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(Message started by: Barry_T_Coles on Jan 5^th, 2006, 3:29am)

Title: Question?
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Jan 5^th, 2006, 3:29am

Do your clusters occur on the same side of the head as the side you would normally comfortably go to sleep on.
I normally sleep on my left side & that’s the same side I get the clusters.
I don’t think this will prove anything but would be interesting just to know.

Kind Regards
Barry

Title: Re: Question?
Post by E-Double on Jan 5^th, 2006, 5:09am

I can sleep on either side but always wake up on my right........CH side.

4:43 am bam.........clustermasx.......4:51 :)

Title: Re: Question?
Post by BarbaraD on Jan 5^th, 2006, 6:48am

I sleep on both sides, but....

I've been sleeping on my right side (CH on left) and ended up with vertigo real bad. Started sleeping on left side and vertigo went away. Get hit around 4-4:30 anyhow, so ......

don't know if that makes any sense or not, but I sleep on left side now.... at least the vertigo isn't there.

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Guiseppi on Jan 5^th, 2006, 10:09am

I am a right side fetal position sleeper, headaches always come on the right side!

Guiseppi

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Ghost on Jan 5^th, 2006, 10:10am

I sleep on my back started that in the Navy. [smiley=laugh.gif]

HA's on right.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by taraann on Jan 5^th, 2006, 10:15am

HA's on the right and I face whatever side is the edge of the bed, right now thats on my left side.

Good to have a new poll type question though Barry. ;;D

Title: Re: Question?
Post by marlinsfan on Jan 5^th, 2006, 10:49am

Like Ghost, I sleep on my back, HAs on right side only.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by MJ on Jan 5^th, 2006, 11:40am

Sleep on left generally, CH right.

Sometimes dont sleep at all, sometimes sitting upright, sometimes when its bad I sleep sitting on the floor with head against the wall or standing with head on the counters. I sleep any way I can get it.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Beastfodder on Jan 5^th, 2006, 11:50am

Funnily enough I sleep on the the opposite side to the left handed headaches which is linked from nights gone by long ago.

However, for me, sleeping on my back is not an option since occasionally I do get accused of snoring. The only physical proof of this comes from the bruises inflicted on me by a wife trying to get a decent night's sleep!!!!

Title: Re: Question?
Post by eyes_afire on Jan 5^th, 2006, 12:58pm

No.

--- Steve

Title: Re: Question?
Post by zwibbs/Scott on Jan 5^th, 2006, 1:11pm

Basically both sides--but suffer from left side CH.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by gobby on Jan 5^th, 2006, 2:59pm

I sleep on my right side, Ch's occur on my left side (usually 1 1/2 hrs. to the minute after falling asleep) [smiley=huh.gif]

Title: Re: Question?
Post by BarbaraD on Jan 5^th, 2006, 4:52pm

Gobby,

Try the melatonin. sounds like you're getting hit in the REM sleep. Melatonin will get you thru that... but it takes a few days (weeks) to get in your system). Stay with it a few weeks before you say it's not working.

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Spike_Inmyeye on Jan 5^th, 2006, 5:08pm

Sometimes I come home drunk and pass out face down on the lawn or in the planter. When this happens I have the headaches on both sides. They usually go away when the sprinklers come on.

Pain left, sleep right, shake right and dudley do right.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Trapp on Jan 5^th, 2006, 8:13pm

Sleep on right side; CH on right side.

Sheena

Title: Re: Question?
Post by the_old_man on Jan 5^th, 2006, 8:40pm

Sleep on left side...ha on left.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Sean_C on Jan 5^th, 2006, 8:51pm

I have to sleep facing the west, feet to the south.

Clusters right side always.

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

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Redd715 on Jan 5^th, 2006, 9:07pm

Sleep on left side CH on left side... [smiley=huh.gif] :-/

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Lizzie2 on Jan 5^th, 2006, 10:14pm

Barry,

So weird...I was thinking of asking this same question!! I was just telling my neurologist at my last appt (a couple weeks ago) that I have to sleep on the right side. My clusters and also the constant migraine are on the right. I told him that I'm sure it sounds strange, but the right side of my head feels heavier, and so I have to sleep on the right. It feels like there is too much pressure in my head if I sleep on the left.

