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(Message started by: ksmiggy on Aug 14^th, 2003, 1:39pm)

Title: cooling fan
Post by ksmiggy on Aug 14^th, 2003, 1:39pm

Call me mad, but i have lately found that sitting with my head in front of a fan at the first feelings of tightening in the head has help reduce the attack before it starts, about a 60% success rate, also a herbal (not that herbal) stick (4head) has been of great help(menthol and natural painkiller) (rub/dab around affected area) both have helped, has anyone else tried either?

Title: Re: cooling fan
Post by vig on Aug 14^th, 2003, 3:25pm

I still find a fan or a breeze or whatever to be a trigger.

Title: Re: cooling fan
Post by 5-string on Aug 14^th, 2003, 6:56pm

I just got home from running errands,felt pretty good drove home with the windows open,now it's comming back. coincidence?

Title: Re: cooling fan
Post by ksmiggy on Aug 15^th, 2003, 6:38am

seems to me there are 2 types, those who prefer heat during an attack, and those who prefer cold, for those who prefer cold , i would also suggest useing vic's menthol around the temple and across the forehead, worth a try, it's help me out a few times, always worth a try, does anyone else feel like they have a golf ball up their nose at any time during an attack

Title: Re: cooling fan
Post by Smurf on Aug 15^th, 2003, 8:49am

ksmiggy,
I'm a coldie like you. I wake up absolutely boiling with a CH and have to put an ice pack on my neck while I breathe the O2. Sometimes, I will also just plopp in front of the AC wide open. If I'm not at home, where my trusty O2 is, I go to my car and crank it wide open.
I only start feeling the CH lift when I start getting chills.

Tip, get on your knees and bend your head down to it, like you're bowing. It sounds crazy but works for me. Let me know if that works.

As a coldie, the main target to relieve the pain for me is get as cold as possible as soon as possible. I wish I could fill the tub with ice.... ;D

Title: Re: cooling fan
Post by ksmiggy on Aug 15^th, 2003, 5:57pm

smurf,

have tried bowing, sometimes helps, the waking up red hot is spot on, got a jell filled mask, pretty good, helps a lot. if you can get it try the menthol stick, cools the head straight away. if i need to get cold, i have a ceiling fan, just put it on full and instant cool

Title: Re: cooling fan
Post by Patrick_A on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 12:18am

I do the same, Sometimes i get in my car and turn on the A/C wide open and go for a drive. That is before the CH is full blown. I have layed down on my A/C vent at home, face first. I agree with getting as cold as possible, makes the blood go to other places, or so i think!

Patrick

Title: Re: cooling fan
Post by ksmiggy on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 6:57pm

Patrick_a,

have you tried menthol too, try rubbing a little menthol(vick's vapour rub or equivalent) across your head around affected area, cools the area, watch for sweat running in eye.( although this stings like hell, does seem to speed process up)(really stings)

Title: Re: cooling fan
Post by Charlie on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 11:32pm

Anything to be cool was good. I don't think it ever shortened them but cool, quiet and dark was my thing.

Good luck kids

Charlie

Title: Re: cooling fan
Post by ksmiggy on Aug 24^th, 2003, 6:26am

Charlie,
shortening them prob the wrong term, i can hold off the pain sometimes(not the bad ones) by sitting in front of a fan, but you know it is stiill there, just makes it bearable, but move from the fan, and you can feel the temp change in about a second, whoosh, hot again, pain kicking in.