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Which would you choose?
« on: Nov 6th, 2003, 9:23pm » |
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Of course this poll comes from the post about Imitrex extending people's cycle or causing "rebound headaches". But it's meant more to answer a simple question.
If there was a FREE DRUG invented tomorrow that was safe and EVERYONE COULD USE IT, which option would you choose?
Longer cycles, less pain?
Shorter cycles, more pain?
This question is really that simple...
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #1 on: Nov 6th, 2003, 9:39pm » |
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Hi DJ,
I would take longer cycles with "tolarable" pain any year.
I can function at kip3-4. kip 8-10 every day if even for a couple weeks is not a good thing.
I'll take longer and milder.
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #2 on: Nov 6th, 2003, 9:39pm » |
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Can those of us on the never ending cycle merry go round answer this?
We could pretend that the cycle will come to an end......  I know...I know......since ours isn't ever going to end, we would all pick the less painful.
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #3 on: Nov 6th, 2003, 9:56pm » |
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #4 on: Nov 6th, 2003, 10:06pm » |
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The first one please!
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #5 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 12:06am » |
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Ya know, As i was reading the options, in the back of my mind i was thinking.... Those are my options when i am in a Cycle. I always elect for the medicine because a Kip10 is no fun at all!
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #6 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 12:16am » |
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Is this a trick question for chronics  nancyc
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #7 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 1:17am » |
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on Nov 6th, 2003, 9:39pm, Roxy wrote:Can those of us on the never ending cycle merry go round answer this?
We could pretend that the cycle will come to an end...... I know...I know......since ours isn't ever going to end, we would all pick the less painful. |
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #8 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 2:00am » |
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Less pain is the only choice
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #9 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 2:05am » |
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Longer cycle, less pain is the one I would choose.
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #10 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 2:07am » |
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I have a high tolerance for pain, and I read the question and think, if I could shorten the cycle it would be worth it to suffer more, but I know that if I was having a k10 I'd do whatever I had to to make it stop. Especially when the headaches last for a while.
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #11 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 2:19am » |
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Being cronic I would choose the one on the left.
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #12 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 3:25am » |
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same hereon Nov 7th, 2003, 12:16am, nancyc wrote:| Is this a trick question for chronics nancyc |
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #13 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 7:11am » |
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DJ
I'm not sure I like how the question is worded.
I know a lot of people here that don't immediately take a shot because of the concerns of overuse and subsequently have their pain go above a KIP 5.
Also, "a FREE drug that was SAFE that EVERYONE COULD USE"... (I hope that's in there for comic relief.  ) If it was FREE and SAFE, there would be no reason for the originating thread.
I started the previous thread because of the large number of people that SEEMED to have a longer cycle resulting from imitrex use. If that wasn't the case for me, I'd be the first person in line to buy "acquire" a LOT of it. (forgot that it was free!)
Its not like I enjoy the pain, its the 18-day cycle part instead of 6+ weeks that I enjoy. 
just an observation.
Cool way to do a poll. Maybe this should be used more often.
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #14 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 7:32am » |
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I am so unbelievable happy to find you all!!
That im not alone anymore talking to windmills about my headaches.
I have had cluster for tvelve fifteen years, im not sure, they only found out like five years ago what it was, the fuckers! All this time i have felt like an ashole trying to tell people what it was i was experiencing. Wow! And to run through your message board is like walking in my own biography You are telling me the story of me and I had no idie we had a voice!
I have tryed all there is to try as you all have done i guess, cause of the nature of this beast, you look out for everything you can think of to get rid of this shit.
I live in Iceland and well, there are not many of us here. So THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!!!
My attack started on monday and i havent sleept proparly since then. I take Imigran and that seems to help me in most cases, not all. Im ok at the moment, but i feel he i there waiting to jump on me.
When it starts in the nighttime theres little to do.
I found out a couple of years ago when i lived in LA that when drinking like gallons of water it seem to have some effect, but then again you have to piss it all out afterwards and you get little sleep for that aswell, but anything but the pain, right?
i hang everyday on my hands (im probably saying this wrong) to get rest in the shoulders when the bodie relaxes that way and i think there is some relief in that, I lie to myself probably, but i do i anyway because it gives me comfort.
Anyway i just wanted to say Hi and to thank you all for being here, it means everything to me.
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #15 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 7:59am » |
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I quess I'm in the minority so far...but I would rather the cycle be shorter. Some times a nagging duller, or shorter pain kills me more then a severe, get it the hell over with pain...
Jim
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #16 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 8:45am » |
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I just want it to be over, so I took B.
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #17 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 8:54am » |
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definitely A
Too old, tired and lazy to deal with those k6+'s anymore.
And besides, sometimes those high k#'s are just down right scary.
Jim
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #18 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 9:47am » |
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I would use the trex while in cycle to abort the attack while persuing other treartments (DHE) to abort the entire cycle.
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #19 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 12:17pm » |
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I remember my first ch's,they would come at the same time every day for 6 weeks,the pain would last for 1 hour all k8's+.Needless to say this waiting for ha time would cause a lot of stress for me,not to say what it did to my wife and kids.Now with drugs to kill the pain the ha's come at different times,is this also a different kind of stress?I'll take a longer cycle with less pain...
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #20 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 2:22pm » |
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I choose B...of course I really didn't get to choose because I got:
C) Having a VERY longer cycle, with more frequent cluster's that you ever thought possible but you know you can control it in 10-30 minutes with a shot... with the pain ALWAYS going above a Kip 7-10 on the scale...
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #21 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 3:59pm » |
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I'm chronic and choose the "A" option but it's kinda like Nancy said " it's a tricky question for a chronic"....I think that is because we would like to have some sort of control over the beast if we could, even if it's just the length of an attack, that would be good, and it would be wanderful to know that we wouldn't get one higher than a KIP 3-4!!...As it is we have no control, and absolutly no guess of what is to come, or when we'll get a break.....but on the other hand the eposodics are teased with this, but that's another story.......Soooo, i guess that's why i picked option "A".
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #22 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 6:31pm » |
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Hello, this is fun! I mean the board and this website! I am still new. Any way, right now while my head does not hurt, i would say more pain shorter cycle, however 3 hours from now or in the early morn. 2 hours into my 3 hour that kips at about 8 I would have to change my answer! I would shoot myself in the foot if I thought it would make my head feel better at that time! 
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Re: Which would you choose?
« Reply #23 on: Nov 7th, 2003, 6:49pm » |
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Less PAIN, the the only choise in my book. When I'm in cycle, the wait and intensity on the pain is overwhelming. I can't function after 3:00 pm. So i cast my vote for less PAIN Charlie M
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Hć, Maggi,
Velkommin!! ég tala pinnu lítill Íslensk - ég var búsett Ţar milli 1986 og 1990 og eiginkóna mín er frá Akureyri. (Ég er ekki Íslensk málfrćđingur, Ţađ er augljós). Athuga póstkassa Ţín í Ţessi skilabóđ kerfi!! Bless, Nonni.
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