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(Message started by: splendid on Jun 21^st, 2007, 9:01pm)

Title: overweight??
Post by splendid on Jun 21^st, 2007, 9:01pm

I know this may sound like a stupid question but does anybody think that being over weight will cause the clusters to happen more often? Last year i went on a diet before cluster season for me due to a trip we were goin to go on. this year(over the winter) i put on alot of weight.(most i have ever weighed in my life) i am 6'2 and weighing bout 263 pounds. Last year i was down to 230 pounds. I had them bout 3-5 days a week last year. This year i am pretty much having them everyday and sometime twice a day or more. Could my weight have anything to do with this? i am planning on losin the weight regardless but just curious

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by Grandma_Sweet_Boy on Jun 21^st, 2007, 9:04pm

There are no stupid questions around this place, ;)otherwise most of us wouldn't be here. I expect we've all wondered out loud about a variety of causes.

Losing the weight would be a good thing for your cardiac health, but frankly, it'll do squat for your CH.

Hate to break it to you like that but I expect a poll of our members would find everyone from the tiniest to the very largest of folks.

Carol

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by MR_FLOOR on Jun 21^st, 2007, 10:13pm

I started getting CHs at age 14 I was 5'11" and weighed 140 soaking wet.I am now the same hight and weigh 220 (fatass) I'm sick about it.My CHs through all that weight gain never changed there schedule still the same.Through that time I gained and lost and they never changed.Believe me you should still try to drop the tonnage(me also) it would be good for our health.Right now I'm on a diet AGAIN I will let you know how I do you do the same we can be weight loss buddy's give each other a challenge god knows I need one.

Dave

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by Rosybabe on Jun 21^st, 2007, 10:34pm

I personally don't think weight has anything to do with CH's.
I started having CH's when I was 12 now I am 35 and I think I weight a lot more now than back then ;), but still losing weight will help you (and me ;;D) in general health issues, like colestherol and triglicerids levels.

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by Brewcrew on Jun 21^st, 2007, 11:38pm

It exacerbates sleep apnea, but I don't think it affects CH. Of course, I'm not a doctor either.

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by taraann on Jun 22^nd, 2007, 6:00am

I've been all different weights throughout the years. At my heaviest I was over 300 lbs :o and my CH was out of control.

But since then I am now at a weight of 135 - 150 lbs (I yoyo in that range) I have had my CH out of control many times. (BTW I'm chronic if that matters to your question) In my personal experience weight hasn't affected my ch, but it sure did affect my self esteem when I couldn't fit into the largest pair of pants that wallyworld sold and I couldn't walk across the house without losing my breath!

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by Charlotte on Jun 22^nd, 2007, 8:16am

I don't think being overweight make it happen more often. I'm not overweight right now and mine is at it's most frequent in my life.

Charlotte

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by horsegirl on Jun 23^rd, 2007, 9:28pm

the only good thing about these headaches is i loose weight in four weeks i went from 172 to 156 not only do i get sick if i have anything over a kip 7 but just not hungry and the less drinking has something to do with it.but it was dangerous when i only weighed 100 when the ha first started so no i dont think weight has anything much to do with it

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by horsegirl on Jun 23^rd, 2007, 9:34pm

are you saying your never pain free or any periode of time then a couple days ?

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by splendid on Jun 23^rd, 2007, 9:47pm

was a couple weeks there i had em everyday. i had one yesterday right at noon. today i didnt have one <yet, fingers crossed> hopin i dont get my wake up call hour and a half after i fall asleep. This cycle should be ending for me<shoulda been done a couple weeks ago :/ > dont know why there lingerin on so long this cycle.

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by horsegirl on Jun 23^rd, 2007, 10:01pm

i see,i hope you'll be pain free soon.hang in there.

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by mynm156 on Jun 25^th, 2007, 11:21pm

his brings back the connection of Sleep apnea and Clusters as well. I have been having these for WAY too long and I was not over weight when they started However, I have been sence going chronic and have sufford from Sleep Apnea as well during this time so it might MIGHT contribute. I am not convinced either way.

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by splendid on Jun 26^th, 2007, 1:06am

cluster can go chronic??

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by Ray on Jun 26^th, 2007, 1:17am

on 06/26/07 at 01:06:48, splendid wrote:

cluster can go chronic??

Yes!

Ray

Title: Re: overweight??
Post by JohnM on Jun 26^th, 2007, 6:39am

I don't think being overweight is much of a contributing factor to CH.

I do however believe that WHAT you eat is more important than HOW MUCH you eat with regard to CH.

It won't be true for all CH sufferers, but for me eating too much wheat/gluten and sugar products definately makes me more "headachy". It also gives me indigestion makes me feel less than 100%.

if you are a big bread, pizza, pasta, cake, cookie, sweet eater, then try and give these things up and see if you feel better. Try more fresh fruit and veg instead. I also found I liked brown rice and helped fill the void from lack of wheat carbs.

John