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Title: "brainfreeze" Post by tuck on Jun 18th, 2008 at 5:54am
I appologize in advance if this topic has been previously discussed, but i am a newbie, so here it goes anyway. I assume we are all aware of the phrase "brainfreeze", or sometimes its called "ice-cream headache", you know, that intense 3 seconds of pain you get when eating or drinking a milkshake too fast? or something REALLY cold? I was just wonderind if All of us clusterheads get that? i do know some people that say they NEVER get that. I was also wondering if anyone has ever purposely given themselves "brain-freeze" to try to stop a hit, or perhaps bust a cycle? I must admit i have not tryed it during a hit, and am too big of a wuss to try it to bust a cycle in case it CAUSES a hit! By the way, I have, on more than one occasion, while discussing "brain freeze" with others have heard people say,"Oh God, it hurts SOO bad, thank God it only lasts about 3 seconds or you just couldnt survive!" I just smile and say,,, uhmm... no, you could survive,,, its just a REAL BI@#H !!!!!!!!! PF days to all! Tuck
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Title: Re: "brainfreeze" Post by BarbaraD on Jun 18th, 2008 at 9:35am
Haven't tried it and I don't think it's been discussed here.
A lot of us get "ice-pick" pains that are akin to it, but these just happen out of the blue. Good lordy, we've tried about everything else around here - go ahead and try it and let us know how it works. Can't see where it would hurt you if you're already in the middle of a CH. Hugs BD |
Title: Re: "brainfreeze" Post by George_J on Jun 18th, 2008 at 10:25am
Yeah, I see that, Pegg.
Hm. Can't seem to fix it to make the second link work, either. Anyway, in the part where it says (B...), take that out and type in (Brain_Freeze) . That works. Some mystical glitch in the pasting process, I suppose. Best, George |
Title: Re: "brainfreeze" Post by Barry_T_Coles on Jun 18th, 2008 at 11:05pm tuck wrote on Jun 18th, 2008 at 5:54am:
Just something I have noticed when aborting a low hit with Red Bull I will get a "brain freeze" in & above my right eye but not my left (CH side) I have tried it when not getting hit & the same thing happens freeze on the right zip on the left :o. Cheers Barry |
Title: Re: "brainfreeze" Post by Lawmandave on Jun 19th, 2008 at 7:43am
I have gotten brain freezes but never tried them, to break a cycle! I have found myself telling folks that is the only thing that I describe to someone about our pain. I ask if they ever had a brain freeze and If they say yea, I say having a ch, is like a having the worst brain freeze that you could possibly imagine but without the reassurance that the pain will retreat in a few seconds!
Dave |
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