Posted by Hutch (205.244.97.78) on July 19, 2000 at 16:54:15:
In Reply to: Dizzy posted by Shannon on July 19, 2000 at 11:30:35:
I usually feel kinda zonked out for the first couple weeks of my cluster....usually late June. I think it's just my body getting used to the abuse again...the lack of sleep, the stress, etc etc. I also have really bad heartburn and anxiety attacks during this period. For me it passes after that two weeks as I slip back into "cluster mode" for the next few months. Once my body realizes it's not dying 3 to 4 times a day it settles down. This is when I run into "phase 2" of cluster mode. Belligerent invincibility. Nothing anybody can say or do is worse than a CH, so why care? This can be equally damaging in certain social settings, as you might imagine. This phase usually doesn't end until somebody kicks my ass (that was last week).