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BMoneeTheMoneeMan
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Caffeine rebounds?
« on: Aug 11th, 2006, 12:01am » |
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Does anyone know if caffeine causes rebounds like pain meds or Trex?
My Dad's friend is a doc and although he doesnt know much about clusters, he did say caffeine and some meds can cause rebounds. I hadn't heard this before, but I do get caffeine withdrawl headaches that trigger clusters.
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Re: Caffeine rebounds?
« Reply #1 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 2:12am » |
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B$,
I've not heard this before about the coffee. I know some of the meds will cause rebounds.
Coffee and hot tea is what I use to get rid of a shadow.
This is back to how not everything works for everyone 
I will get a headache (not CH) if I don't have my morning coffee....but I've never had a rebound from the caffeine.
That's interesting though...that a doc said this. I wonder if he knows that coffee/caffeine is a vasoconstrictor? During a CH, the blood vessels expand......caffeine makes them shrink.
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Re: Caffeine rebounds?
« Reply #2 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 3:53am » |
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Well, so far, my trouble with caffeine (in Red Bull/tabs) has been that it keeps me up. I think that in future it can mean that I don't get enough of sleep and that could trigger ch.
But I must admit: I will rather stay up because of caffeine than hits!
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Re: Caffeine rebounds?
« Reply #3 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 3:59am » |
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Caffiene withdrawl HA is an actual HA and is much like rebound/overuse headache.
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Re: Caffeine rebounds?
« Reply #4 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 4:47am » |
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This is so funny to me: for years I was addicted to diet soda. The water at my college was awful, but diet soda was free on the meal plan; filtered or bottled water was not. I drank it practically by the gallon for years, and could not stop because of the "awful" headaches I would get when I tried.
One KIP-10 and suddenly a caffeine withdrawal headache became nothing.
Certainly watch and make sure that caffeine isn't a trigger for you, but my bet is that the worst headache this doctor has ever experienced is a caffeine withdrawal headache, and that is what he imagines CH to be like. You may want to try withdrawing from caffeine altogether and then testing yourself with it. I did. It makes no difference in terms of number or intensity of hits for me, and the caffeine helps pain medicine work faster and sometimes delays a hit, so I keep it. Your results may vary.
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Re: Caffeine rebounds?
« Reply #5 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 7:39am » |
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on Aug 11th, 2006, 12:01am, BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote: although he doesnt know much about clusters
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Glad you prefaced things with that....caffeine is one of my major ways of managing clusters without prescription meds. If I ever wanted to get off of caffeine completely, and I have done that a couple of times in the past, I sure as shootin wouldn't ever consider doing it during a CH episode. Not only does it not give me rebounds, but helps keep the beast away.
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Re: Caffeine rebounds?
« Reply #6 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 8:50am » |
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http://www.headachenech.com/faq/default.asp#18
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Re: Caffeine rebounds?
« Reply #7 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 1:12pm » |
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I think so.
Have to be careful ,the caffeine is a double edged sword.
When one exceeds intake levels of coffee comparable to a small army it will become a trigger. Have to save it for the right times. A nice relief from the trex. I have aborted more CH with caffeine that any other abort, although 02 is quickly catching up.
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