Hubby aborted his first night-time attack with o2 just now! I'm just so freaked out still that it will come back within hours since it didn't "get out" of his system. He used to abort by sprinting, but the HA would just come right back and be resistant! Anyone else experience this on o2? Hoping it's more effective and removes it fully until his next "scheduled" time. IM SO EXCITED THAT IT WORKED THOUGH!

He did 5 min the first time. Now we are trying 10... It came back already damnit.

Thanks. He set an alarm on his watch for 10 min since it doesn't take that long to abort he starts falling asleep! I will get some red bull!!

God damnit!!!!! Ok standing now, breathing like you said and we will wait 10 min after abort. Why am I just now seeing these instructions?! He's getting really upset and tired now. Please work this time! I don't want to have spent $330 on more false hopes   

Whatever he did last time thankfully got him through the night! Here's to hoping tomorrow will be better! (well tonight, actually)

The messed up thing is that he actually got more sleep than I did! I was so worried ALL night! And anytime I heard a twitch or movement I had to look to be sure he wasn't up again!

That sounds like a plan.

O2 is my savior and your hubby's too. Does he use a 're-breather mask"? what flow rate? Does he have a beard or mustache that might effect the seal of the mask? Check the flaps on the mask (if using) and tell him to use his fingers on them if there not making a good air tight seal.

25 liters a min is just enough for me to hyperventilate, and I have to wait a sec or so for the bag to fill before I gulp it down. He should collapse the bag and not be able to suck air in once its collapsed if its sealed right.

If the flaps aren't working 100% he'll be sucking air with the O2, which isn't nearly as effective.

Turn on the O2, plug the flaps and let the bag fill which should only take a second or two. Then plug the flaps with fingers and gulp the O2 QUICKLY. Then take his fingers off the flaps and blow somewhat upwards to get the exhale out the flaps. Plug the flaps and let it fill and gulp away. Do it all as quickly as possible.

If you bought a 15 LPM, consider getting a 25 LPM or higher also. Having two can come in real handy if one stops working, and you can leave one in the car/truck. Don't attach it to a bottle in a vehicle though, and stow it securely.

Think of the O2 as liquid, you want volume and purity as quickly as possible. It takes practice and don't be discouraged with having to "hit the bottle" often. Its a lot better then suffering.

10 mins of sucking O2 is a small price to pay for relief. When I abort with O2 and doing it right, my nose/sinuses tingle after 5 mins or so, which lets me know I getting enough. He should feel something similar, not dramatic like real dizzy but some effect like tingling fingers.

Having to use O2 lots isn't a sign O2 isn't effective, necessarily, it could be that he's just getting lots of hits. Rather then suffering for hours and not knowing how many hits he's been getting, perhaps he's been getting lots without O2?

Tell him to make friends with the O2 bottle and make a spot where he can crawl to in the middle of the night, or whenever, and use O2. I use it in a spot where I wont disturb the whole house full of sleeping people, or make a spectacle of myself.

Your on the right path, keep it up.

When I say stick I mean that he usually only has one per 24 hours. When he tried to abort in the past by sprinting down the road, it would just go away and come back an hour later instead of the next day. Same thing is happening with o2. Instead of stopping a particular attack, it just delays it so he has to keep running back to it... I don't have a rebreather mask yet just a general one. Have one on order but we had to get started with what was available.

Check your yellow pages for medical oxygen companies and ask about masks, they should have some in supply. You don't need the expensive ones to start. Or the ER have them, but I'm not sure if you could buy one off them.

There's a 'hillbilly non-rebreather' method around, but I can't find it. Maybe you could use it till yours comes. I'll take another look

Sorry, NON-rebreather

There's got to be SOMETHING to this whole "headache coming back" deal.  When he just lets the headache run its course, he is able to sleep through the night and likely will have no attack during the day.  But it's when he tries to fight it, that it will come at him multiple times.  Last night the o2 didn't even work AT ALL.  I even made him slam a redbull.  In fact it was more intense than normal.  But today is day 2 of the anti-inflammatory supps and we have the non-rebreather on order... Also we will be practicing Batch's breathing techniques together tonight.  Something's GOTTA work.

Chris tried RC seeds years ago.  I tried to help him do it correctly... We soaked the crushed seeds (about 20) in vodka overnight and he took the shot.  Said all it did was make him sick and his headaches came even stronger.  We tried dosing longer than he was really willing to continue but I pushed him.  At this point he's not a fan of using shrooms.  But I am still holding on to it as a possibility if other things don't work.

Another attack unresponsive to o2 happening now.  Great.

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