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(Message started by: spc351 on Nov 8th, 2007, 4:07pm)
Title: Do Your Clusters Follow An Increase-Decrease Cycle
Post by spc351 on Nov 8th, 2007, 4:07pm
Just wondering if anyone experiences a cluster cycle similar to mine.  They will always start off at 1 per day for a few days, and then increase to 2 per day, 3, 4, 5, 6, and finally 7 per day.  Once I hit 7 per day, the clusters decrease to 6,5,4,3,2,1 - gone.  The cycles last for about 4-5 weeks.
Title: Re: Do Your Clusters Follow An Increase-Decrease C
Post by seasonalboomer on Nov 8th, 2007, 4:10pm
You'll find that there will be folks with similar ramp up - ramp down patterns. But you'll also find about every other variation you can imagine. And then others, like me who use to be able to set a clock to mine but now have randomized cycles with little rythym or rhyme anymore. Even when I did have a  little more pattern to mine they typically would just conk out.

So, lots of ways they happen -- all of'm hurt.

Scott
Title: Re: Do Your Clusters Follow An Increase-Decrease C
Post by sldrswyfe on Nov 9th, 2007, 7:06am
Well said Scott...you certainly have a way with words.

The "Increase-Decrease" is basically the story of my life. It drives me crazy...because things change constantly .

Im chronic and it changes it seems week to week...I have never had any semblance to CH's...they come around the clock...one day can be 3 hits, another can be 15...

Scott really covered this well...do the very best you can, and take it one hit, and day at a time.  Hope you are feeling better.  Sherri
Title: Re: Do Your Clusters Follow An Increase-Decrease C
Post by George_J on Nov 9th, 2007, 9:36pm
My cycles follow a similar increase-decrease pattern, with a few differences.

First of all, I seldom get hit more than once in 24 hours--but they're usually barn-burners that can last two or more hours, increasing and decreasing and increasing in intensity, until the thing drains away, leaving a nasty afterburn.  So I guess I make up in quality what I lack in quantity.    ;)

The cycle itself usually ramps up quickly from shadows to 7's and 8's over the course of a week or two.  They peak for about two weeks, then gradually become less frequent and less intense, until they fade away.  The whole thing takes about 6-8 weeks.

Hasn't changed much over the course of forty years, other than the cycles getting farther and farther apart the older I get.  

I'm luckier than most, and I know it.

Best wishes,

George
Title: Re: Do Your Clusters Follow An Increase-Decrease C
Post by Patrick_A on Nov 18th, 2007, 11:55am

on 11/09/07 at 21:36:12, George_J wrote:
My cycles follow a similar increase-decrease pattern, with a few differences.

First of all, I seldom get hit more than once in 24 hours--but they're usually barn-burners that can last two or more hours, increasing and decreasing and increasing in intensity, until the thing drains away, leaving a nasty afterburn.  So I guess I make up in quality what I lack in quantity.    ;)

The cycle itself usually ramps up quickly from shadows to 7's and 8's over the course of a week or two.  They peak for about two weeks, then gradually become less frequent and less intense, until they fade away.  The whole thing takes about 6-8 weeks.

Hasn't changed much over the course of forty years, other than the cycles getting farther and farther apart the older I get.  

I'm luckier than most, and I know it.

Best wishes,

George


Almost exactly the same for me George. As long as I stay away from Imitrex!


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