joined yesterday and forgot to introduce myself...so here i am, :)
steve  age 47  Great Britain

Hey Steve!

Sorry you've had reason to come here, but glad that you found the site - info and advice here has helped many of us tremendously.

I Steve and Welcome.  I am sorry we had to meet under these circumstances but am glad you found this site.
It has LOADS of information along with some knowledgeable people to answer questions or for advice.

Wishing you Many PF Days and Nights!

Ging...

Steve: A reluctant welcome. I am a newbie just 1 days into my first CH, but might not be around even this long without the great people here. Justa askand someone will know what will help you. Jay from Baltimore.

Welcome to the board, sorry you need us, glad you found us! :)

Joe

Welcome from Kentucky Steve.

If you have read anything at all yet around here, then you know that telling us your story, how many Docs have you seen, when you were finally diagnosed, what you have tried, what meds have worked, what meds have not.....is mandatory.   ;)   

I said all that with tongue in cheek of course but most newcomers to the site do that so we can answer any questions, give them hope when they seem lost and just generally suck them into the family that this site is.  You are now a member of it.  We'd just like to get to know you.


My name is Linda.  I've been chronic for 23 years. 02 is my friend.. along with almost everyone on this board.   :)

hey linda,
point taken so here goes ..bear with me lol ...
a potted history of my ch hell....first ch cycle when i was 11, im 47 now, at age 12, my mum took me to the gp here in the uk, comment was oh its migrane, gave me two boxes of pills, did nothing to help...i went through the attacks for around 10 yrs, just using my youth and spirit, attacks go, me happy, till age 30, then the beast knocks on my door, more like kicks it in and beats me with it , hours spent on bathroom floor banging my skull against the wall, then he goes,.. at age 36 ,i read up and start takeing fever few, no ch till this last week, so hes back, i bring out my st johns wort now hes gone, i hope,.

imho  doctors f++k them

If the only doctors you've ever encountered were f*cksticks, then I can understand your viewpoint. There are some really good ones out there - ones who are committed to the relief of pain and the return of wellness.

I'm not sure if there are any in your area, but I'd keep looking if I were you.

Hey Steve,

I have a similar view of doctors, they really are generally idiots when it comes to CH, but if you can get to an actual headache specialist, one of those might be able to do something for you.

I sure hope St. John's Wort somehow works for you, but I'm sorry, we just haven't seen reports here of it being effective.

There is a medicinal plant that has been delivering some crushing knock out blows to the o'l beastie for some people around here and at clusterbusters.com. Not that easy to get though for some of us.

Here's a video about it:
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I hope you can at least get some O2 on hand for back up.