Posted by lc bob on May 14, 1999 at 14:46:28:
In Reply to: I just want to die!!!! posted by Bernadette R. on May 14, 1999 at 13:31:24:
Bernadette,
try water. it'll take a day or 2 to start working (if it works for you - like all other therapys it's not a universal help) ... but it's better than - your other thoughts ...
8 ozs every 30 minutes (or as much as you can up to that max). be aware that if you're not a water drinker it will blow the salts out of your body and you may feel a bit "drunk" at the outset ... then if a CH gets you (like if it wakes you out of sleep) drink 8 ozs right away, another 8 ozs as soon as you can after that. stay near a bathroom or get a catheter (not entirely joking). make the water as cold as possible - not icewater, but chilled.
if you can stay still long enough, ask your husband to lightly massage the back of your neck on the CH side ... that helps me.
i hear that "the doc is no longer in the building" stuff ... when i finally found a doc to prescribe me some imitrex she told me she was going on a 6 month sebatacle while she wrote the 'script. like you're hanging off a cliff and the only person that can pull you up says, "don't go away - i'll be back".
try the water. it busted my CHs down 4 or 5 points on the pain scale. Margi's husband Mike is holding off a cycle with it, too.
i intensely hope this works for you ...
-lcb