GREAT to see Choppo that you're showing the beast whose turn it is now for some punishing counter assaults.   

Sounds like you are very much on the right track. 

Choppo wrote on Sep 28^th, 2010 at 7:46am:


Given the choice of a warm energy drink or going without, the warm one wins any time. And if you chug it fast enough you can't really taste it anyway.

It's great to see the difference in your posts from the first to your latest ones. It's great to be back in charge and not have the beast controlling you.

Just another quick one - to give newbees like me some hope if they are looking at this thread in desperation. The O2 is working.... 7.30am here, just got another attack. Got to the O2 fairly quickly i.e. just before the piercing eye pain started (i need to get to it earlier!!!) and truely 10mins i reckon till 100% gone.

Mike NZ, yep im a changed man and no longer desperately depressed - all from this wonderful site!!!!

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YO Chop

I use red bull my self cos it's sparkling , not fizzy , so I can get it down me even when it's warm out of my van .

call me weird but I actually prefer the taste when it's warm.

Glad to here your getting some relief from the beast , this is a good place to be isn't it.

God bless

Nigel

Hey Chop,

     Glad to see you are armed and ready to fight. I also am new here and just stating another cycle, not to bad yet but as you know, that is going to change. I have the prescription in for lithium; O2 is on the way, still looking for a back up abort but energy drink sounds good. My arc of fire is 360 degrees and I’m ready to send that demand straight back to where he came from.

Good Luck
Bud

roughneckjdb wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 5:59am:


No stupid questions here, Bud. We've all asked ourselves and others this. Unfortunately, the answer is: you know the cycle is over when it's over--no more pain, no more hits. Yes, they do seem sensitive to seasonal changes. And many of us become familiar with the cycle winding down patterns. Some fade gradually, some build to a crescendo and then quit. You'll get to know yours. And unless you want the hits, I'd stay away from any alcohol until you're sure. lance

Hi Chop,

Sounds like you’re getting the beast whipped but watch out, there could be a lot of O2 situation around, don’t want to here you went out in a flame of glory, take care.

Hi Lance, I think your reply is for roughneckjdb or do you call your friends Bud like Chop calls his friends Mate.

Bud

Just a double check on this..... (and yes i am a smoker  ), after O2 therapy, i walk around 'padding' my clothing to rid the O2 saturation. When i do smoke, it is outside on the verahdah, no where near the O2 'therapy centre' i.e. Laundry 
Anything else i should do? (besides give up the smokes you smartie pants  !!)

Hi Chop,

     Yes, I used to work for a company called Air Liquide, Industrial gasses and welding supplies, they also fill medical oxygen cylinders, so I know a thing or 2 about the subject. O2 is an inert gas that means its non flammable. The danger is any flammable substance saturated with O2 will become highly flammable. I myself, once I get the O2, plan to have a robe to ware in the room where the O2 is. I to go out and have a smoke now and then so I will take off the robe and put something else on and wait outside a while to ensure there is no residual O2 on any other clothing. Use caution if you have gas appliances with a pilot light or open flame, don’t pile clothing that may be saturated with O2 in the laundry room near a gas hot water heater for example. Use common sense and extreme caution.

Be Safe
Remember…….Flammable substance + O2 + open flame or ignition source spells DANGER
Bud

Bud wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 6:24pm:


Ooops. Sorry about that.

hi guys,
bit of an update.... getting smashed at night ATM. Bed 9pm, 1hr sleep then BANG... stay awake for a couple hours.... sleep 1 hr then BANG... awake for a couple hours etc... Im getting max 4hrs sleep a night interrupted by the awake periods. Interesting it is within minutes of 1hr everytime that i sleep before the next wake-up. Once it gets to 3am, i just stay awake and play internets. The Beast doesn't like it when im awake at this time of morning as he seems powerless with my enegy drink  .

Still getting the odd day time hit too, but more random and yesterday i didn't get a day timer but day before got 2.

Am still taking Magnesium, Calcium, MultiVitamin and up to 3 Melatonin 1/2hr before bed. I succumbed to an Endone at 9-ish last night and another at 1am or 2am. Didn;t really do anything, but i was desperate at the time 

To be honest, the BEST abort im finding is the Energy Drink  i reckon a 10min abort.... however i am using with O2, so it could be the combination. The Energy Drink just 'feels' like its the one that is working.

1ltrs of Energy drink... YEP  . They are 500ml cans and im chugging down at least 1/2 per attack... so pretty easy to clock up 1 ltr of the stuff.

Interesting little side note, the last two attacks in the mornings.... say the 3am one and if i try at 7am for a nap.... the wake-up pain is NOT massive and im generally able to use NOTHING for it to go away within a few mins. Just get up real quick and 'pretend' to be really awake, move around, look at lights etc. Seems to work for some reason???

On the O2, ive got a spare Oxy reg hanging around so hooked that up to the bottle and got rid of that pissy 15L/min reg. I can get 10000L/min if i wanted now  . the great thing is i can regulate very finely the flow rate each 30sec to the damand required. The mask still sucks somewhat, but will be fixed when i get the new one/ demand valve.

Noted comments RE: you backward Yankees with weird threads on gas equipment  Im sure ill get a converter or similar to make it work - will keep you posted.

THE BEAST IS GONEEEE!!!!! Kicked his ass outta here! How, well here is my theory this time round.
Doing heaps and heaps of research on the internet on CH, Tension headaches, migranes etc etc, they all seem to link back to Seritonin in one way shape or form.... now, you will note from earlier in my posts, i am a life-time taker of Aropax (paroxetine) for my depression. 1 tab a day keeps that at bay just fine. But i noticed one of the prevents for CH may be taking anti-depressants.
Out of the blue, i also remembered that the last episode a few years ago happened after i tinkered with my Aropax dose with my shrink....
So anyway, i get this brain storm... why not double my Aropax dose? A normal dose is considered 2 x tabs daily anyway. Hell, give it a go... WOW - CH GONE!!! In 1 day. Even had a couple hundred beers to test the theory
I am sooo happy to sleep finally, i spent the whole day in bed today, sleeping, snoozing, napping... so sweet it is 

So fingers crossed here! Ill let you know how i go over the next few days