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(Message started by: CHvsTN on Jul 12^th, 2006, 8:29am)

Title: What constitutes a 'hit'
Post by CHvsTN on Jul 12^th, 2006, 8:29am

Hi there,

Reading through all the helpful stuff that's been posted here, I keep coming across the word 'hit'.

What I'm wondering is what you classify as a hit?

Can a hit be just one or two stabs, a constant 'shadow', does it not count until you're burning, or 'dancing', etc...?

Do you think you all mean the same thing when you mention a 'hit'? It would be really useful to find out.

Many thanks,
Ritchie

Title: Re: What constitutes a 'hit'
Post by seasonalboomer on Jul 12^th, 2006, 8:58am

Richie,

In my mind a "hit" would most commonly be referred to as an actual "cluster headache" occurring. A jab or two, here and there in most folk's mind would not be a full "hit". Thus the lingo when one of our supporters sees us with the droopy eye and tell-tale body language, a subtle, "are you getting "hit"? a wimper of, "yeah, getting "hit" hard" and the time for space alone.

Hope that helps.

Scott

Title: Re: What constitutes a 'hit'
Post by CHvsTN on Jul 12^th, 2006, 9:51am

Thanks Scott,

...So if you're day is bouncing between, say, Kip 0 and Kip 4, then this wouldn't count as a series of hits?

Title: Re: What constitutes a 'hit'
Post by seasonalboomer on Jul 12^th, 2006, 9:56am

I'd say a Kip 0 means no headache, then a Kip 4, then no headache at Kip 0 and then a Kip 4 -- yup, that's a series of "hits". Many folks get many hits a day.

scott

Title: Re: What constitutes a 'hit'
Post by georgej on Jul 12^th, 2006, 10:28am

I'd call a hit anything over a Kip 5. Anything less than that is just a tiddler or a shadow, and not really worth mentioning. Most of the time I just go about my business with anything less than a 5. Anything more than that, and I feel the urge to go off by myself and "nest".

I usually don't dance with anything under a Kip 8--but that's partly a self-control thing, since I've learned that, for me, dancing often makes the perception of the thing worse, if not the actuality.

I'm a night-timer, and a hit usually means I'm going to be dealing with the thing for two hours or more. Each one peaks seven or eight times before it's over. I suppose one could say that I therefore get "hit" seven or eight times in the course of the night, but I personally wouldn't call each peak an individual "hit"--only a part of a larger attack. It's a very nasty process that leaves me wrung out and exhausted. I usually end up missing 2 or 3 days working when I'm in cycle, most often in the center of it.

I don't count the little icepick jabs here and there when I'm in cycle as a "hit". Those are just reminders.

Regards,

George

Title: Re: What constitutes a 'hit'
Post by unsolved1 on Jul 12^th, 2006, 10:48am

I agree that anything over a KIP 5 is a "hit" ... while anything under a KIP 5 is a "shadow".

UNsolved

Title: Re: What constitutes a 'hit'
Post by CHvsTN on Jul 12^th, 2006, 11:44am

Thanks folks, I'll have a better understanding of the situations people are discussing now.

Ritchie