Author |
Topic: Re: Am I cronic or episodic? Not sure. (Read 233 times) |
|
Prense
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Kerry is an idiot!
Gender: 
Posts: 1607
|
 |
Re: Am I cronic or episodic? Not sure.
« on: Aug 20th, 2004, 2:44pm » |
 Quote  Modify
|
Responses are fairly quick around here...cross posting is not really necessary.
Chris
|
|
 IP Logged |
Where does the white go in a snowman when the snow melts?
|
|
|
floridian
Guest
|
|
Re: Am I cronic or episodic? Not sure.
« Reply #1 on: Aug 20th, 2004, 3:00pm » |
Quote Modify
 Remove
|
The official definition is one year without a 30 day pain free interval, I believe. That definition also sucks and is disconnected from reality. The typical episodic clusterhead goes through a period of 8-12 weeks and then it stops. That is not you. But since you won't qualify as chronic for another 4 months, according to current medical logic, you are episodic.
|
| « Last Edit: Aug 20th, 2004, 3:02pm by floridian » |
IP Logged |
|
|
|
Prense
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Kerry is an idiot!
Gender:
Posts: 1607
|
|
Re: Am I cronic or episodic? Not sure.
« Reply #2 on: Aug 20th, 2004, 3:08pm » |
Quote Modify
|
on Aug 20th, 2004, 2:56pm, fun bobbi wrote:You'll excuse me if I seem desperate.
Just trying to make sense of this monster that's attacking me. New diagnosis usually means new meds, which typically means no relief as of yet.
Besides, I'm new here, only been posting for a matter of hours. I'll learn. |
|
Desperation is very well understood here...
Chris
|
|
IP Logged |
Where does the white go in a snowman when the snow melts?
|
|
|
pubgirl
Guest
|
|
Re: Am I cronic or episodic? Not sure.
« Reply #3 on: Aug 20th, 2004, 3:10pm » |
Quote Modify
Remove
|
Hi there fun bobbi(pasted again from the other thread- we should agree to wipe one of them or this is going to get confusing!)
Sounds like not funbobbi to me  life sounds tough!
Doesn't appear that either applies, sounds more like either paroxysmal hemicrania or chronic paroxysmal hemicrania or a condition called Idiopathic stabbing headache
http://www.upstate.edu/neurology/haas/hpstab.htm
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/paroxysmal_hemicra nia.htm
Do you get a runny nose/eyes or other symptoms as well? If so, there is also a possibility of SUNCT syndrome, which is rarer.
Have you seen a neuro?
Most good neuros will do an indomethacin therapeutic trial at the outset for most patients whose headache duration may suggest one of these conditions as they are all indomethacin responsive, and in the case of PH/CPH there is a 100% success rate.
Has to be worth a few days of your life to try it as that is all it takes to work if it is going to work
Wendy
|
|
IP Logged |
|
|
|
fun bobbi
New Board Newbie
Pain! PAIN!! LOTS and LOTS of PAIN!!!
 
Gender: 
Posts: 17
|
|
Re: Am I cronic or episodic? Not sure.
« Reply #4 on: Aug 20th, 2004, 3:33pm » |
Quote Modify
|
 NO MORE MESSAGES HERE PLEASE
I boo-boo'ed
I cross posted!
MY BAD
Sorry all!
If u want to reply, it's posted under 'cluster headache specific'
SORRY again!!
|
|
IP Logged |
The SCREAMING FOOL formerly known as Fun Bobbi
|
|
|
pubgirl
Guest
|
|
Re: Am I cronic or episodic? Not sure.
« Reply #5 on: Aug 20th, 2004, 3:42pm » |
Quote Modify
Remove
|
No worries!
Took me weeks to get the hang of message boards. Many say I never have 
Wendy
|
|
IP Logged |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home
Help
Search
Members
Member Map
Login
Register
Reply
Notify of replies
Send Topic
Print
test rss