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(Message started by: farmboy on Aug 15^th, 2004, 10:14pm)

Title: Red Eye and no pain
Post by farmboy on Aug 15^th, 2004, 10:14pm

Anyone ever gotten a red eye and watering like crazy, but no head pain.

Right no my eye is red and watering like crazy.

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by E-Double on Aug 15^th, 2004, 10:33pm

on 08/15/04 at 22:14:53, farmboy wrote:

Anyone ever gotten a red eye and watering like crazy, but no head pain.

Right no my eye is red and watering like crazy.

Not being a wise guy here... but do you ever find your self second guessing the little things.

like what you are suggesting... I sometimes forget that maybe i could have had an allergic reaction... or
what does a "regular headache" feel like.

Don't remember these things & while in cycle everything seems to be related to the CH.

Go figure.

Oh yeah answer: Maybe???LOL

Eric

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by farmboy on Aug 15^th, 2004, 10:38pm

No it is the same side of my head that the Chs are on and i do have a funny feeling behind my eye and in the front of head above that eye.

Had gotten my cycle to abort here about a week ago.

now i am feeling shadows

now the nose running has started.

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by E-Double on Aug 15^th, 2004, 10:55pm

on 08/15/04 at 22:38:05, farmboy wrote:

Now we're talking...
I was nearly pain free(very mild ) for 2 weeks... then slammed again.
I mean went no relief for 8.5 weeks then it seemed to be ending then bam. here we go again.

I understand my friend....
I kinda feel like sometimes there is just that linger.

Sorry to tell ya. You are still in.

Hang in there.... That;s what they all told me.. Kinda the same situation.

Eric

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by farmboy on Aug 15^th, 2004, 10:59pm

Am good with this i was just wondering if this happens to others.

I think this is the first time that i ever had the eye water and nose run , fuzzy feeling in head but no exteme pain. All of the other sysmtoms are her but no pain.

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by E-Double on Aug 15^th, 2004, 11:01pm

on 08/15/04 at 22:59:19, farmboy wrote:

I hope it stays that way or goes for good man!!!!

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by farmboy on Aug 15^th, 2004, 11:05pm

This is the time of the year when my cycle normally ends.

Now the symtoms have all disipated.

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by E-Double on Aug 15^th, 2004, 11:15pm

on 08/15/04 at 23:05:11, farmboy wrote:

This is the time of the year when my cycle normally ends.

Now the symtoms have all disipated.

I never ever went past May
This time started end of may and still kickin'

These things morph with some of us.

Bites

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by farmboy on Aug 15^th, 2004, 11:19pm

I was 3 cycles a year and last year i dropped back to only one cycle. 2003 i had a july cycle and this year i had an end of june cycle.

will have to wait and see what the future brings.

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by E-Double on Aug 15^th, 2004, 11:23pm

All we could do....

Hang tight!

E

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by Gator on Aug 15^th, 2004, 11:27pm

I can't remember if I ever did or not. My memory seems to be failing me more often. Sometimes the pain comes and then the watery eye comes, but as far as I can remember, if the eye starts - the headache is only a minute or so away.

Here's hoping you are winding down.

Gator

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by UN_SOLVED on Aug 16^th, 2004, 12:12am

It is possible for people to have all the symptoms of CH without the pain. Sounds weird, I know ... but it's true and has been documented.

These links are all talking about the same guy.
Look :
http://www.docguide.com/dg.nsf/printprint/b56e5a0e0b1b20df8525693500465b96

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/1DC5EE.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/08/000811062536.htm

There's more info out there.

Unsolved

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by eyes_afire on Aug 16^th, 2004, 6:32pm

Yes, it's possible. Been there, done that for a stretch of several months. Mine was more like blocked nose and burning eye but no full CH pain. Praise the gods.

--- Steve

edited to add: and I wasn't on any meds... wish I could say the same now.

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by Jonny on Aug 16^th, 2004, 6:37pm

In my five years here I have seen many post about having all the symptoms but not the pain.

You are not alone.

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

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by Kris_in_SJ on Aug 16^th, 2004, 8:14pm

I've had something similar ... near the end of my cycle when I was on a downswing. Maybe it's similar to a shadow, but without the pain. Here's hoping for the best ... !

Kris

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by thebbz on Aug 16^th, 2004, 11:21pm

Hey there red eye!! I can always tell a cluster is on the way .....my eye feels like there's something in it . This lasts a week or so before the cluster,some lid twitching and redness. When attack comes super red lot's o water and nasal drainage. Red eye with shadows... I think you know the rest...My best to ya....BB

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by ex_pat_asia on Aug 17^th, 2004, 1:14am

on 08/15/04 at 22:14:53, farmboy wrote:

Anyone ever gotten a red eye and watering like crazy, but no head pain.

Right no my eye is red and watering like crazy.

Absolutely happens. When I lived in So Cal I would get that kind of shadowing when the Santa Anna winds kicked up. Eventually it would resolve into a cycle and the pain would occur before the dripping began.

This hasn't happened to me since then. However, something else is new...I have had attacks whereby the "drips" were not pronounced at all in spite of high-on-the-scale pain level. I suspect that the two symptoms are independently regulated/triggered. The possible condition differences could be the amount of antihistamine your body had at the time, or some other variable. It may also be related to a specific trigger. For example, I always get a huge amount of tearing, dripping, perspiration, flushing, if I have been triggered by msg.

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by Dunnie on Aug 17^th, 2004, 8:36am

Yes. I have a watering right eye and it is blood shot to an extent, redness is evident. It is the same side as the CH also ( I won't say damn again, I must be like all of you and learn to live with this thing).
At the time of the watering, I have what I think you call a shadow or this tighness in the head, not a pain as I have come to know and very far from it only this tighness on the right side of my head down near the temple area.

Title: Re: Red Eye and no pain
Post by BlueMeanie on Aug 17^th, 2004, 12:12pm

I posted then deleted my post because I am confused at what your saying. A shadow is the start of a CH. If you look at the KIP scale, a KIP 1-3 is shadowing which includes a red eye. As a CH starts moving up the scale the running eye begins follwed by the runny nose. The pain begins at a KIP 3-4. I think we get these so called Shadows and CH's mixed up. They are all CH's, just mild or strong. Just depends on how you like your coffee.

My wife looks at me and sees my red eye. She says it about time for pain and I say yes it is. Usually within 10 minutes it's going up the scale until I either manage to abort or suffer the KIP 8-10. So I guess they all start out with the red eye thing.

Good luck to you and sending PF Vibes.