iam clueless any help.

[Eamo]

hi all,

i posted the other day saying i had a couple of twinges

after 3 years cluster free.Last night i was woken at 12.10am

with what i thought was going to be the full monty. I drank a pint of water straight away i lay in bed massaging over my

affected eye which was watering a bit it only lasted 20 mins

and was not bad at all which is a bit unusual for me they are

normally 8-10 on the kip scale and last a min. of 2 hours from the start of the cycle. I have had ch's for 19 years

but was only diagnosed at the end of my last cycle.

Could somebody tell me how i go about getting an o2 set up at home .I was referred to the migraine clinic the last time

should i try to get an appointment there or try and sort out

treatment myself ? I think i am going to need something soon

. Iam open to any treatments but haven't a clue how to go about it. I am in Ireland. Any help would be much appreciated.

many thanks,

eamo.

[Guest]

I am in Ireland.

Did you make this same post on ch.com? If not, you should.

all the best, wished I could help more.

Have you tried energy drinks? caffeine at the onset can abort some attacks. Keep on the 02, it's worth the trouble.

Did you know you can use welders 02? It's easier and cheaper to procure here in the US.

the bb

[Bonkers]

Hi Eamo,

I wouldn't go to the Migraine Clinic unless they also treat Cluster Headache patients. Ask if they use high-volume oxygen hyperventilation through a non-rebreather mask as a primary treatment for their CH patients. If they don't, try to find a Headache Specialist. He/she will probably be a Neurologist. You can find answers to most, if not all, of your questions in the ClusterBuster Files accessed through the Forum Jump at the bottom of the page. Good luck.

Ron

[Bejeeber]

Hi Eamo,

I think getting an appointment is worth looking into, but in any case, my bet is that you'll have to do some of your own configuring for the O2 set up. Doctors and medical supply places are just basically unaware of the optimum way to administer O2 for CH.

So whether you get O2 tanks via a doctor prescription or from a welding supply place without prescription, here's the link that describes how to set stuff up:

http://www.clusterheadaches.com/O2/index.html

The widely recognized O2 guru known as Batch over at ch.com just posted some more O2 instructions in a discussion thread there. They're probably worth looking at too - just scroll down until you spy his typical gigantic font size.  :

http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1295724510

It's much easier to bust a cycle before it starts raging BTW, so if you are considering RC seeds or mushrooms for busting, and can get ahold of any, now would probably be the best time for that.