Posted by Margaret Godfrey (204.233.96.143) on July 18, 1999 at 18:47:50:
Hello..I'm Margaret from Kansas. I signed the Guest Book in March, thinking it would print on the message board. A study of the archives shows I was mistaken.
Anyhow, I'm 61 and I've had episodic cluster attacks for 10 years this fall. I was fortunate to read an article by Dr. Lamb in the newspaper early on, but of course my Dr. said women don't have cluster headaches, so it was 1996 before I was diagnosed and received medication. Life is better with medication! I have had good results with Imitrix, and better with Zomig. I find Zomig works much faster for me, and if I take it at the first twinge, it stops the subsequent ones for that night. Important to me because I have to be at work at 8 AM. My attacks wake me one hour after I go to sleep. I will have an occassional daytime attack, but usually later in the cycle. July seems to be a big month for me as I seem to pick up steam in late June and go full steam ahead in July, and some years August, September, and October. Hopefully, this year will shut down earlier, since last episode went on until the week before Thanksgiving.
Enough about me...and they all said Amen!
Have learned so much from this website, and truly appreciate having it. It meant so much to me when I found it in March of this year. Knowing there are other real people out there who actually know what I'm experiencing. Each and everyone of you, take care of yourselves and I hope you'll soon be pain free!