Posted by Brian W on April 21, 1998 at 11:27:19:
In Reply to: I need No BS Help!!! posted by RJ Fontenot on April 15, 1998 at 20:20:23:
You mentioned alcohol and smoking but not caffeine. For what it's worth, the closest I've come to headache (pacing stage) in the past year and a half was after drinking tea instead of decaf coffee for 2 days. For me, tannin or caffeine will bring on a cluster. There is a very odd relationship between causes and relievers for cluster. The is a woman in Australia who is on a nitroglycerine patch for her clusters. This nitro patch is usually used for heart trouble but is so effective for her that she has to go off it to see if her cycle is over or not. In the lab they use the same med (sublingual) to cause a cluster so they can study it. Go figure. Good luck, i hope this helps your perspective of the beast. Brian