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(Message started by: Nuld on Mar 11^th, 2003, 3:23pm)

Title: Hello 2 every1, quick question?
Post by Nuld on Mar 11^th, 2003, 3:23pm

just a quick hello to everybody on the forum, please be gentle with me.
i know that you have probably been asked this question 100's of times before, but i'm gonna ask it again.
my doctor reckons that i have cluster headaches, but i'm not so sure after reading many posts on this forum. here are my symptoms
feels like somebody drilling into my skull 2" above my right eye, but not deep in my head, literally under the skin
6-8 times a day
lasts for 15mins
so far i believe her, its gotta be cluster headaches, but;
although it really hurts, i can continue doing other things and try to forget about it.
it first happened about 3 years ago, then nothing, but i've had it on and off since November now
some days i don't get anything at all.

so i'm not so sure, after reading some of the suffering people on this forum have to live with, mine doesn't seem too bad.

anyway thanks in advance

Nuld

Title: Re: Hello 2 every1, quick question?
Post by echo on Mar 11^th, 2003, 4:19pm

Nuld, can't help you with that one. Mine are always dead center behind the right eye. Ask your doc for a neuro consult to make sure. I hope it's not CH. There is enough of us out there with these little jewels the way it is.

If it is CH -- welcome to the group of victims.

Title: Re: Hello 2 every1, quick question?
Post by cbolony on Mar 11^th, 2003, 5:57pm

Hello Nuld did you take the cluster quiz on the left side of the board

Title: Re: Hello 2 every1, quick question?
Post by Tom on Mar 11^th, 2003, 8:15pm

CPH = Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania

unilateral in eyesocket and temple, associated with Horner's Syndrome
duration: up to ±15 min, dull headaches between the attacks, spontaneous
complete remissions known
number of attacks: up to ±12/day
mostly women
medication: mainly indomethacin (or alternatively celecoxib = Celebrex®)

Title: Re: Hello 2 every1, quick question?
Post by Charlie on Mar 11^th, 2003, 9:24pm

Welcome aboard and what you describe seems like clusters. Let us know if they wake you out of a sound sleep. It's a good way to tell.

Charlie

Title: Re: Hello 2 every1, quick question?
Post by Nuld on Mar 12^th, 2003, 1:23am

When they are at their worst i have been woken at night, every other headache i've had sleep has been the cure, but this has on occasions woken me, 3 or 4 times a night.
p.s. i am a man

p.p.s thank you for replying, any other opinions are welcome