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Good points Jon... except I would take it a step further and make an anonymous call to the city health department and report the problem... Raw sewage fumes are a very real health hazard! V/R, Batch

I was diagnosed with episodic cluster headaches a little over a year ago (after being told for years they were migraines), but I've been having them for about 6 years. Most of mine originate from seasonal changes. I work for a city, and the building I'm in is awful. On Monday, there was a very strong sewage smell that gave me a migraine all day accompanied by severe nausea, and this was also experienced by at least 2 others in my office. Tuesday, I could still smell the gas, and I was told that there's an open pit in the boiler room across the hall from my office that is leaking sewage gas. I was also told that the air ducts in this building haven't been cleaned in over 20 years. On Tuesday I had three very severe headaches, all at the 9-10 range, and they felt like a CH. What was strange was when I went outside for 15-20 minutes they went away. When I get cluster headaches, they typically last for 1-3 hours if I don't use O2, so it was strange for them to go away so fast. I left work early, and didn't have any headaches at home. I'm at the point that if this happens again that I'm going to quit my job, or tell them I'm not coming back in until the problems are solved, but it's easier said than done since I am at the beginning of my career. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice, and/or if anyone else has experienced any smells or pollutant that trigger a short CH cycle. I typically get them for 3 weeks at a time, and the attacks are almost always at the same time. I haven't had any attacks today, so I'm wondering if this was a CH, or if this was just my body reacting to the sewage gas. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

I believe we are all equals here. No one is better or worse. If you have survived one attack, it's one too many. I don't think anyone's resume is better than anyone else's in my opinion. Chronic or episodic. We as survivors have all had some very low dark days where we didn't want to be here. This thread isn't about the dark days because no one usually wants to talk about that. Id like to start a positive post thread OR positive tips and thoughts on what got us through it. What got us through those dark days, why we chose to fight another day. I'm doing this thread in memory of those who lost their fight. I don't really want to emphasize on the bad. But the positive. Perhaps some of us out there are going through some really dark days, months and years right now and could use some encouraging words to uplift them and know that they can keep moving forward. Let me start....and let's keep this going....and PLEASE be respectful of those with faith or without. It is what helped that person so let's not be judgemental. Speak wiith love. ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Tomorrow is a new day, always remain positive no matter how bad it is, you have survived this far ! You are a warrior, a survivor and you matter. You are important, Have value and I am so glad you are here ~Tom T~ *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

Yup...smells can at least trigger a hit...not sure about cycle. Some folks where I worked thought I was NUTS because if I caught a whiff of welding on galvanized metal (zinc) I would bolt from the room like a crazed rabbit (with no explanation)...it was a sure hit odor for me. Re your work situation...wow...it sounds like the causal attitude is...yeah, there's this pit....and,oh, some sewage gas.....If they won't respond to your plight the only thing I can think of is you gotta organize your fellow workers (are you in a union?) and descend on HR for relief. That's the kind of thing that can be fixed....no one except Ed Norton should have to deal with that. Never mind the headaches...it's a quality of life deal and the definition of a "toxic" or "hostile" work environment............... Best Jon