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Title: how do feel after...... Post by prittyc on Aug 24th, 2004, 10:28am Hi all, How do you feel after a CH? I am newly diagnosed and on verapamil and 02. If the 02 doesnt abort and I have to go thru 45min -2 hours of the CH, when it goes away I feel so beat. I am so tired and worn out. I feel like a hangover with out the headache. My first feeling is glad to have the CH gone but then drag on for about another hour. Just wondering what everyone else is feeling. Christine in VA |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by farmboy on Aug 24th, 2004, 11:04am Look into getting your DR. to get you some Imitrex to kill the pain . works for me. Yes you will feel beat. I do after a bout with the beast |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by crazy_mj on Aug 24th, 2004, 11:05am I know what you mean!!! I always feel like I have been beat up and ran over after an attack. I feel sorry for the people that have back to back clusters, they barely have enough time to reload for the next one. |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by lionsound on Aug 24th, 2004, 11:06am I feel that same way. Drains all my energy away. And then I sloth around for a while. (Is sloth a verb? Oh well, it is now) |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by IndianaJohn on Aug 24th, 2004, 11:10am I always feel drained after a CH. Just part of getting my butt kicked.. |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by karma on Aug 24th, 2004, 11:23am relieved and victorious |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by Rock_Lobster on Aug 24th, 2004, 12:31pm I abort every one with a shot of Trex. I feel giddy when the Trex hits... like a wave of relief washing over me. Afterwords I feel just dandy. Check your calendar. It is 2004. There is no need to go through 2 hours of pain. (not counting the poor souls who cannot abort for whatever reason) |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by KanKan on Aug 24th, 2004, 11:14pm I actually have 2 reactions to it. If I have one during the day, once its over I feel pretty good actually, more of a relief that its over without thinking of the next attack. The night attacks tend to drag on, where I will sit in the dark after an attack, and every 10-30 seconds, ill have this slight pain behind my eye. |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by jmorgan52 on Aug 25th, 2004, 3:05am If I use imigran inj to abort a CH I feel pretty good afterwards. If I tough it out and the CH goes after a couple of hours I am often left with a shadowy hangover that can last for maybe another 4 hours until the next big one comes along. I'll take the 'trex anytime! |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by eddie on Aug 25th, 2004, 4:54am 3hrs of sleep last night and tonight i can get to sleep now but im just beat down like i have worked 28 hrs straight yea i have worked it before and 86 hrs in a week im an electrician its not easy i have stayed off work awile 6 months i have hade job offers but i like being reliable and working that voltage HOT is not easy at all when in a 368 day cycle it has worked on me bad no joke but i think found a doc i can rely on i hope i have never heard of this anyone else i mean i cant think at all top it off i dont drink or drug or smoke PFDAN TO ALL :'( |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by vig on Aug 25th, 2004, 9:38am "Is sloth a verb?" Yes Definition: \Sloth\, v. i. To be idle. [Obs.] --Gower. |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by thomas on Aug 25th, 2004, 2:54pm on 08/24/04 at 10:28:37, prittyc wrote:
With my fingers. ;;D Seriously though, physically whiped out and emotionally drained, kinda like after sex. |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by Giovanni on Aug 25th, 2004, 3:48pm Hi Christine, Gee, we're close neighbors.......check your pm. Also, the advice on imitrex injections should be considered. John |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by KanKan on Aug 25th, 2004, 11:04pm on 08/25/04 at 14:54:59, thomas wrote:
If i felt this drained after sex, id probably be single still. Although the drained feeling would be great, if you were actually able to go to sleep afterwards, without yet another "Wake up call from our fiend" |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by eddie on Aug 26th, 2004, 12:55pm LIKE PURE HELL but im chronic and get little relief and after 20yrs i just have been diagnosed when i have had this pain this long it made me F##### CRAZY but im on to the beast its been 4 days of meds im finding a little relief but i keep a k5 but last night i used imitrex for the 1st time. it knocked it down to a k3 or k4 but not giving up i do see relief on the way i hope. before the meds i stayed at k8 or k10 info here has been so helpful |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by thomas on Aug 26th, 2004, 2:00pm on 08/25/04 at 23:04:12, KanKan wrote:
You're just not doing it long enough. ;) |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by Gena on Aug 26th, 2004, 2:45pm on 08/26/04 at 14:00:47, thomas wrote:
Thats right! ;;D |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by gusher on Aug 26th, 2004, 4:14pm Christine, For me, I almost always have to take an Imitrex injection to rid myself of the retched beast and, after my head stops feeling like it's too heavy for my neck to hold it up, I'm almost giddy with a feeling of relief/victory/thank God for chemistry! Be well, Greg... |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by Redd715 on Aug 29th, 2004, 3:59pm Quote:
That's assuming you have insurance that either covers enough injections to abort them all...or you are independantly wealthy and can buy all you want at nearly $200.00 for one days worth and that is breaking the 12 mg's down into thirds! That is a very couragous and misinformed statement to make. |
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Title: Re: how do feel after...... Post by jmorgan52 on Aug 30th, 2004, 4:24am good point Redd! I have to pay for my own meds as my useless medical aid only pays for the "dire" life threatening stuff that requires hospitalisation. It is pretty good for that, so If I get a heart attack or cancer I'm covered, but for headaches I'm on my own! When I get in cycle I always use the injections, and now I split them into 2 or 3 because: a. I can't afford them, and they are damn expensive! b. even though I have to pay myself I still can't get enough meds to get me thru a cycle without splitting them. CH sucks! John |
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