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(Message started by: smfaison on Jun 20^th, 2006, 8:36pm)

Title: Share My Experience
Post by smfaison on Jun 20^th, 2006, 8:36pm

I am an episodic clusterhead. My normal pattern is to get a 4 month spell every other year ever since I was a little kid. I am now 50. A few years ago, I skipped a year for unexplained reasons, and then did it again a few years ago, but a spell started up about 3 weeks ago. I am trying Relpax and Topamax with great success so far. The Relpax was working great as an abortive the 3 times I have taken it so far. It doesn't have the rebound problems that Imitrex seemed to have. As far as the Topamax; I was taking 25mg in the pm for the 1st week, then 25mg in the am and pm for the second week. Today is the second day of week 2. I feel like a new man today! I basically had a low grade (if there is such a thing) CH for about the last 10 days. Today it was gone completely until I went out and mowed the yard in the Florida 95 degree heat. But I immediately took my pm 25mg of Topamax and even that mild CH passed quickly. Now I know these spells can turn ugly without warning, but this has been the easiest so far, knock wood.