dmlonghorn

I asked an A.I. image generator to convey the dark agony of a cluster headache...

No

Yes, as I understand it, our natural conversion of sunlight to D still falls way short of what we require.

For what it's worth... I came off of it a few years ago after fully committing to M as my treatment method. I did a long taper. Feels good to not be on it, I wouldn't put the idea to bed entirely. Be well

That's correct.

This describes mine as well. I refer to it as a histamine cascade. Sometimes the sneezing is absolutely uncontrollable... My face builds up like a pressure cooker. I take a daily Zyrtec to mitigate this. My heavy cycle period is right around the corner, we'll see how this year goes.

Yes, I have essential tremors. It's mild, affecting my right hand when I try to do things requiring dexterity. They don't happen when I'm at rest. Caffeine is an amplifier for mine. Same for my mom also has CH and tremors. Hers are worse than mine though. They got worse with age. Neither of us take meds for them.

Yes, they did such a good job covering what we go through.

I tried several apps, none of them were able to capture the nuance of my CH, so I reverted to journaling with pen & paper. I found it therapeutic.

I'll be there. Excited to see my Cluster family!

You could try running. I have aborted attacks this way. You have to start running as soon as you feel it coming on. Then you'll need to run to a point where you're essentially maxed out and you're having to take really heavy breaths. If you don't run long enough, the attack can pick right back up so be careful. I've also heard of people doing push-ups to abort. Same principal, get your HR up and take in as much O2 as you can. Good luck

@Freud Hey dude, sounds like you're between a giant rock and a very hard place, I'm sorry man. You're the one I go to for advice so there's not much I can offer, except one thing... are you still smoking cigarettes? They've always been a major trigger for me.

Hey Tony, I'm 8 days post-op from balloon sinuplasty, turbinate reduction & deviated septum surgery. I would consistently have one side of my nose clog and impede getting normal full breath, mostly at night and it would occasionally shift to the other side. While I'm still recovering, I'm already experiencing improved breathing with much less effort. Full, satiated breaths from my nose that top off my lungs each time, it's really liberating.. makes me think I should have had this done long ago. I did not have this procedure to treat clusters, however..... I have not had any cluster activity since the procedure, zero. I'm chronic and experience shadows and spikes on a daily basis, but oddly nothing since. I'm cherishing this time as I approach my max # of days I can go without dosing ~21. I'm pretty certain the beast is simply regaining it's composure before resuming our "relationship" My pre-op answers to the survey would be: 1a 2b 3c

Wow - This sure seems promising. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2021/09/psychedelic-shroom-fest-gets-green-light-from-university-of-michigan.html