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(Message started by: Surf on Oct 15th, 2003, 3:47am)

Title: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Surf on Oct 15th, 2003, 3:47am
We all know our triggers, right. Ok so lets have em...
(not in any order)So lets begin  shall we

Z.A Dr. that leaves you hangin by not supplying enough Imitrex when they have been told that you require 12 mg of sumitriptan every 24 hours.Ok that was one of mine.
Y.B Remember no order required. Having to chase down another Dr. in order to obtain the amount of Sumitriptan
required to keep the beast at bay.OK
X.C These don't halfto be in order. No 02 or running very short of and the weekend is near, no one at the dispensing site is in until next week and the nearest tank might as well be 1000 miles.
W.D Driving the 1000  miles.  V.E Hearing "I never heard of o2 for clusters,is that something new."nope can't pay for that it's not covered under your insurance.

U.F Matches(sulfer)

T.G Bright flourescent lights that are about to burn out, You know the ones that are flickering and their in the headache clinic.What do they wan't to do trigger an attack so they can watch you inject yourself or what?

S.H Turning on the Bright Flourescent light while your in the room after you shut it off and turned on the dimmer.
(THIS COULD BE RELATED TO THE ANXIETY THING)I. I have an apt in a few hours and haven't been to bed yet as I'm still searching for answers so this will continue I hope, gota go now and get ready for the apt...Surf

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by taraann on Oct 15th, 2003, 7:05am
Sorry your so nervous Surf, that always sucks (and sometimes triggers!)  Goodluck at your appt, let us know how it goes!

(btw what do all the initials mean or am I just too sleep deprived to be able to figure it out?!)

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Dave_Emond on Oct 15th, 2003, 7:17am
My triggers (Chronic):

1. Laying flat on back
2. Cold wind
3. Anger
4. Sudden turning of head
5. CH "experimental" medications!

Honorable Mention:
(Not really a trigger, just seems so.)
Being somewhere I want to be without having to leave. The Beast is cruel in that regard.

(Many attacks without warnings or obvious triggers)

Dave

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by JDH on Oct 15th, 2003, 7:37am
Two of my favorite things,
Sleeping & Beer  >:(

Jim

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by brain_cramps on Oct 15th, 2003, 8:20am

on 10/15/03 at 07:37:44, JDH wrote:
Sleeping & Beer  >:(

I'll add smokes and stress to the list (at least for me.)


Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by BarbaraD on Oct 15th, 2003, 8:55am
Mine Barametric Change -- and I live in Texas - if you don't like the weather - wait 5 minutes.

Bd

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by thomas on Oct 15th, 2003, 10:14am
My boss being a dipshit

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by ave on Oct 15th, 2003, 11:54am
Liquorice. Only trigger I ever discovered.

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by echo on Oct 15th, 2003, 12:11pm
Changes in altitude (air flights)
Changes in time zone
Drastic temperature changes
chardonay wine
most beers (Miller High Life is my only safe bet)

Hummer deprivation  -  it's my theory and I'm sticking with it.  "Oh Honey,  I feel a shadow". ;D :-X

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by LasVegas on Oct 15th, 2003, 12:35pm
1. The change of temperature, Autumn/Fall.  
2. Having others dictate a job for me to complete within their timeframe.  (Thank God i'm self-employed).
3. Midnight wakeup calls (unkown reason except Hypothalymus Gland and circadian clock).
4.  Alcohol (beer & Jack Daniels in particular)
5.  Medical professionals that ask questions trying to evaluate diagnosis while suffering and advising them of what I need.  They think they know everything, my last comment to them was "I gladly invite anybody here who knows more than me on this problem and will confidently bet their is not a person within 5 miles of here who does".
and on a separate note, here is what makes it worsen...
1. The actual waiting time and frustration affiliated with waiting longer than NOW for an ER or Quickcare unit to get me Imitrex or o2.
2. Light (darkness helps relieve)
3. Sound (total quiet helps relieve)
4. Being in the company of others (relief acts quicker if I am completely left alone.
Gregg in Las Vegas

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by forgetfulnot on Oct 15th, 2003, 1:11pm
Running out of shrooms...... ;)

Lee

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by nancyc on Oct 15th, 2003, 1:16pm
1.running out of imitrex
2. Stress, stress, stress
3. Heat if i am already getting hit
4.Lack of sleep
5. Alcohol if I am getting hit already
;Dnancyc

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Charlie on Oct 15th, 2003, 4:10pm
No trigger I know of other than when I forgot to pack my Propranolol or Inderal.

Charlie

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by oringkid on Oct 15th, 2003, 4:17pm
1. Everything
2. Nothing

Triggers don't matter a damn... I get hit whether I do this that or the other or not.

Sherry

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Tim_w on Oct 15th, 2003, 5:30pm
Stress
Sleep
Alcohol
Stinking perfume & candles        ::)
TimW Happy Pappy

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Prense on Oct 15th, 2003, 5:49pm
Beer, rum, running/jogging...that's all I know of.

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by oringkid on Oct 15th, 2003, 5:59pm
Wow, I didn't know Rum Running still took place!  Cool!

