Posted by mark on March 02, 1999 at 22:55:06:
I can't believe I found a site for cluster headaches!!! I have been having these things in cycles for about 12 years now and currently i am on verlan twice a day and verapamil when the going gets tough . A good ol fashion sludge hammer my doc says.Good stuff I say . I can tell what time it is in a dark room, no clock and just my headache to tell me the time.
These things are nasty. I have a physical showing of mine . When i get one of these monsters about 15 minutes before i feel it my ears ring loudly and my eyes look like I have been smoking an illegal substance. When it hits I can't see, both eyes close involuntarily and my head just pounds for 45min to 3 hours. During which I am nauseated,flush, and my temp changes.
I have found that cardizim cd , and the other two drugs work the best,I used to have a pen like needle in school, when i felt one comming on all i had to do was drive it into my leg and it would inject me with a relieving substance....easier said than done but after you get that pounding I would try to do it twice! that lasted about a month and was 10 years ago.A majority of mine are at night but I have gotten a few in the day .
cat scans "2" "MRI" 1 and numerous spinal dye injections ,"why, I dont know." no one found a cause to this pain. My current doctor has done me well and i still get them but they are bearable and I am happy for that. The O2 thing doesnt seem to work well for me.I am just glad i found out "I AM NOT ALONE!!!"