Hi ppl,since i found this board i started to approach my ch hits on a different way and learned how to use the o2 as an abbortive..
What brought me here was the fact that on the entire board i  didnt found a similar experience as mine,in the last 5-6 years since i had ch (usually 1 cycle a year) only in the last 2years since i began using o2 as an abbortive i experienced this,everytime my cycle starts 2-3 days of o2 ends my cycle...Any1 here had this happen?

And other thing i dunno if this are shadows or not,but usually beetween cycles i feel my forehead funny,dunno how to call it really,cause its not painfull just an annoiance,are this the so called SHADOWS u guys talk about here on board?

I dont take any meds also,could any meds help me with this forehead feeling like vasodilatators or similar?

Shaka,

Not for me my cycles last up to 14 months, as far as your forhead is it painful?

Cluster headache pain is a unique pain unlike say a normal headache or a cut or a bump on the head. Cluster sufferers just know “that feeling”. Shadows are “that feeling” that may be short lived or last an hour. It’s that dreaded feeling that “Oh no, here it comes” but just doesn’t quite mature into a full blown CH attack.

Shaka wrote on May 27^th, 2010 at 5:39pm:

only in the last 2years since i began using o2 as an abbortive i experienced this,everytime my cycle starts 2-3 days of o2 ends my cycle...Any1 here had this happen?

No, I haven't had this happen, nor have I heard of it happening.  Odd.  Coincidence?  I can't think how oxygen could act as any sort of preventive. 

What you're describing sounds like it might be low-grade shadows.  You might try drinking some coffee or something with a good amount of caffeine in it (an energy drink) to see if that helps. 

Best wishes,

George

davidj35 wrote on May 27^th, 2010 at 7:38pm:

Shaka, Not for me my cycles last up to 14 months, as far as your forhead is it painful?

no its not painfull,just feels like scratching,cant really describe it better

Forgot to mention,when i put my hand there or tighten the muscles in my forhead it goes away for some time

George

i use to drink coffee or decaff everyday,it doesnt go away,i gotta talk to my neuro about that o2 preventing my cycles,never seen no1 here on board saying similar stuff.

That doesn't sound like a shadow symptom to me.

If my shadows are typical, they feel like a CH at the beginning stages of an attack - not extremely painful yet.

I've never heard of oxygen being able to end a cycle either, but I will say this:
This was the first year I used o2 in combination with a medication called Maxalt MLT and the headaches were shorter, quiite a bit less severe, and the cycle appears to have ended earlier than usual.
Of course, like everyone else's CH, this could be atrributed to any one of a myriad of things so I have no way to tell if o2 was responsible for the slightly shorter CH period.
Just my 2 cents...

-CHSteve-

Just curious Steve, how did you abort hits in previous cycles?