LOL!
;D

Sherry

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by brain_cramps on Oct 15th, 2003, 6:02pm

on 10/15/03 at 12:11:58, echo wrote:
Hummer deprivation  -  it's my theory and I'm sticking with it.  "Oh Honey,  I feel a shadow". ;D :-X

SHIT - JA ginger-beer all over my new monitor!     ;D

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by jonny on Oct 15th, 2003, 6:04pm
None

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Blake on Oct 15th, 2003, 6:11pm
Alcohol
Cheap stinking perfume
Smell of strong onions


Blake

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by suzy617 on Oct 16th, 2003, 4:46am
Beer and sleep.   >:(

Suzy

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by badfly on Oct 16th, 2003, 4:54am
Wine beer etc
Lying down

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by totka on Oct 16th, 2003, 6:47am
- stress
- lack of stress
- milk (really!!)

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by sandie99 on Oct 16th, 2003, 7:15am
My triggers... let's see now:

1. stress from uni projects (well, ch is more likely to accur when I'm stressed about something)
2. too much/lack of sleep
3. certain incense my flatmate uses (irritates the hell out of me!!!)
4. forgot to eat (low blood sugar)
5. bright sunshile (happend on a holiday, I wasn't happy about it...)
6. Pringles (thank God it happened only once! One must have some indulgences in life...)

That's it. But this list doesn't mean that everytime I'm hungry or whatever, ch will appear. The devil does whatever it likes, but those I've noticed.

PF days,
sandie99

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by BobG on Oct 17th, 2003, 12:55pm
Surf, you're going to be sorry you ask this question but here's the list...........

The following is NOT to be taken seriously.......
A quick search, copy and paste and we have a list of triggers for clusters.
They were all posted at this site, some more than once.
Some are serious and some are….well…you decide.
I do not endorse nor dis-dorse any of them.

relaxing after being stressed
nitroglycerine tabs
sitting behind a woman who wore way too much perfume
Alcohol
paint fumes
citrus juices and products
smell of Clorox
the detergent section in the grocery store
good whiff of a citronella torch or candle
Fumes
changes in temperature (like being in the refrigerated aisle of the grocery store)
sun on my face
Computer screens
nutrasweet
body odor
chocolate
caffiene
chinese food MSG
cold wind in the face
Milk amd milk products, i.e.: cheese
During vigorous sex sessions at peak of episode
barometric pressure changes
walking into the dry air inside from running the heat and back out into the moist cool air
Driving on tree lined roads that cause the sunlight to be broken in patterns
drinking plenty of alcohol or smoking like a chimeny
a pattern of sleep loss
Orgasms
Hummer deprivation
aerobic exercise
getting hot
Sex - if I go a while without, and then get some  
My Middle Child's patented "whine" !!!!!
Any story my mother-in-law tells
Smell of strong onions
Cold air blowing in my eye
time changes
Traffic Jams
rum
Rosie O'Donnell. Also makes me a tad nuasous.
prolonged periods of high adrenal stress
a very bad weather system
Peanuts (the roasted kind usually)
Red wine
Nitrates in hot dogs
WD40
4-6 8oz cups of coffee a day
odor of raw onions
trialkylamines
Sleep
Frozen Food department
repetitve motion of the shoulder
taking a nap in the afternoon
REM sleep
Take-Offs on commercial airlines
PepsiMax
TV
watching a movie in a movie theater
ginko biloba
alka seltzer plus
over exertion in heat
nasty flu virus
Hot baths, sauna's, steamrooms
vicks inhaler
treadmill exercise
Food.........
the dreaded new shower curtain liner.
RED 'Stuff', certain foods that are red, pizza sauce, etc.
Altocor 60mg (lovastatin)
Anger is an invitation to the beast
my boss (she never shuts up)  
my boyfriend (he never shuts up)
Citronella candles
potato salad
Reglan
second-hand cigarette smoke

And the winner is  “Wierd as it may sound, Jello will do it every time”

My personal trigger………lack of stress.
Bob-nolife-G

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Carl_D on Oct 17th, 2003, 1:06pm
When the weather changes, my head gets all messed up BAD from the TMJ and only gond knows what this fucking growth is on my head I have to see the Doc about monday. Started out the size of a tiny bb, now is as big as a half marble.

My triggers?

1 Alcohol (beer not included, but sadly, my lovely lovely drink - ole Jagermeister.
2 Rest

3 Relaxation ( and people wonder why I am so wired out all the time...can't fricken think straight sometimes.

4 the formidable and unavoidable trigger we all have...
SLEEP.

THat's it for me, back to you Helen.
;D Carl D

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by OneEyeBlind on Oct 17th, 2003, 1:43pm
Helen here ......

Sleep, naps, relaxation.
(thank God laughter isn't cause Ech .. ya got me going !)  

Off to you Bob .........

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Jewel on Oct 17th, 2003, 2:36pm
1.  Exercise
2.  Smoking (or secondhand smoke)
3.  Relaxing/sleeping
4.  Air blowing in my face
5.  Alcohol
6.  Making love to myself   :o

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by jonny on Oct 17th, 2003, 2:54pm

on 10/17/03 at 14:36:26, Jewel wrote:
Making love to myself  


Hmmmmmmmm ;D.........;)

..................................jonny

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Jewel on Oct 17th, 2003, 3:09pm
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Jewel on Oct 17th, 2003, 3:10pm
Regarding alcohol, to be more specific....wine.

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by Opus on Oct 17th, 2003, 3:10pm
                Life

Title: Re: Lets poll the triggers of CH
Post by lelacks on Oct 18th, 2003, 1:48am
I agree with Jim.

Beer, peaceful sleep.
sometimes chocolate.
Inactivity.

But then again, sometimes they don't.  Also, you can do nothing wrong and still get one.  Yanevano.

Seung



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