two I've narrowed down. I think taking naps in the middle of the day brings them on too, but not sure.
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #22 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 10:50pm » |
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All great replies. Thank you.
Now let me try and narrow my list down a bit.
I have episodic Ch's. I tend to start out with 1 or 2 a week and rapidly get into 3 to 6 a day for 4 to 6 weeks. All approximates of course. Then i tend to ramp back the other way.
Alcohol was a 100% trigger for me during my cycles, outside of my cycle, i could drink a truckload and never bother me.
I remember being told to avoid Dry roasted anything, Caffeine, Cheese, alcohol and nicotine. I have never tried quitting smoking, but i am considering it this time. I am trying to find a way to reduce the amounts and severity. If nothing else it will give me a diversion for a while.
Thanks for the info on Oxygen, I vaguely remember that being suggested 3 years ago. I will suggest it to my Neuro at my appointment.
Thanks, Patrick
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #23 on: Jul 10th, 2003, 12:45am » |
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Triggers?
Pot, pain pills, altitude/ flying, vacations, season changes
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Re: Your personal CH triggers?
« Reply #24 on: Jul 10th, 2003, 6:35am » |
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WARNING: WILD SPECULATION
Alcohol has been shown to disrupt circadean rhythm. Perhaps the aspect of circadean rhythm alcohol affects coupled with its vasodilatory effect are the reason an attack follows a drink. Perhaps the circadean rhythm of some chronic sufferers is so out of whack that alcohol doesn't have a predictable or identifiable effect on the timing of an attack. Am I misinformed as far as alcohol not being a trigger for many of the chronic sufferers?
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