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Apr 2nd, 2014 at 7:45am
 
Not trying to incite a riot on here, but my sister brought this gadget to my attention.   I was surprised I had never heard of it.  I believe it just gained FDA approval.  Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to Login or Register

I am not endorsing it, I have no stock in the company.  Just wanted to throw it out there for informational/ discussion purposes only.   
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Reply #1 - Apr 6th, 2014 at 12:17pm
 
And so endeth the discussion.
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Reply #2 - Apr 8th, 2014 at 11:11am
 
What Bob said.

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Reply #3 - Apr 8th, 2014 at 6:17pm
 
I have tried dumber things as a result of these blasted head aches. 

The theory seems sound.  I would buy it!  Doesn't seem that different from deep brain stimulation devices that they implant for epileptic seizures and such. 

The question I have is how much does it cost?  And how much would one be willing to pay to try it out? 

Hmmmm
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Reply #4 - Apr 9th, 2014 at 2:21am
 
who would have thought that a so called vitamin can result in going pain free or less intense attacks,
will be interesting to hear if someone gets one and posts some results.
   lets not automatically close our minds to new ideas, even if we don't think there could possibly be a benefit.
      who would have thought oxygen could abort a full blown cluster attack 20 years ago !!
   I look at everything and keep an open mind ( or to a point )   lol
   just saying !
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Reply #5 - Apr 9th, 2014 at 4:03am
 
It says it's not a cure for severe headaches. But neither is carving out your eyeball with a kitchen knife and we've all considered that. Probably expensive so I wouldn't buy one straight off in case it didn't work, but I'd be happy to give it a trial. Hell, In the middle of a k10 I'll try anything once !
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Reply #6 - Apr 9th, 2014 at 5:05pm
 
The point that was quietly being made:

It is not a new, untried idea. Devices like this were tried by CH sufferers out of desperation many years ago - and every single person reported that they had only achieved success in lightening their wallet. If you want to try it out and provide feedback - go for it.

If you really want to try stuff that's already been done - go back through the archives and check out Boji Stones, cider vinegar on your chest, Peruvian butterfly.... Grin, pouring hot sauce up your nose - and the list goes on.

And yes, many of us who were on this site 15+ years ago knew very well how effective O2 is for us. Some were using it way before that.

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Reply #7 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 12:03am
 
Marc wrote on Apr 9th, 2014 at 5:05pm:
The point that was quietly being made:

It is not a new, untried idea. Devices like this were tried by CH sufferers out of desperation many years ago - and every single person reported that they had only achieved success in lightening their wallet. If you want to try it out and provide feedback - go for it.

If you really want to try stuff that's already been done - go back through the archives and check out Boji Stones, cider vinegar on your chest, Peruvian butterfly.... Grin, pouring hot sauce up your nose - and the list goes on.

And yes, many of us who were on this site 15+ years ago knew very well how effective O2 is for us. Some were using it way before that.

Marc


Cool, calm, concise, and cogent....nicely stated..Wink

I could attempt same with a quote from our resident cowboy.... which always delights: "This aint our first rodeo"....but I lack the economical eloquence...so...

This is one of "those" on the merry-go-round of "cures".... that if you stick around long enough will come back. One word... "headband".... in search of archives reveals a whole page of threads. As I recall, we had us some fun with it....

Note that many of us report squeezing our heads to the point we feared crushing in the midst of a hit..... with nary a benefit except infinitesimal relief...perhaps through distraction. Logically, how is a sporty headband going to be any improvement?

Certainly all kinds of treatments have been discussed over the years, some valid and priceless but that were initially derided. (I plead guilty myself). The difference is that with those (e.g. mushrooms, Vit D, O2 in HIGH volumes) there were increasingly positive reports of success or some form of success by believable folks. I've yet to see that with niftyband.....and it's been over a decade...............

S'cuz  now please...feel a shadow coming and I need to snort some cayenne......

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Reply #8 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 2:32am
 
geez, guys
    is there a place on the forum we can get our posts proof read before we post ?
   or i guess ive got a few weeks of reading the archives so I can make sure I don't prick someones ego because I wasn't up to date with happinings 15 years ago.
   sorry if I offend anyone with this,  but geez guys,  lets not make points quietly, we are all cluster sufferers but some of us haven't been on the forum for 15 years ! and its new to us.   show some respect.
im happy to just read and not post from now on !
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Reply #9 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 2:45am
 
And all this must never detract from our good friend, JHK07, who saw something that might interest us and had the courtesy and care to pass it on in the hope of helping others.

