Posted by Mike Knoche on May 20, 1999 at 21:38:12:
Hi all,
The subject line sounds damned depressing I know,
but it descibes me to a "T". I've had CH's for 4.5 years now,
Chronic, and have finnally decided to find me a nero. When
these first started i was confused and scared to death like
most of you, i had a CT scan that showed nothing like most
of you have had. I had pretty bad teeth at the time, and my
dentist was out of the dark ages, he said they might be causing
them. he put some plastic caps on and did a root canal
on a molar [that molar always hurt during a CH], the headaches
persisted, i had my eyes checked, that doc said they were fine
but suggested another dentist, i went.. $8000.00 or so
later i have a fine set of teeth! all crowns baby! 4 root
canals.. unfortunatly,
i still have CH's, wake me after two hours or so of sleep,
hurt like hell, right eye waters, right nostril clogged,
and ice pick stabbing pain. A couple teeth up front now
are sensitive while i have a CH. sheesh.
a year or so back i tried a nero, he gave me depakote.
did nothing, so i'm going to another now after 2 weeks of
depressingly bad life sucking Ch's, had a few during the
day at work, that is unusuall, but seems to come in a
cycle. mostly they come at night. demons.
I am glad you all are here, I am 38, male, single, no kids.
i have read almost all of the posts [there are alot!]
although i wish you wern't here, being here means pain.
I have no point that i can think of, i want to help,
i want to be cured, i want you to be cured, i want life back.
i know you do also. My meds up to this point have been
over the counter, i have tried them all, excedrine migrain
seems to do a little dampening, but i feel bad afterwards.
they still last an hour or more no matter what i take.
i have mananged to control myself during an attack, err,
most of the time anyway. i sit up in bed, and try to focus
on a fuzzy world in another dimension. i move my head ever so
slightly in no certain direction until i sense a difference
in the pain. I try to lock it down, it never works. it keeps me busy
though, and not thinking about crazy stuff is the key
for me to make it through the night. I smoke, and i'm interested in
the smoking argument.. i smoke more when i'm having a CH.
I just got over an attack, one of the few i've had during
the day, so i'm sorry if i'm rambling. i just wanted to
have someone read about me and that would denote that i'm real,
and that my pain is real to someone besides me.
Thank you all for listening,
mike