Sound familiar at all? I thought I was the only strange one! [smiley=laugh.gif]

Carrie :)

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Jasmyn on Jan 6^th, 2006, 2:59am

My normal preference to sleep is on my right hand side, CH on right.
I have tried sleeping on the left when in cycle but it makes no difference. (just feels like a ton of bricks wants to press through my scull)

Also tried like Sean to sleep with my head facing different directions but still no go.

Best thing in cycle is to sleep at a 45 deg angle with an icepack under the CH side and a fan blowing at the top of your head. Still get the nightly wake-up call but then not so intense.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by BobG on Jan 6^th, 2006, 3:12am

To answer Barry, no, I sleep on both sides. But not at the same time.

on 01/05/06 at 20:51:13, Sean_C wrote:

I have to sleep facing the west, feet to the south.
Clusters right side always.
Sean......................................

Sean, it sounds like your clusters are magnetically induced. Try gluing a magnet to your left temple at night.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by yikes-another-one on Jan 7^th, 2006, 5:26pm

:)...hmm. i sleep on both sides, and get hit mostly
on the left...but sometimes on the right. (early am)

when I pass out at night in the midst of a level 3,
It bothers me to sleep on the "wrong-side"
so if left side hurts I have to press left side
into the pillow...

I may be fooling myself, but it tends
to "hurt less" than if I try to lay on right side...

I really feelthat the nostril stuffing up
has to do with whichever side I am sleeping on,
and that aggrivates the pain...so hmmm.

good thoughts,
just again no one has a clear pattern....

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Karla on Jan 7^th, 2006, 5:54pm

I sleep on my left, right, and back and get ch and migraines on right side.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Mr. Happy on Jan 9^th, 2006, 12:43am

Have we achieved statistical significance yet?
Great new poll.
CH right, sleep right/back.

I'd sleep left, but the constant fornicating drives her nuts.
Shit.
RJ

Title: Re: Question?
Post by burnt-toast on Jan 9^th, 2006, 8:35am

I comfortably sleep on my right and attacks occur on my right. I've had to switch to sleeping on my left or back.

It may all be in my head (pardon the pun) but it seems sleeping on my right triggers more frequent/severe attacks. >:(

Tom

Title: Re: Question?
Post by imnotbub on Jan 9^th, 2006, 9:41am

I spend most of my 'asleep time' in a recliner, hence, on my back at a severe angle. (no compaints of snoring, no discomfort from uncomfortable matress) Hits are always on my left.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Gator on Jan 9^th, 2006, 1:48pm

Attacks on the right - sleep either in a recliner or in bed propped up with lots of pillows.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Shaz on Jan 10^th, 2006, 9:16am

Sleep any way but ch always on right.

At the beginning of an attack I always roll onto my right and push into the pillow, until its too painful to stay still..

Shaz :-*

Title: Re: Question?
Post by teajay5779 on Jan 10^th, 2006, 9:22am

I sleep on both sides and my back, only ever get CH on right side.

clustermasx clustermasx clustermasx!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Question?
Post by RDubois on Jan 10^th, 2006, 8:02pm

I sleep & awaken on both sides but my headaches are on the left.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by AussieBrian on Jan 12^th, 2006, 5:18pm

Sleepwalking as a cluster trait? Percentages and time of onset suggest a link.

"Depending on your definition of sleepwalking, some 15% of all children sleepwalk - but as the nervous system matures, this drops to about 2% in adults. It's more common in boys than in girls.

"It seems that sleepwalking is caused by an abnormality in the transition from "deep sleep" to the type of sleep you have when you dream. When you dream, you are normally "paralysed", so that you can't act out your dreams - after all, if you did act out your dreams, you would almost certainly hurt yourself by running into walls. The abnormality present in sleepwalkers, seems to be that they keep their muscle tone while dreaming, and don't get paralysed.

"But it can also be triggered by many external factors, including sleep deprivation, chaotic sleep schedules, stress and fever."

Title: HA right, sleep on either.
Post by Richr8 on Jan 12^th, 2006, 6:14pm

Keep pillow away from temple when on right side though.

Title: Re: Question?
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Jan 16^th, 2006, 3:35am

SUMMARY

Yes: 10

No: 7

Neither: 11

Spike Inmyeye wrote

"Sometimes I come home drunk and pass out face down on the lawn or in the planter. When this happens I have the headaches on both sides. They usually go away when the sprinklers come on."

Spike i seem to recall that in a former life. ;;D

Well once again folks we have just proved that we are all different in our make up.

Kind regards
Barry