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(Message started by: Sean_C on Feb 5^th, 2005, 11:14pm)

Title: Poll
Post by Sean_C on Feb 5^th, 2005, 11:14pm

I've talked to some of you and I have a question.

Do you sweat or freeze during an attack?

I freeze...................teeth chattering freeze.

You?

Cheers

Sean....................................

Title: Re: Poll
Post by vig on Feb 5^th, 2005, 11:15pm

wise guy eh?

I sweat and I get CHills. ;;D

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Sean_C on Feb 5^th, 2005, 11:17pm

on 02/05/05 at 23:15:37, vig wrote:

I do both.

Ok Pauls Bi, next ;;D

Title: Re: Poll
Post by E-Double on Feb 5^th, 2005, 11:22pm

Not like there's anything wrong with it [smiley=laugh.gif] but I do both... [smiley=laugh.gif]

Sweat my ass off and freeze....kinda like hot and cold......like if you have really bad sunburn and you are burning up but the slightest breeze sends you into convulsive shivers and teeth chattering...

E.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by nani on Feb 5^th, 2005, 11:46pm

I guess I'm "bi", too. ;;D

Title: Re: Poll
Post by broomhilda on Feb 5^th, 2005, 11:52pm

Ditto ;)

I always thought the chills were almost like the end to an adrenaline rush we get....or like the chills you get if you go into schock?

being Bi just spices things up a bit ;;D

Title: Re: Poll
Post by juvy on Feb 6^th, 2005, 6:24am

My head is hot but the rest of me is freezing.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Melissa on Feb 6^th, 2005, 8:30am

I get heated up, but I don't remember freezing. Guess I'm straight? :-/

Title: Re: Poll
Post by don on Feb 6^th, 2005, 8:48am

I always sweat.

Except for the time I did the dance at 2 AM in February in my back yard in my underwear. Then I got chills.

So did the neighbors.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by medic1852 on Feb 6^th, 2005, 8:54am

I get sweaty and it does not matter the weather I go outside and do my little dance, then when it is over I am freezing and cold. But during a hit I will sweat.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by TonyG1 on Feb 6^th, 2005, 9:49am

During a hit I almost always break into a sweat ... I head for the shower and then outside into the cool (thank goodness) winter air ... sometimes it helps to go from a very hot shower to very cold early morning air ...

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Lili on Feb 6^th, 2005, 9:57am

Hi Never, ever had chills. Sweat profusely in my face & on my head. I also heard about this hot/cold theory before. One md that didn't want to give me meds told me to stand in front the freezer and breath in cold air. I can't really vouch for it - if you have shadows & breath cold air, did it abort the ch or weren't you gonna get one anyway?

Title: Re: Poll
Post by bigred on Feb 6^th, 2005, 10:37am

HI sean.
I have a small circuller fan in my Headache room(bedroom). When the bad one comes I am always standing up taking the pain because its impossible to lay down. My fan is facing my back towards the back shoulders and head. Its always my frontforehead and around my right eye that sweats as the pain intensifies.
Maybe its the suttle sound of the fan that helps me take my concentration off the every second pulsing pain.
But I do find the movment of air on my body helps me not to totally explode.
Good luck Bro hope this helps.
Bigred

Title: Re: Poll
Post by lionsound on Feb 6^th, 2005, 11:38am

on 02/05/05 at 23:22:57, E-Double wrote:

.like if you have really bad sunburn and you are burning up but the slightest breeze sends you into convulsive shivers and teeth chattering...

What he said :)

Skin, head hot to the touch....inside freezing

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Frank_W on Feb 6^th, 2005, 12:09pm

My body temperature skyrockets during a cluster headache. I start pouring sweat.

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Post by Racer1_NC on Feb 6^th, 2005, 12:54pm

Sweat.....

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Langa on Feb 6^th, 2005, 3:17pm

sweat during, chills after...

Langa

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Redd715 on Feb 6^th, 2005, 3:23pm

Head is Hot to the touch..higher the kip the hotter sksin and the farther it reaches down the face, back into the hairline and down to the back of neck...only on the left side mind you....once it's all done and over...I'm chilled to the bone......

Title: Re: Poll
Post by EmpressJMB on Feb 6^th, 2005, 6:57pm

I sweat during and freeze after

Title: Re: Poll
Post by athome on Feb 6^th, 2005, 7:43pm

I got some sort of hot flashes as the pain gets worse - then after the attack I get the chills. I tend to think that my body temp is usually out of wack during a cycle. :-/

Title: Re: Poll
Post by kissmyglass on Feb 6^th, 2005, 8:37pm

I overheat
don't really sweat
no chills matter of fact I never get cold anymore ..it's bizarre.

Kev

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Kris_in_SJ on Feb 6^th, 2005, 9:10pm

I'm a hot flash girl, myself. But then, I'm also going through that lovely time of life called "The Change." This means I'm flashing all the time!!!! Truth be told, there was one other thread similar to this. We all seem to sweat during - except for the ladies, since ladies never sweat - they glisten.

Kris

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Ruth on Feb 7^th, 2005, 9:08am

Sweat then freeze

Ruth

Title: Re: Poll
Post by guesst on Feb 7^th, 2005, 11:31am

Sweat during, cold after.

