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TripleToe

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  1. 3 hours ago, jon019 said:

    Hi TT....welcome aboard...

    .... OXYGEN combined with energy drinks/high caffeine drink and the D3 regimen and you might could eliminate the triptans altogether. kinda dependent on how long your cycles last and their frequency. even with your short/infrequent cycles it would be good info in the bank for future reference....CH mutates regularly...

    ....for that low a dose, and an oral to boot, to be that effective as what sounds like a prevent, is most fortunate. all exceedingly rare and good on you for dialing it in like that...

    ....rebounds are a pretty individual dependent. generally, the higher the dose the more likely rebounds (not a given).  usually reported as more frequent hits, and/or at odd times, and/or with different intensity than your typical pattern. only real way to find out is comparing a log of hits with and without triptans....tho with enough experience gut feel probably sufficient.  agree with CHf as unlikely for a dose this low...

    best

    jonathan

    Thanks so much Jonathan. I’ve got a dr appt next week to see about getting an o2 canister as that seems to be the best option to bypass the triptans.  I haven’t done much research on D3 but I’ll definitely check it out. Nice to get this type of feedback for sure!

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  2. 3 minutes ago, TripleToe said:

    Thanks for the response.   It could be that mine are just smaller ones perhaps but that's just a guess.  I have found it takes much longer to subdue the headache if I let it really get going, or especially if I take the triptan on a full stomach.  I've only had maybe 2-3 "clusters" over the last 10-12 years and they seem to disappear after 2-4 weeks so I'm hopeful that will happen here.   Given the pain that some of the posters on this forum have gone though, I do feel fortunate so far.   I've asked my doctor about also getting O2 to see if that would help without resorting to the triptans.  I just wanted to be sure I wasn't getting into the overuse category and it wasn't clear if it was based on the number of milligrams consumed vs just the action of using them that counted as 'overuse'.   I appreciate your input.

    I suppose it could also be the situation that I'm just having a session of migraines vs true CHs.  Not sure how they differ to be honest.

  3. 16 minutes ago, CHfather said:

    Overall, I'd say you are not incurring any overuse risk, particularly if it's sumatriptan that you're using.  Sumatriptan has a very short half-life, so your daily 25mg is fully out of your system before your next dose.  I don't know whether you're messing with anything significant by breaking them up, but I would think not. (They do come in 25mg doses.)

    You are very fortunate!   We rarely -- if ever; I don't remember it happening at all -- see anyone here who stops a CH attack straight off (or at all) with any dose of a triptan tablet, let alone a dose that small.  Even with migraine, where the tablets are sometimes effective, it usually takes a while for a pill to have an effect.

    Thanks for the response.   It could be that mine are just smaller ones perhaps but that's just a guess.  I have found it takes much longer to subdue the headache if I let it really get going, or especially if I take the triptan on a full stomach.  I've only had maybe 2-3 "clusters" over the last 10-12 years and they seem to disappear after 2-4 weeks so I'm hopeful that will happen here.   Given the pain that some of the posters on this forum have gone though, I do feel fortunate so far.   I've asked my doctor about also getting O2 to see if that would help without resorting to the triptans.  I just wanted to be sure I wasn't getting into the overuse category and it wasn't clear if it was based on the number of milligrams consumed vs just the action of using them that counted as 'overuse'.   I appreciate your input.

  4. I've had CH about 5 yrs ago and 5 yrs. before that. I'm having another round during the past 2 weeks.  I found that tripans really stop them in their tracks.  I've also found that I do not need much at all to knock them out.  My doctor gave me 100mg tablets, but I've been breaking them up as I've found that I need 25mg or less per day to get them to stop.   So my question is this: is the "medication overuse" problem with triptans related to the number of days I use triptans to stop the CH or does the amount I'm using also factor in?  What I mean is, should I worry about overuse problems if I'm taking such a small amount? Or is it just that stopping CH with any amount for more than 10 days is a problem?

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