This really is a nice place to live.

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Reply #10 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 3:04am
 
JHK wrote,
I am not endorsing it, I have no stock in the company.  Just wanted to throw it out there for informational/ discussion purposes only.

I second Colin, I also feel your comments were unfair
and not helpful in a open forum. I remember seeing
my neuro here in Perth about 35yrs ago and he offered
me to try oxygen. But, because of my occupation it wasn't
an option at the time. If I had mentioned that here back
then. I'm thinking would i have been made a laughing
stock.

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Reply #11 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 3:40am
 
Oh shit...I sure hope these comments were directed at me and noone else...cuz I said it....and apparently I have pissed youse off! I'm a big boy...I can take it.........................

There was no flame...no personal attack...no derision...it...was...simply....pointing...out..that.....this ...has ...been discussed...adinfinitum...with negatory results...that's ALL!

Reading archives on a forum is not difficult or beneath anyone...really exceptionally informative...saves a lot of angst...

And just to make clear.... in my swirly world...AussieBrian is as classy as they come...I will not argue with this man...so I will shut up now.

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Reply #12 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 8:27am
 
Jon, despite your plea for a PM I feel this deserves a public response. In brief, I thought your responses (both of them) were quite restrained, responsible and appropriate. I have noticed how many come to this site looking for what does and does not work, and those who have been around for awhile are a valuable resource. It's OK to be a first time poster with a wonder cure, or even just a good idea worth trying, but it is equally OK for us to respond and say what we know. Part of what I enjoy about this site is it doesn't (mostly) tend toward the Dr Phil 30 second way to a cure I've seen on other blogs. So again I say I found this discussion to be appropriate to our mission. blessings. lance
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Reply #13 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 8:30am
 
I wasn't here 15 years ago. I didn't have CH 15 years ago. I have read some archives but who would think to put "headband" in the search box if you didn't know it existed.

JHK07. It seems the headband has already been tried, but neither you nor I knew that. Please thank your sister for caring enough to point it out, and thank you for sharing what you thought was an idea worth trying. I'ts what we need here, especially us relative newbees.
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Reply #14 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 8:41am
 
Crash helmet on, face shield down

My two cents worth
Colin, don't stop posting. I got told before I started posting that the forum can get quite gladiatorial and even savage. Who knows you might post something in the future that changes someones life or at least helps them. When you think about it, there are over 12000 members so you have every conceivable opinion out there. Robust debate is good as long as it doesn't get personal in fact it's the whole basis of the scientific theory.

Jon and Marc,
There are a lot of new members on this site and yes we may rehash old subjects. I know many topics are in the archives but to be honest I would rather read an up to date discussion on something rather than years old, things may have changed. It may irritate older members but there are a lot of newer members who it doesn't. The headband is probably a waste of time but the discussion isn't and it may have stopped someone new and desperate for relief from making a mistake

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Reply #15 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 9:12am
 
Wow - there was certainly no irritation on my part, and certainly no ego damage. Not sure why words like "gladiatorial" and "savage" get tossed into a simple, civil conversation.......

Re-read the posts and see who was getting upset and raising the temperature.

I was responding to the tone of the posts insinuating that some of us are being closed minded about "new" ideas. In reality, this site was the pioneer in making O2 become mainstream. Busting started here. The vitamin therapy gained wide acceptance because of this site.

The 15 year comment was in in response to "who would have thought oxygen........."  I was pointing out that people have been treating CH's with O2 that long or longer.

Nobody expects people seeking information to already know it all - none of us do - and that is why this site is here. Yes, of course it's fine to ask if anyone knows about something!

By the same token, if the responses come back with negative reports about the effectiveness, feelings shouldn't be hurt about the cool new discovery......

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Reply #16 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 9:58am
 
Hi Marc
Fair call on my use of words and maybe I came on a bit strong but I was  really disappointed that Colin felt put off enough to want to stop posting.
It's a pity the discussion turned to this rather than the headband (and yes I contributed) because the discussion would have been helpful to new members.

No hard feelings and Ill get off my soapbox
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Reply #17 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 10:19am
 
It's nothing more than a jazzed up No-Bark dog collar.