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Post by Tiannia on Feb 7^th, 2005, 12:38pm

Both here too. Sweats and I know how bad of a hit it will be by how bad the sweats are, Then I am cold as hell like all of the energy is drained out of me after I am done. There is nothing left.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by ozzy on Feb 7^th, 2005, 1:51pm

on 02/06/05 at 20:37:05, kissmyglass wrote:

I overheat
don't really sweat

Kev

What he said

ozzy

Title: Re: Poll
Post by rbmb on Feb 7^th, 2005, 2:28pm

I get pretty hot, probably from pacing around the bedroom at high speed mumbling to myself and occasionally screaming bad words.
Rich

Title: Re: Poll
Post by TonyG1 on Feb 7^th, 2005, 7:12pm

Interestingly, I woke up with a CH (kip level 5 bordering on a 6), took my trex, made some tea, smoked a cig (I know that doesn't help) :-[ woke up burning up.

Did the Vulcan Mind trick to get myself under control (breathing, dissassociation from the pain, etc.) Started freezing as the attack abaited -- Normally that doesn't happen to me ... [smiley=huh.gif] Perhaps that is a good sign as my cycles usually only last about 3 weeks and you guessed it.... it is week 3. (He says with hope in his bleary, sleep deprived eyes) ...

Seems like hope is what keeps the cluster head going ...

Peace and may we all see PFDs and nights soon ...

Tony

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Damon on Feb 8^th, 2005, 12:06am

Body temp drops to mid 80's and during warmer months sweat rivers only from my head

Title: Re: Poll
Post by PerryGR on Feb 8^th, 2005, 4:46am

I sweat during an attack and get the chills when it's gone.

PFDAN to all,
Perry.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Gator on Feb 8^th, 2005, 5:15am

on 02/06/05 at 21:10:09, Kris_in_SJ wrote:

...I'm flashing all the time!!!!

ladies never sweat - they glisten.

Kris

Hope to "see" you in Dallas! [smiley=crackup.gif]

Sweat during - somewhat chilled after.

glisten my a$s

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Lucia on Feb 8^th, 2005, 6:23am

Since it's winter now I am cold. But I am menopausal so I sometimes get hot flashes, too. I have never had a bout in really warm weather so I really don't know if this answer would change. Actually my head is all I focus on anyway.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Major_Headcase on Feb 8^th, 2005, 4:51pm

Good question! I "feel hot/flushed" and sometimes sweat around my head ... and usually feel chilled/shot/spent/runover afterwards but always assumed it was because part of my CH "getting through it" ritual is to rub a re-freezable ice pack constantly over my head & eye during an attack. I remember a couple of times when my head was sweating at the same time I had the ice pack going on - weird! Guess the post-attack chills are not necessarily caused by the ice pack, lol.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by debs on Feb 8^th, 2005, 8:18pm

sweat (super glisten) if it's a bad attack, then cold chills.

Too bad there's no cold air here in Texas to go chill out in (from a reformed northerner).

Debbie

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Cooked Brain on Feb 25^th, 2005, 10:51pm

heat, sweat and tears...

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Lost_in_cluster on Feb 25^th, 2005, 11:56pm

I have to say that I thought it was just me. I get Iceburgs for hands but my head Is red and hot. One my Aides at work told me she could always tell when I had a headache (she said my scalp gets red). So much for hiding it.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Ellick on Feb 26^th, 2005, 7:57am

Hi sean

I get hot and red faced. I seek cool air. The ocassional electric sensation I get at the rear rh side of my head sometimes feels cool, but that is not at the same time as a hit.

Ellick.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by thudpucker on Mar 1^st, 2005, 2:41pm

on 02/06/05 at 15:17:13, Langa wrote:

sweat during, chills after...

Yes, that.

thudpucker

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Margi on Mar 1^st, 2005, 3:09pm

Mike's the same as most here. It's like someone cranks his thermostat up as high as possible at onset, then turns on the a/c all of a sudden at the end of the attack. I have his blankie ready for when the Beast leaves him.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Ellick on Mar 1^st, 2005, 3:13pm

The heat thing sounds a bit similar to when an infection is present.

ET

Title: Re: Poll
Post by Frank_W on Mar 1^st, 2005, 3:23pm

The hypothalamus gland, in addition to regulating circadian rhythms, also regulates body temperature, so it's unsurprising that CH sufferers end up with their body temperatures out of whack, when they are experiencing a hit.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by crazy_mj on Mar 2^nd, 2005, 8:17pm

Both

Title: Re: Poll
Post by hzzz on Mar 2^nd, 2005, 8:19pm

I sweat and then chill after also. Sweat is much worse at night then when I have an attack during the day.

Title: Re: Poll
Post by PCMCCK on Mar 3^rd, 2005, 12:07pm

Had really bad sweats, day and night (sweat running down my face like I was in a shower, undershirt soaked), followed by chills due to being soaking wet, when I was taking any kind of anit-depressant. Once I stopped taking those, only get occassional sweats at night-have to get up and towel self dry because I still get soaked and thus chills. Anyone else have same experience when on anti-depressants?