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johnnysrock CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 17 Santa Rosa CA Gender:	sunlight Jul 10^th, 2012 at 10:27am During this cycle Johnny has noticed that when he goes outside into the sun, he gets pain in his eye on the side he gets his headaches, does anyone else notice this. We are trying to identify his triggers.
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japanzaman CH.com Veteran Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 210 Fukuoka, JAPAN Gender:	Re: sunlight Reply #1 - Jul 10^th, 2012 at 10:29am For me, air pressure is one of the big triggers. Anything that can give a usual sinus headache for me is something to watch out for.
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Re: sunlight
Reply #2 - Jul 10^th, 2012 at 11:41am

Same for me, sunlight or even bright light is a major trigger for me. Hoping for gray and rainy days during my cycle. Airpressure doesn seem to bother me too much, did several airplane trips when in a cycle. Strong airflow like a fan or aircon is also a strong trigger for me. Other obvious stuff like dark chocolate, alcohol etc as well. Good luck with finding the triggers and hope you get through the cycle soon.

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Re: sunlight
Reply #3 - Jul 10^th, 2012 at 11:44am

Several people have posted that sunlight is a trigger, especially with glaring sunlight through a windshield. When I'm getting heavy shadows I avoid the sun just because it's irritating to my head during a shadow. But I haven't found it to be a trigger for an attack for me. One more issue that seems to individual specific!

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267 CH'ers (23.54 %) out of the 1134 who took the Cluster Headache survey in December of 2008 reported bright lights and direct sunlight was a trigger for their CH.

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Ken_DFA CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 33 Normal, IL Gender:	Re: sunlight Reply #4 - Jul 12^th, 2012 at 4:51pm Johnnysrock: Bright lights have always caused me grief during a cycle. I wouldn't go as far as to classify bright light as a trigger, but it is certainly something that irritates me beyond the pale when I am in the middle of a hit. I usually dim the lights to the bare minimum when I start pacing the room. Best wishes, Ken
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Re: sunlight
Reply #5 - Jul 12^th, 2012 at 9:45pm

The bright direct Sunlight never really seem to be a trigger for me. But their are some things related to Sunlight that ramp up the CH for me.

Low pressure does Trigger as well. But the mains are when the Sunlight changes in the fall ( ie time zone). And most days when dusk comes in the windows, Its hard to explain but i call it "Pale light". We Just turn on a light and that's that.

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boy i cant wait till it's my turn to give him a headache. paybacks a bitch

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pancho CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 5	Re: sunlight Reply #6 - Nov 23^rd, 2012 at 11:33pm sunlight is a major trigger for me. if the sun hits my left eye when i beraly woke up i can expect a headache in less then 10 minutes. During my cycle i do wear really dark sunglasses even inside. It might look funny but its stops THAT trigger. Hope this will help
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CH Keith CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 41	Re: sunlight Reply #7 - Nov 24^th, 2012 at 2:21pm I agree with hose that have said it agravates the shadows and makes it difficult to function as well. Not a trigger for me, but an indicator to those around me that I'm in a cycle. I haven't noticed a connection to air pressure, but loud noises become painful and irritating.
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idorko CH.com Veteran Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 208 Central Maine Gender:	Re: sunlight Reply #8 - Dec 8^th, 2012 at 5:20am My mom said she felt like we were living in a cave because I kept the shades closed constantly during my first bout with the beast. Bright sunlight from dawn until noon always made my eye pain worse, but never triggered a full blown headache.
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Re: sunlight
Reply #9 - Dec 8^th, 2012 at 6:14am

Not every season but in the ones that are more during the summer I notice Sun light bothers me. In fall winter and spring it's not as bad. I drive almost all night and I find that the newer headlights aggravate but do not bring on a full headache. The new neon or whatever blue lights that the police are using almost immediately release the beast. 1 car isn't to bad but 2 or more are murder!

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LasVegas CH.com Sponsor Offline Episodic CH since 11 yrs old, now 50. Posts: 2020 north of the 60th parallel Gender:	Re: sunlight Reply #10 - Dec 8^th, 2012 at 12:50pm I've never noticed being triggered by sunlight or any light sensitivity! -Gregg in Las Vegas
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