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Reply #18 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 10:57am
 
please let me clarify something
my initial comments were purely directed at the first 2 post after JHK had offered up what he thought would have been a new product, or something people could be interested in, or what us newbies would have thought was new.
the first two posts dimissed his post totally and one said end of discussion or something in that vain. and gave JHK no feedback at all, then they were refered to as points made quietly.
my response, again not knowing it was a rehashed idea, was that things come up all the time, vit d3, oxygen, red bull etc and now from dr gominak about sleep deprevation and headache triggers, at some point all of these things are discovered for the first time.
my mentioning of oxygen was not directed at anyone at all, I was just re-iterating that everything at some stage is new,
but good on you for pointing out you new about oxygen before us newbies, does that make you feel more important ?  cause you completely took that out of context,

reading or knowing to prompt a search in the archives for headbands is ridiculous,   and its a shame a simple first up post couldn't have put up instead of someone making a "point quietly"   it would sort of be giving the original poster a bit of respect for kindly offering up what he thought was some informative information, rather than getting to a point of wanting to continue the discussion via p.m's   ?    did I interperate that right ?  geez

 anyway please accept my apology if ive upset anyone, or they miss interpreted my point, or I stepped on there ego !
but if you cant see how newbies will read this and then say to them selves,  well im not going to have a view and share it if it gets responses like the first 2.
 
....just read potters response to JHK's head band post
    " Its nothing more than a jazzed up no-bark collar." LOL
    can we re edit this thread and put that one under the first post !     lol
how about we just move on from here !
i'll be leaving the posts for the experts from here on in, the forum is full of great information and help to all clusterhead sufferers, no matter how long you've been a sufferer or a member here and for me personally, batch's vit d3 regime has transformed myself and many others and made having this dreadfull disease just a little more tolerable to live with. but im not in the slightest bit interested in dealing with this sort of stuff, as im sure nobody is.
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Reply #19 - Apr 10th, 2014 at 5:59pm
 
JHK wrote,
Not trying to incite a riot on here.  Smiley
The thing is a lot of old timers on here have seen it
all before like the one "Soak a brown paper bag in
vinegar and put it on the top of your head lol". So
one gets a little bit sceptical. "If it walks like a duck
talks like a duck then it's a duck". But, who knows
with FDA approval it may help some migraine and
cluster headache folk. It's always best to wait and
see some positive results (if any) before disregarding
it completely as another Duck.

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Reply #20 - Apr 11th, 2014 at 7:14am
 
Smiley  Point of my post wat that JHKs post sat for 4 days without a single response, hence, end of discussion.  Think I'll go fishing today.
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Reply #21 - Apr 11th, 2014 at 9:09am
 
I'm sure it's the same Electronic Headache band used 15 years ago.   Wink

FWIW,   found another page that said it had a 53% "approval" rating.  (compared to placebo, wth ever)  Look at the chick in Potters post, that is one happy girl!!!

And a search for headband, head band, electronic, or battery within this sub forum brings up practically nothing, besides this thread.

Is it for me ??   Probably not. 

But unless it's brought up, there is never the chance that someone might say, "hey duude, I just got one of those.....  It SUUUcks, dont waste your money!"
  Or,  "Hey man,  I got one of those, and not only does it take the edge off,  it give me an erection too !!!"

Currently,  I've been doing the D3 regime, and quit taking the Topomax.  So far soo good

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Reply #22 - Apr 11th, 2014 at 10:31am
 
It's always a gal and she's always smilin.  Hmmmmmmmmmmmm could these be the new BOBS?  They sure make em sexy lookin.

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Reply #23 - Apr 11th, 2014 at 10:49am
 
JHK07 wrote on Apr 11th, 2014 at 9:09am:
I'm sure it's the same Electronic Headache band used 15 years ago.   Wink

FWIW,   found another page that said it had a 53% "approval" rating.  (compared to placebo, wth ever)  Look at the chick in Potters post, that is one happy girl!!!

And a search for headband, head band, electronic, or battery within this sub forum brings up practically nothing, besides this thread.

Is it for me ??   Probably not. 

But unless it's brought up, there is never the chance that someone might say, "hey duude, I just got one of those.....  It SUUUcks, dont waste your money!"
  Or,  "Hey man,  I got one of those, and not only does it take the edge off,  it give me an erection too !!!"

Currently,  I've been doing the D3 regime, and quit taking the Topomax.  So far soo good



Please note that nobody insisted that you shouldn't buy one! Go for it and let us know if you are smiling - for either reason  Grin.

Same here with D3. I seem to have my life back. I thought it might just be old age - but if I ramp down the dose, the familiar signs start creeping back in. The beast is still alive within me, but is being kept at bay.

Marc
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