Hello I have been an episodic sufferer for a little over 3 years.  I also have, for the past 16 years,  a fairly rare autoimmune disease known as Behcet's disease.  I was wondering if any one else had other types of chronic illnesses along with cluster headaches and if so how one effects the other.  

I'm one of those "healthier then a horse" types who hardly ever even gets sick! CH is my only malady.

Joe

Guiseppi wrote on Jan 9^th, 2009 at 12:38am:

I'm one of those "healthier then a horse" types who hardly ever even gets sick! CH is my only malady. Joe

Same here.  I had the first cold I've had in a long time last week, and I blew through it in four days.

Knock on wood, of course.   ;)

Best,

George

Tapout68 wrote on Jan 8^th, 2009 at 6:59pm:

Hello I have been an episodic sufferer for a little over 3 years.  I also have, for the past 16 years,  a fairly rare autoimmune disease known as Behcet's disease.  I was wondering if any one else had other types of chronic illnesses along with cluster headaches and if so how one effects the other.

*blinks* I have a disease that can be caused by Behcet's. Pseudotumor Cerebri / Benign Intracranial Hypertension. Along with having clusters. They never found out what caused mine. PTC is in 'remission' you could say.

I do have some autoimmune disorder, they're just not sure which one it is. They've been trying to decide which one since I was 11. I'm 24 now.

hi

had not been to the doctors office in 11 years ,before clusters showed up

Seen him more in the last 3 month than my whole life it seems

Add me to the list of people with no other medical problems.

(Unless you count the fact that I can't seem to do all the same physical stuff that I could 30 years ago  ;D)

 I was dxed with Fibromyalgia a few years ago.  It is also an autoimmune disease.   My medical issues seem rooted in a problem with my seretonin.    

Jeannie

I think depression play's in here. Many of us go through it around episodes.
the bb

Guiseppi wrote on Jan 9^th, 2009 at 12:38am:

I'm one of those "healthier then a horse"

That poor horse should probably be put down  ;D

I've got lots of genetically inherited issues.  Mostly gastrointestinal.  My CH came from Dad too.

-Dennis-

You might be interested in looking up the Affective Spectrum Disorders-

(wikipedia) The affective spectrum is a grouping of related psychiatric and medical disorders which may accompany bipolar, unipolar, and schizoaffective disorders at statistically higher rates than would normally be expected. These disorders are identified by a common positive response to the same types of pharmacologic treatments. They also aggregate strongly in families and may therefore share common heritable underlying physiologic anomalies.

Affective spectrum disorders include:

   * Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder[1][2]
   * Bipolar disorder
   * Body dysmorphic disorder
   * Bulimia nervosa[1][2] and other eating disorders
   * Cataplexy[1][2]
   * Dysthymia[2]
   * Fibromyalgia[2]
   * General anxiety disorder[2]
   * Hypersexuality
   * Irritable Bowel Syndrome[1][2]
   * Impulse-control disorders
   * Kleptomania
   * Migraine[1][2]
   * Major Depressive Disorder[1][2]
   * Narcolepsy[citation needed]
   * Obsessive-compulsive disorder[1][2]
   * Panic disorder[1][2]
   * Posttraumatic stress disorder[2]
   * Premenstrual dysphoric disorder[2]
   * Social phobia[2]

The following may also be part of the spectrum accompanying affective disorders[citation needed].

   * Chronic pain
   * Intermittent explosive disorder
   * Pathological gambling
   * Personality disorder
   * Pyromania
   * Substance abuse and addiction (includes alcoholism)
   * Trichotillomania

My entire family all have OCD, ADD, irritable bowel, anxiety, and migraines...I'm the lucky one that gets CH too!

(But other than these related things, I too am healthy as a horse.  A really nervous horse with headaches that can't pay attention to you.  ;D )

My daughter has asthma that came about the time puberty hit. When she was 18 it became severe and she was put on a long course (16 months)of prednisone. Right after her 21st birthday she began to have CH. The two often go hand in hand for her now. When her o2 is low she is more likely to get hit. When she is having abad time with her CH and is using the o2 often than it dries out her lungs and messes up her asthma. She has learned to work out a bubbler, nebulizer and o2 all inthe same delivery system. She spent 2 weeks in patient at Jefferson Hopital with the help of a great nuerologist and pulminologist. It's kind of puzzling to me and I often wonder if the imbalance from all the prednisone hadn't brought on the CH.

Charlotte

Guiseppi wrote on Jan 9^th, 2009 at 12:38am:

I'm one of those "healthier then a horse" types who hardly ever even gets sick! CH is my only malady. Joe

Add me to that list. I refuse to get sick. Mostly through sheer stubborn will. I am Irish, you know.  :) Too bad that doesn't work on cluster.

Seriously though, other than ch, I haven't had so much as a cold in years. I've been that way all my life. Clean eating and regular exercise don't hurt my odds either.