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http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Cluster Headache Help and Support >> Medications, Treatments, Therapies >> treatment http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1239031438 Message started by john gotti on Apr 6^th, 2009 at 11:23am

Title: treatment
Post by john gotti on Apr 6^th, 2009 at 11:23am

i wanted to let you know what is working for me. at the start of a headache i drink a megadose of caffiene. two heaping tablespoons of instant coffee drank black. within 5 minutes the headache is knocked down about 95%

Title: Re: treatment
Post by vietvet2tours on Apr 6^th, 2009 at 11:30am

john gotti wrote on Apr 6^th, 2009 at 11:23am:

Chaser of O2 is mighty fine.

Kinder gentler Potter

Title: Re: treatment
Post by Melissa on Apr 6^th, 2009 at 12:17pm

Hello John, nice to hear that caffeine helps to take some of the edge off your CH's. What else have you tried or are you taking currently? Any preventatives?

Welcome to CH.com!

:)mel

Title: Re: treatment
Post by Guiseppi on Apr 6^th, 2009 at 4:37pm

Caffeine is a well known emergency abortive, glad it's providing you some relief. Do read up on the medboards as there are a bunch of preventative and abvortive options available that may help you also.

What Potter meant by the 02 chaser, many of us, myself included, have been having great success with oxygen as an abortive. I can kill an attack in 6-8 mnutes with it. Sure worth a shot.

Glad you found us, when you get a chance, give us a rundown on you self! What has and hasn't worked in the past, maybe we can throw a few ideas your way. Welcome home.

Joe

Title: Re: treatment
Post by Ray on Apr 6^th, 2009 at 11:15pm

Hello John:

There is good oxygen information on the left side of the screen as a yellow button. There are good ways to use it that are effective for many of us, and other ways that don't work as well.

Ray

Title: Re: treatment
Post by Katie on Apr 7^th, 2009 at 3:52am

Got to admit I use very strong coffee for CH with O2 as I am not keen on the taste of energy drinks. I use a far weaker instant version for migriane . It helps and can reduce the need to grab the nearest triptains et al. ::)

Many have found O2 very helpful so have a look at that too.