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(Message started by: octobermay on Oct 3^rd, 2007, 7:00pm)

Title: shadows?
Post by octobermay on Oct 3^rd, 2007, 7:00pm

hi, im new to this board, site, and the whole CH thing (if its what i have been going through, i havent been officially diagnosed, but my primary dr said it sounds like it is) i keep hearing about shadows- what exactly is a shadow. is it the feeling when you dont have a CH, but you can still tell that something is going on? because i feel that all the time. Thank You.

Title: Re: shadows?
Post by CostaRicaKris on Oct 3^rd, 2007, 8:18pm

For me, it's the pain I get from my temple and along my cheek bone. It happens when an episode is starting and then sticks with me during the days in between the nightly attacks.

Title: Re: shadows?
Post by Guiseppi on Oct 4^th, 2007, 10:51am

There seems to be varying degrees and symptomology, some get the droopy eye and runny nose but no pain, some get those symptoms and light KIP 2-3 pain.

For me it's when I feel the claws inside my head like it's getting ready to strike, but he just dangles his claws without "digging in." I rarely get "normal" headaches, tension, hangover types, but I can tell the difference between a shadow and a normal head ache right away, it just "feels" like a CH! Does that make it clear as mud? ;;D

Guiseppi

Title: Re: shadows?
Post by CostaRicaKris on Oct 4^th, 2007, 11:02pm

It's clear to me!

It does feel like the beast's claws starting to dig in.
A Shadow is completely different then a tension headache. I recognize it, and fear it, as soon as I feel it.

Title: Re: shadows?
Post by DennisM1045 on Oct 5^th, 2007, 7:30am

To me it's a Kip2/3 that just sits there and doesn't really fade. They can last for days. It's not a true hit but merely a shadow of one. Nothing much works on them for me. But if they begin to creep up to Kip 4/5 territory I'm on the O2 to knock it back down again.

-Dennis-

Title: Re: shadows?
Post by Rosybabe on Oct 5^th, 2007, 9:58am

on 10/05/07 at 07:30:20, DennisM1045 wrote:

Ditto :)

Rosy.

Title: Re: shadows?
Post by octobermay on Oct 5^th, 2007, 12:17pm

Thank you for letting me know. how long is the longest a shadow can last? I have had a constant headache for 8 weeks now probably around a 2/3 on kip scale and NOTHING helps. It definately gets worse for a while (the worst i felt was prob a 8/9 on kip scale), but then kind of goes away, but not completely. i can always tell it is there.

Title: Re: shadows?
Post by SouthBronxSupreme on Oct 5^th, 2007, 12:20pm

Yeah as soon as my eye starts feeling like someones sharpening a pencil in the socket then I know what time it is - I though shadows were the blurry shadows you saw after pushing your eyeball back in your head for a hour.

Title: Re: shadows?
Post by DennisM1045 on Oct 5^th, 2007, 12:28pm

on 10/05/07 at 12:17:48, octobermay wrote:

Like everything else with this damn disease, everyone is different. I have had shadows persist for up to two weeks. But fortunately that is rare for me. I hope they give you a break soon.

-Dennis-