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(Message started by: Charlotte on Jun 15^th, 2006, 8:36pm)

Title: new experience
Post by Charlotte on Jun 15^th, 2006, 8:36pm

Sometimes I get spikes that I don't notice and do wierd things at work like get every number on a document wrong. If I'm aware, I can correct.

One of our attorneys (I'm a legal clerk for a public defenders office) had repercusions because on my error and wondered how it happened.

I was able to say, "I have cluster headaches. I monitor myself but I must have had a spike I was not aware of. It doesn't always happen but it does happen."

She appreciated the explanation.

It is the first time I've been able to discuss it like that.

I couldn't have done it without you guys.

Charlotte

Title: Re: new experience
Post by Jonny on Jun 15^th, 2006, 8:39pm

on 06/15/06 at 20:36:01, Charlotte wrote:

Sometimes I get spikes that I don't notice and do wierd things

If you dont notice how can you say what it is?

Title: Re: new experience
Post by Charlotte on Jun 15^th, 2006, 8:45pm

When I pay attention to every little thing, I know when I have a spike and what I do then, when I don't pay attention I still do the wierd stuff but I don't notice the spike.

So, I'm guessing, based on past experience when I did pay attention.

Title: Re: new experience
Post by Jonny on Jun 15^th, 2006, 8:50pm

You dont say if there is any pain with these spikes.

Title: Re: new experience
Post by Charlotte on Jun 15^th, 2006, 8:53pm

I have a high pain tolerance. There is pain. It is not like anything on the kip scale. It comes between the sweating and the real pain. I usually get some spikes. Some are very mild, some are like razor wire being pulled through my eyebrow. One recently felt like Jack's bean stalk was growing through my eyebrow. But it's not the full on pain.

Charlotte