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Have had dogs and cats most of my life. Dogs have always stayed away until right when attack is over and then come out to comfort, they just seem to know. Just said good bye to my cat a few months ago, I should probably get another. She was a tough cookie, would never run off and stay near, but not too close. She would always seem very composed even when I was hitting my worse. I know you could train dogs for just about anything but for CH I think it would take many years and not sure if it would be a benefit.

Well, since your O2 seems to be losing effectiveness, I would consider all those things. Some folks say the mask alone gives the 10-20% quicker aborts. Others have said that they get at least as good results from the "red neck" system I suggested you should look up. Higher flow rates are mostly important if you are prevented from using a fully-effective breathing method because you have to wait for the reservoir bag on the mask to refill. For some people, MM doesn't work but other substances do (LSD and LSA/seeds). The seeds are easy to get and legal to possess, and simple to process, and they generally have no psychedelic effects at all at levels needs to treat CH. The conferences are generally considered life-changing, or at least dramatically life-improving, events by people who attend. Info in the "Conferences" part of this board.

Welcome Keyser! I have two dogs and a cat too. My cat comes with me every time I hit the O2. He lays about a about a foot away, not asking for pets or anything. Just keeps me company. He has his own house to sleep in, but always knows when I head to the office for a bit of O2. Some have dogs that are their CH partners. But, it seems that the animal chooses it. However, I don't know that you could train one to keep you company but out of the way! They seem to just know. My dogs never even get up! They are great for PTSD though.

Supporter here. What spiny said. Best support I can give is to keep up here so I know what's most important, and any tricks that just might help. So you read about people who put their feet in a very hot bathtub of water to help abort attacks. A guy who used lime juice, baking soda, and water during attacks and thought it helped . . . Sleeping more upright . . . Lots of little things to try. Splitting Imitrex doses was a big one. D3 is a very big one. Benadryl. Ginger tea for shadows. Demand valve/high-flow oxygen. Energy shots. Melatonin. BUSTING. More verapamil than doctors usually prescribe. . . . I have seen, and read plenty about, how people with CH can get pretty despairing after they have tried things (usually pharmaceutical things) that they hoped would work, but didn't. Supporters can sometimes make a big difference by taking things into their own hands and having them available, because you never know what might be a major difference-maker. I had to fight the person I support in order to get oxygen for her, and I had to figure out how to get it when her idiot doctor wouldn't prescribe it (welding O2). But having it has made a huge difference. I have no real advice about taking care of yourself. Again, I find that learning here helps me feel like I can be useful. I have definitely learned to stay completely out of the way during an attack, unless I am asked for something. Hiding attacks is a common pattern among people with CH -- often they don't want to be seen in that state. So I go away and "suffer" my own sadness, knowing that what I am suffering is nothing at all by comparison.