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Good one Spiny.

Sumatriptan should not be refused, because it's a medication. You're supposed to carry ALL medications on your carry-on, from what I recall from the TSA... So it doesn't matter what it is. You keep it with you. I kept my epi-pens on me, and they're liquid injections in a tube that you jab in to your leg... though they had to separate those and scan them separately. (They were kind of like "WTF??") It's been a few years since I flew though... I always drank an energy drink beforehand!

Hey Jimmy! That knot on your neck is actually very common. We often refer to it as the 'Cluster Knot'. I have had a really great masseuse work on mine to no avail. Was not going away. Neck pain became a common precursor to a hit for me. I finally started sleeping on the edge of my pillow to prevent aggravating it. When that cycle was over, it vanished as well. But, I still start out my night on the edge of the pillow. Old remedies die hard!!! MSG and alcohol are both very well known triggers. Falling barometric pressure sucks too. Paint fumes and perfume affect some CHer's too. You will find your triggers as you go, trust me. I have had about three sips of a beer send me into bad places right quick! Like look at the bottle and think " Not possible!' Ohhhh yes it is. Like Jeebs, mine were 20 minute guys when they started many years ago. They have settled into a 2.25 hour rhythm for the last several years, so I guess they plan to stay in that range if untreated. Caffeine is a major go to treatment for most of us. As an Energy Drink or Shot or even just coffee. Taken at the very beginning of a hit any will really help mitigate the attack. I finally got so sick of all of them, I bought caffeine capsules to keep with me. I can just open and take the powder with a chaser of water. For a while, I carried just the powder in a small container at all times. Then it dawned on me that the Peace Officers might question a white powder in my purse or pocket! Ergo, the caps.

Jimmy Martinez -- It could be that a complete lifestyle change of the sort described in the thing you quote might help with CH. But I would be very cautious about accepting that person's opinion, for two main reasons. First, and most important, it doesn't really sound like s/he has CH. Read the symptoms. Aside from the stabbing pain and red eye, there's no CH there. Second, if CH is caused by muscle tightness, it's odd (unexplainable, really) that it affects people in the way it does: at particular times of day; particular times of year, etc. I suppose it's possible that the onset of CH might cause the kind of muscle issues described here, but it's a huge stretch to consider that the "cause." There are other things, too, but that's enough for me to be very doubtful.