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Message started by ReneeM on May 19th, 2011 at 12:50am

Title: Blue tinted glasses
Post by ReneeM on May 19th, 2011 at 12:50am
A close friend of mine and someone very interested in my clusters, (a brilliant nurse working on her phd, or quite possibly phds) was having a conversation with her optician the other day about her red tinted glasses, and the conversation turned to how blue tinted glasses 'miraculously cures people plagued with cluster headaches', or so he said.

News to me I thought. Anyone else?

Renée

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by bejeeber on May 19th, 2011 at 2:01am
And here I've been going through life looking at the world through rose colored glasses *smacks forehead*.  :D

The blue tinted glasses thing is new to me.  8-)

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by Brew on May 19th, 2011 at 6:43am
Never heard of such a thing.

However, I don't believe Johnny Depp suffers from cluster headaches. Maybe it's too much to be just a coincidence:

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And I'm pretty sure Elton John doesn't either:

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You decide.

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by Kevin_M on May 19th, 2011 at 7:10am
Asked of my medical history by a whiz of a urologist, I said I have cluster headaches.  He paused, unfamiliar, and then recovered with a chuckle, "Clusters, migraine, what's the difference."

I thought, well, that's why you're a urologist.

Twisting open my bottle of Snapple, under the cap it said:  The number sign # is called an octothorpe.  And that was news to me.

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by wimsey1 on May 19th, 2011 at 7:55am
Ummm...Renee? I suppose the short answer is "no, but I have serious doubts about any miracle cure" but the more gentle answer might be, "give 'em a try and let us know what you think." Blessings. lance

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by Guiseppi on May 19th, 2011 at 8:39am
Too much bright sunshine is a trigger for some, and when I'm getting hit I don't like bright sun. So shades may be a mild form of a prevent for people that find bright sun to be a trigger. I'd be curious to hear what she bases the idea on. She sounds highly educated and I have learned not to "poo-poo" new ideas too quickly. Who'd have thought oxygen, lsd, mushrooms, vitamin D, or energy drinks would have the positive affect on us they do! ;)

Joe

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by Linda_Howell on May 19th, 2011 at 11:54am
Renee, anytime you hear the words "Miraculous cure"  RUN!   do not pass go and don't collect $200.

At least blue-tinted glasses can't hurt you like some of the other miraculous cures we've heard about on this site.

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by Jeannie on May 19th, 2011 at 12:17pm
I am very sensitive to light and find myself unable to go without sunglasses even on dreary days.  A bright sunny day will instantly cause my right eye to droop and water.  The worst for me is riding in a car when the sun is flickering from behind the trees as I pass.   So.... sunglasses are helpful in my fight with CH.  I can't say that I've ever noticed that the color made a difference.

Jeannie

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by Brew on May 22nd, 2011 at 9:19am

Marc wrote on May 22nd, 2011 at 8:14am:
Seems like it would be uncomfortable to sleep with sunglasses on......

Which is why I recommend eyelid replacement therapy.

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by bejeeber on May 22nd, 2011 at 12:46pm
Or in a pinch we could wear blue tinted contact lenses to bed.

Title: Re: Blue tinted glasses
Post by devinoshin on May 23rd, 2011 at 2:42pm
i can tell you blue contacts don't work.

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