Posted by alex raffini on April 04, 1999 at 20:01:22:
I'VE HAD CH FOR 24 YEARS, AND THEY ARE ANNUAL USUALLY BETWEEN 1 TO 3 MONTHS. MOSTLY A RIGHT SIDER WHICH SEEM TO BE WORSE. I GET MINE IN THE SPRING AND IT'S THE LS NOW. THEY SEEM TO BE JUST A TAD LESS SEVERE. I WAS IN THE MILITARY FOR TWENTY YEARS(RETIRED NOW), AND THE MILITARY DOC'S HAD NO CLUE..INFACT DURING THE FIRST FIVE YEARS THEY THOUGHT I WAS HAVING MENTAL PROBLEMS AND TRIED TO FIND AN EXCUSE TO LET ME OUT....THAT WAS THEN. I EVEN HAD BOOKS TO SHOW THEM THAT THESE WERE CLUSTER HA. FINALLY AFTER 15 YRS THEY FIGURED IT OUT, AND THAT I JUST DIDN'T MAKE THIS UP. THEY NEVER DID MUCH THOUGH. WELL I'M PUTTING MY FAITH AGAIN AND MADE AN APPT. TO SEE THE DOC'S AGAIN. I USE NO MEDS NOW BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT NOTHING REALLY WORKS. THE SUPERMARKETS NOW HAVE EXCEDRIN MIGRAINE TABS, I BOUGHT THOSE JUST TO FIND OUT. JUST A WISH I GUESS. I USE ICE BUT LATELY THEY SEEM TO MAKE IT WORSE. I'LL TRY THE HOT METHOD THAT OF U USE JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. ALL IN ALL IT JUST CONSUMES YOUR LIFE WHEN THESE COME...ALL I REALLY NOW IS THAT THEY ARE NOT LETHAL. I TRY DEEP BREATHING SOMETIMES, AND THAT MAY SEEM TO HELP. WORST FEAR IS TO HAVE THESE AT WORK...EYES WATER, AND YA START SWEATING. YOU START RUBBING THE SIDE OF YOUR FACE..AFTER IT ALL OVER IT LOOKS LIKE YA JUST GOT OUT OF BED WITH A NIGHTMARE. MY GIRL FRIEND IS REALLY SYMPATHETIC...SHE'S A DIABETIC SO I SHOULDN'T COMPLAIN TO MUCH. JSUT WHEN ALL OF THIS SEEMS TO BE THE WORST, ALL YOU DO IS TURN ON THE TV AND WATCH THOSE REFUGEES. SOMEONE ALWAYS HAS IT WORSE.