Posted by Jackie on August 07, 1998 at 10:45:13:
In Reply to: Re: New to this Group posted by Debra on August 06, 1998 at 20:58:52:
Debra:
Thank you, and others, for your feedback on the
prednisone. Man, it's hard to know what to do.
For now, this drug is essentially preventing me
from getting the clusters. I'm only having the
relatively mild side effect (experientially mild,
anyway) of some muscle weakness. I've had 1
moderate headache that "broke through," but I
was able to abort it with oxygen. As I mentioned
before, oxygen is now hardly effective at all, by
itself. I did get the Imitrex spray, and am holding
it in reserve in my arsenal. I don't want to use
it unless I have to. Also, I'm following with
great interest the Ritalin info. Maybe I'll get
the Lidocaine, too. The good thing about the
prednisone is that it prevents the attacks from
happening. It's pretty scary to first have the
headache and then have to abort it, as with Imitrex
and some of the other stuff.
Am I beginning to sound like a drug addict? Have you
considered Ritalin? Am I repeating myself (I'm
not looking back through all your posts)?
If everything is the same as before, I have 2 more weeks of
this unmitigated crap.
Take care,
Jackie