Starting yesterday, the morning starts off with a low level HA, that responds to oxygen when I'm on it, but comes back within minutes after stopping.  This happens if I go back on it as well.  I tried to abort with Zomig, but it has no effect on this type of pain/shadow.  I've had ALOT these before, but they are usually at the front or tail end of an attack, and don't last all day, like it did yesterday. 
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Red Bull no joy.  Only thing that works is O2, but only while I'm on it, and I can't sit on a tank all day.
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It's on my list.  Other pain management meds were suggested, but they don't really fit in with being out and about. 
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it's a new development..hopefully transient.  Maybe this is how the headaches are changing as my body responds to lithium.

Ditto what Joe said, ceptin' I use a double Monster. Hope you get these under control. blessings. lance

High dose soluble aspirin works well for me for shadows.

Definitely annoying, but at least you have the real nasty stuff under control.

japanzaman wrote on Aug 16^th, 2012 at 11:57pm:


Hi Joshua
I agree with japanzaman; it does sound like rebounds,,

As we all know CH does morph & throw different shots at us, my last cycle was just like you describe; kill a hit with o2 & in a short period of time it was back, get on the roundabout agian & again.

I remembered that years ago when I first went chronic & had constant shadowing I could get a decent nights sleep if I went to bed with a cold pack on the CH side so I tried  a cold pack on the cluster side when I was on the o2 & when I had killed that hit I would get another cold pack & lay on that & it would stop the rebounds, this may be a little inconvenient during the day but it worked great for the night time.

As a footnote whenI say killed the hit I really mean killed.

This is a quote from me that Clusterchuck wrote in his very well researched work in OXYGEN INFO
"My preferred method is to count the number of breaths I take to get rid of the hit & then stay on the O2 for the same amount of breaths, I can usually abort a hit with about 80 to 100 breaths but I breathe straight from the bag as I have a beard & can’t get a proper seal with the mask.

The most important thing is to be absolutely sure that you have killed the hit, no "maybe’s" or "nearly", if you don’t ensure its gone before you do the follow up breathing there’s a good chance of getting a rebound hit & that will be even harder to get rid of than the original one."

- Barry


Hope this helps.

Cheers
Barry

There's a prescription product in Oz called Panadiene Forte, a combination of paracetamol and codiene which I'm told is available in the US under different names. I found it to be quite effective for serious shadows and even some minor hits. Washed down with a serious cup of coffee it works even better with a just a tiny dosage.

Don't know how it reacts with other stuff but have no doubt you'll check it out properly first.

Cheers and beers,

B.

A 5 hour energy kills my shadows. Also Relpax is the best thing ever invented in my opinion. It works like a charm for clusters. If you havent tried it, may I suggest you do.

I am currently in my off cycle, but I am having almost constant shadow like symptoms. It is really annoying, and have also been having dizzy spells, and it's hard to concentrate most of the time. Has anyone else had these types of issues?

i am getting the same thing its like mini attacks but not to the point of being more then a k2,eye gets red and watery,small temple and ear pain,i can hit the 02 but it comes back in a hour,went htru a whole  E tank yesterday playing these games,,,If i takea 50 mg sumatiptan it goes right away in 5 minutes and dont return for 12-18 hours or until i fall asleep at night,,,,,what i think it is,well i think its telling you the bad cycle is just about over but dont screw up as its still there,,,i am hoping mine is into remission soon as this is the longest cycle i have ever had,it may seem short to some of you,but last time it was 4 weeks and did not have a issue for 2 1/2 years until Sept 26 this year and i still get the wake up call about 2 hours into a deep sleep,but some 02 and back to bed for the rest of the night,then get them small aggrevating hits about 4 times a day.