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(Message started by: mrs_mac on Sep 21^st, 2003, 2:47pm)

Title: new member
Post by mrs_mac on Sep 21^st, 2003, 2:47pm

hi every one i am a new user to this site , i found it through drugs .com
i suffer terribly with headaches every single day from the moment i wake up in the morning , i have tried everything i can think of to stop the headaches coming but nothing seems to help , if anyone had any advice they could give me then please do!
thankyou

Title: Re: new member
Post by Prense on Sep 21^st, 2003, 2:58pm

Sorry to hear you are suffering like this!

Would you describe your headaches? You will find that we are full of advice, but we like to know more about your HAs first...hate to give advice that can negatively affect you. Take the cluster quiz on the left and see what ya think.

Hope you get to feeling better!
Chris

Title: Re: new member
Post by 5-string on Sep 21^st, 2003, 3:23pm

Hello,
I'm sorry your head is hurting.
Have you been to a doctor?
Has this been diagnosed yet?
Is it vascular or muscular?
Get a referral from your doctor to see a neurologist if you hav'nt.
Wishing you the best and let us know how it's going.
....Mark..

Title: Re: new member
Post by goaway on Sep 21^st, 2003, 3:33pm

We are glad to welcome you.
But FIRST, we want you to have your headaches checked out by a COMPETENT neurologist. Had an MRI scan yet? What diagnostics? Cannot be too careful until you know for certain that you have "just" cluster headaches.

Anyway, we're here and glad to know you.

Title: Re: new member
Post by stevegeebe on Sep 21^st, 2003, 4:05pm

If you got what we got, you've come to the right place.

I truely hope you don't. Find out if it's CH.

Sorry and good luck.

Steve G

Title: Re: new member
Post by Edna on Sep 21^st, 2003, 4:43pm

Hi mrs. mac

so sorry you suffer from headaches....but certainly glad you found this place.

Believe me when I tell you that it can do wonders for you.....and so can the people you will find here....I know because I've experienced first hand the willingness of genuinely concerned people here to help me out.

So my first advice to you is to read all you can of the world of information provided here for you.........and keep posting to us with your questions.....someone will be knowledgable enough to help you out.

Good luck with fining some answers and welcome.

EDNA

Title: Re: new member
Post by OneEyeBlind on Sep 21^st, 2003, 5:11pm

Welcome. The rest gave you good advice. The only thing I will add is that headaches are caused by many different reasons. Some of them extremely serious medical conditions. Hound your doctor is you have to, but make sure you understand WHY and WHAT TYPE of headache you are getting. Understanding your headache will help you to find the proper medical advice for it !!!! Good luck !!!!!

Title: Re: new member
Post by Charlie on Sep 22^nd, 2003, 12:26am

Welcome aboard and if you stick around you'll find some good ideas and ways to deal with this horror. All of us know exactly what you're dealing with.

Here are two helpful links:

The first is to a description of this disorder that does a wonderful job explaining to families, friends and employers what cluster headaches are and that they have little to do with what is thought of as a “headache.” The second is to a technique learned from a neurologist that works well for me and others.

http://www.ouch-uk.org/ch/note_colleagues.cfm

http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/

Charlie

Title: Re: new member
Post by surfshi on Sep 22^nd, 2003, 1:02am

SO MRS._MAC HAVE YOU A PLAN YET? ARE YOU GOING TO GET THESE DIAGNOSTED, IS YOUR APT. TOMORROW IF NOT Y. REALLY I WISH TOU PAIN FREE DAYS...PFD. GO GET IT CHECKED OUT AND TELL IT LIKE IT IS. SURF

Title: Re: new member
Post by Miss_Deleny on Sep 22^nd, 2003, 7:38am

Welcome Mrs_Mac! I'm sorry you had to hunt for us but glad you found us. Like the others before me have said, get yourself checked by a knowledgible Nero (HA specialist) to make sure there isnt anything serious going on there. I'm hoping you don't have CH but if indeed you find out that you do, this is the best place to be ... ALOT of information here, both through the links to the left and through the kind people here. Keep us informed on what is going on.

Wishing you PFDaN's,
~April~

Title: Re: new member
Post by BarbaraD on Sep 22^nd, 2003, 12:55pm

Go to the left and click on the Cluster Quiz. Try to asertain if you have CH. If you do, then go to the neuro armed with information about CH. Know what you're talking about because he/she might NOT.

If it's not CH, then get some tests run until you find out what KIND of HA you have. As some have already said - there are a lot of different headaches out there and each one has a different treatment.

While we're the experts on CH, we're not ready to give advice on other types of HAs.

Wishing you PF days.

Hugs BD

Title: Re: new member
Post by Cooked Brain on Sep 22^nd, 2003, 2:13pm

welcome!

Title: Re: new member
Post by cootie on Sep 22^nd, 2003, 2:33pm

Hi and welcome...hope you can get the proper diagnosus (why can't I spell that word taday....oh well you know what I mean) and find sum releif that works for you. Good luck and keep us posted. Pam with the bad spelling

Title: Re: new member
Post by Turts on Sep 23^rd, 2003, 5:01am

welcome- read,digest, and divolge.

Tell us about your HAs and meds etc as everyone above has said.