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(Message started by: dave..... on Nov 15^th, 2006, 9:31am)

Title: another night of good sleep
Post by dave..... on Nov 15^th, 2006, 9:31am

thats 2 nights in a row that i have slept all night....... hope i can keep this going....... still a 2 or 3 on the kip scale

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by georgej on Nov 15^th, 2006, 9:43am

on 11/15/06 at 09:31:25, dave..... wrote:

thats 2 nights in a row that i have slept all night....... hope i can keep this going....... still a 2 or 3 on the kip scale

Glad you've been able to sleep the past couple of nights, Dave.

By this 2 or 3 on the kip scale, are you talking about constant low-grade pain, or separate minor attacks, or just a lingering shadow?

Here's hoping that things continue to improve...

Best wishes,

George

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by dave..... on Nov 15^th, 2006, 10:06am

contsant low grade pain......enough to let me know its not done...... there are some spikes to a 6 or 7 but they are very quick maby half a sec.

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by rbmb on Nov 15^th, 2006, 2:34pm

I'm jealous.........I haven't slept all night without a headache since August. Lately its been 2 or 3 headaches a night.

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by Sean_C on Nov 15^th, 2006, 2:35pm

on 11/15/06 at 10:06:15, dave..... wrote:

contsant low grade pain......enough to let me know its not done...... there are some spikes to a 6 or 7 but they are very quick maby half a sec.

Dave, no offense but I believe you suffer from another form of headache.

My guess is Hemicrania Continua. Please read this ACHE article, see if this fits your headache symptoms.

http://www.achenet.org/articles/6.php

Make sure you discuss all your symtoms with your nuerologist.

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

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by jaynik on Nov 15^th, 2006, 3:46pm

does dhe help anyone, seems to work for me and it normally keeps me pf, ometimes however i do wake up in middle of night, but that only happens about once a month

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by dave..... on Nov 16^th, 2006, 6:44am

got hit 3 x last night............ohh well

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by dave..... on Nov 16^th, 2006, 7:01am

sean c ..... thank you i read that article... you could be right ?? i will talk to the neurologist tomorow when i see him...................thank you

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by chewy on Nov 16^th, 2006, 7:12am

Sounds like the beast was napping and just giving you shadows for a couple of days.

Then he woke up.

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by dave..... on Nov 16^th, 2006, 9:49am

here it comes again

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by BB on Nov 16^th, 2006, 2:34pm

Have you tried melatonin 30 mins before bed to ward off the beast at night? It works quite well for many here including my husband. Before using Melatonin, he was up at 4 am like an alarm clock with a hit, now he sleeps through most nights, maybe getting a hit once or twice a fortnight, but much milder too.

You can start the Melatonin from 6 mg then increasing by 3 mg every 3 days or so up to around 15mg to see if it will help.

Good luck and painfree wishes to you.

Annette

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by catfish 47 on Nov 16^th, 2006, 11:29pm

What I take at nite is 3mg of melotonin and half an ambien,good nites rest.

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by dave..... on Nov 17^th, 2006, 6:27am

another sleepless night....... and yesterday it was like they would last over a hour then i would get a 10 or 15 min break then wham all day........cant wait to see the neurologist this morning..............

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by E-Double on Nov 17^th, 2006, 6:39am

What meds are you taking?

Preventative and abortive?

Melatonin can be a mini miracle for many in warding off the night visits.

Hope you catch a break and please print out as much info as u can to give to your doc.

PF wishes

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by dave..... on Nov 17^th, 2006, 7:25am

i am not taking any meds.... havent needed to since feb 05... i printed out some things i want to talk to the d.r. today...... my wife thinks its a bad idea to show him the article posted by sean c.. she wouldnt even read it......

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by E-Double on Nov 17^th, 2006, 8:39am

on 11/17/06 at 07:25:36, dave..... wrote:

I don't take any meds anymore either with exception to aborting with oxygen.
I decided that since I was still having attacks at fairly high levels anyway and I was sick of the side effects that I was having that I was done.

As far as the article regarding HC, it is certainly worth a try because if you happen to be having another HA type instead of or in addition to CH it will be prevented with indomethacin, if in fact it is HC or another similar HA that is not CH.

Pain Free is pain free my friend.
Explain that to your wife.

Good luck!!

Eric

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by dave..... on Nov 17^th, 2006, 11:46am

just got back from the neurologist... they gave me scripts for depakote, ultracet, temporal ha, and medrol dose pack.... the depakote seemed to work last time.. or did my cycle end ?? monday morning i am going for a mri and a mra.....and blood test.........

Title: Re: another night of good sleep
Post by E-Double on Nov 17^th, 2006, 11:54am

good luck!

What is Temporal HA?
Couldn't find it on Rx lists