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Reply #25 - Apr 9^th, 2010 at 1:04pm

Hi, I'm 62 and have had CH since I was 19. I was in my mid-fifties before I discovered 02 and Frovatriptan to ease the pain. Previous to that I was sick every single time - constantly retching right through it, it was terrible, especially when my kids were little. It used to last 6 - 8 weeks at a time in those days and about two episodes a year. Nowadays I get a longer remission and shorter episodes and I have the 02 and Frova to help. However two nights ago I had a rotten experience when NOTHING WORKED! I take Domperidone to combat the sickness but it didn't work so I couldn't keep down the Frova and the 02 only works by itself for the first week so I was in big trouble. It brought me to my knees for the first time in years. I'm off to London on Wednesday to have my first GONB. Wish me luck!

Dorothy

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: throwing up Reply #26 - Apr 9^th, 2010 at 1:47pm Dorothy wrote on Apr 9^th, 2010 at 1:04pm: I take Domperidone to combat the sickness Perhaps the pharmacist misread the prescription order. Mine reads: "Take Dom Pérignon as needed for sickness."
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Dorothy CH.com Newbie Offline Veteran CH victim Posts: 20 x0\|Sunderland\|United_Kingdom\|\|0\|0\| Gender:	Re: throwing up Reply #27 - Apr 9^th, 2010 at 1:59pm Hahaaaaaaaah! I never thought of that! I'll get my prescription changed forthwith.....
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Skyhawk5 CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1320 Ypsilanti, Mi. USA Gender:	Re: throwing up Reply #28 - Apr 9^th, 2010 at 2:18pm What type of O2 setup do you have? NON-reabreather mask with a bag? A regulator that goes to at least 15lpm? Good Luck, Don
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Re: throwing up
Reply #29 - Apr 9^th, 2010 at 4:11pm

I have a non rebreather mask with a bag which I bought online and my 02 is delivered with a regulator which goes to 15 lpm. But you know, I think the other night was a mixture of things. I have a new mask and I don't think I was getting the 02 properly. I'm not quite used to it yet. I wasn't taking the correct doseage of Domperidone and I think I waited too long to take the Frova so my bad night might have been because I wasn't properly prepared. I read on this site yesterday about someone who used his 02 for ten mins before bed and someone on the UK OUCH website was taking his Sumatriptan before sleep so I did both (only using Frova) and I had a great night's sleep. I'm trying to get hold of a mouthpiece to get the 02 properly as I'm never happy with the masks. Wish we had access to the 25 lpm regulator! Sounds brill.

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slhaas CH.com Veteran Offline Posts: 181 West Allis, WI, USA Gender:	Re: throwing up Reply #30 - Apr 16^th, 2010 at 1:52pm Not like a migraine where Im sick, but yes. Sometimes the pain is so severe that I feel like I want to vomit, or the nasal drip down my throat makes me want to vomit... sometimes it's the meds. Usually it's just the pain though, and a dry heave or two makes me feel, slightly, better.
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Reply #31 - Apr 23^rd, 2010 at 4:02am

Yes, but I'm also the type that throws up with anxiety, and extremely severe hits cause me great anxiety.

Mostly though I get sick when I took a medicine that causes it as a side effect.

Lithium in particular made me throw up so much I was downing that children's over the counter nausea reliever (flavored corn syrup) by the bottle full.

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Re: throwing up
Reply #32 - May 15^th, 2010 at 4:40pm

I get projectile vomitting (the kind that actually leads to vomitting blood by the third or fourth cycle) and severe purgative diarrhea. There is something to this: I note several other posters felt that the vomitting gave them relief from the pain. That is my exact experience.

The pain comes on like a locomitive, then the respiratory signs, followed by more waves of progressive pain, then the nausea and cramps occur very suddenly. Practically no warning whatsoever. I tend to camp out in a washroom when the CH visits. I hate the vomitting, but I know that it means that the headache is cresting. I will usually go through three or four cycles of cresting waves of pain, then purgation followed by a five minute respite where I usually just collapse on the floor and gasp in exhaustion. Then it starts all over again.

I am not sure if the headache stops after the last purgation cycle or I merely collapse in complete exhaustion and the headache passes while I am unconscious.

It seems to me that more than a couple of posters here mentioned that the vomitting seemed to bring releif.

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Potter CH.com Alumnus Offline Team MOOSE DROOL Stinky Stuff on a Hook Prostaff Posts: 3600 Blgs.Mt. Gender:	Re: throwing up Reply #33 - May 15^th, 2010 at 5:45pm Not typical of clusters. Potter
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dockwolk CH.com Junior Offline ya gotta love a good steak Posts: 25	Re: throwing up Reply #34 - May 15^th, 2010 at 7:19pm been getting CH's for 15 years, I've been throwing up my last 2 cycles only. I've been through so many medecine changes/combos I can't find a common denominator.
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Trooper CH.com Veteran Offline I ain't skeert! Posts: 115 x0\|mckinney\|USA\|\|0\|0\|TX,Texas Gender:	Re: throwing up Reply #35 - May 17^th, 2010 at 7:58am I have thrown up in the past. It was always with the really big nasty hits (K9+). I could never figure out if it was due to the pain or if it was from the meds. My sister has CH now too and she says she throws up all the time.
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Re: throwing up
Reply #36 - May 20^th, 2010 at 4:01pm

Skyhawk5 wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2010 at 12:01am:

Yes.. Without any meds and the O2 fails, when the pain reaches K-9. Sometimes for 5 min up to 30 min.

The vomiting makes the pain worse and doesn't signal the attacks end, I usually have an hour to go after. Sucks big time.

Don

^^ This. If I wait too long to try the abortive, I've had it happen two or three times, most recently two weeks ago or so.

And I had about an hour left. My abortive was an Imitrex tablet, which means it left my body at a rapid rate -- and I was too nauseous to take another one and try to keep it down.

That was a bad day.

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