Cluster Headache Diaries
Cluster Headache Intensity Scale
- Slight twinge of the CH type of pain. Shadows.
- Normal headache type of intensity. Annoying, but life is still beautiful.
- Shadows are getting constant but can deal with it.
- Higher level of pain than normal headache. Interferes with normal life.
- Starting to get bad, want to be left alone to deal with it.
- Need to pace and move and drive your fist into your temple.
- Major non-stop pain, left feeling exhausted after it finally leaves.
- Immense paid, time to yell, bang head, rock, whatever works. Fear that it won't stop.
- The "Why me?" syndrome starts to set in.
- Screaming, head banging. Hospital trip. Depressed. Suicidal.
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Rusty's CH attack diary
Rusty's Profile
Wednesday 27 July, 2022: 06:30am - 06:45am
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Used the O2. Wrecked. Shitty night. First night on O2. 4 attacks. The O2 certainly knocks it out but only to return. V taken at 10pm and about 3am. Not happy!
Wednesday 27 July, 2022: 04:15am - 04:30am
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Used the O2
Wednesday 27 July, 2022: 02:30am - 02:45am
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Used the O2
Wednesday 27 July, 2022: 12:00am - 12:05am
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Used the O2
Monday 25 July, 2022: 11:00pm - 11:20pm
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Woke from sleep. Spray knocked it out. V has definitely reduced shadows in the eve. Trying to time 80mg tablet for early eve late eve and very early morning
Sunday 24 July, 2022: 08:00pm - 08:25pm
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On Saturday I met new Dr and was prescribed O2 and Verapamil . Started on V . It is reducing the severity
Saturday 23 July, 2022: 07:00am - 07:25am
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Have regular shadows now in the morning. This one was a fair bit more than a shadow. Had spray which knocked it out pretty quick
Friday 22 July, 2022: 08:45pm - 09:45pm
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That was long and unpleasant. Took wafer from 2016. No good. Wrecked. Had a Guinness at 6.30pm.
Thursday 21 July, 2022: 10:00pm - 10:30pm
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Nasal spray. Aborted after about 25 mins. In bed
Thursday 21 July, 2022: 09:35pm - 10:00pm
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Showdows are regular now and increasing into an attack. I used the imagran spray for the first time. It took about 15 minutes to fully abort. Effective. Left eye per normal
Tuesday 19 July, 2022: 10:05pm - 10:30pm
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Cluster has now begun properly. Behind the left eye as usual. I took the medication left over from last cluster in 2016 maxalt rizatriptan wafer.
Saturday 16 July, 2022: 02:00am - 02:25am
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First one for this cluster
Above period: 13 Attacks over 12 days.
-- Period of remission (312 weeks, 2 days) --
Thursday 21 July, 2016: 07:25pm - 08:25pm
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I was walking with the dog and the kids when the attack happened I took Sumatriptan when I got home after 25 minutes.
This was the time I used O2 and some other preventer drug
Thursday 21 July, 2016: 01:05am - 01:25am
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Shadows are regular now. Had one at 11pm then attack at 1.05am
Wednesday 13 July, 2016: 01:30am - 01:45am
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I have had shadows for the last two weeks on the LH side. I had a cold in the last week of Term 2. I just finished school holidays. We moved to Avondale Heights. I have been very tired despite getting lots of sleep.
Above period: 3 Attacks over 9 days.
-- Period of remission (148 weeks, 0 days) --
Tuesday 10 September, 2013: 11:00pm - 11:25pm
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Knocked out pretty quick with Rizo
Tuesday 03 September, 2013: 12:00pm - 12:30pm
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Rizotriptan straight up
Monday 02 September, 2013: 12:10am - 01:00am
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40 mins on nurofin then back to bed but it started building up again so I took the rizatriptan
Sunday 01 September, 2013: 07:50am - 08:15am
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Bad enough to wake me but that's all. Took Nurofin and had a coffee.
Friday 30 August, 2013: 07:00pm - 11:00pm
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I had 3 beers after work on Friday. Sat on the couch and watched a movie but shadows nagged me for a couple of hours to the point that I tried the Anagraine
Thursday 29 August, 2013: 12:10pm - 12:40pm
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12:10 am not PM. Not to bad nurophine
Thursday 29 August, 2013: 05:10am - 05:35am
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Didn't last long. Nurophine
Wednesday 28 August, 2013: 12:55am - 01:15am
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Perhaps not a 4 but it woke me, came on quickly and subsided quickly . Got up had 2 panadol soluble . Lasted 20 mins.
Tuesday 27 August, 2013: 12:00pm - 12:00pm
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Shadows all weekend and today. Was away with the band. Nothing bad
Thursday 22 August, 2013: 11:00pm - 11:35pm
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Definitely a Cluster type headache . Enough to get out of bed for. Behind left eye. Pandol. Bit scared about going away this weekend. Gympie Muster.
Thursday 22 August, 2013: 01:00am - 01:25am
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Time not accurate because I'm writing retrospectively . Not bad and managed to go back to sleep.
Wednesday 21 August, 2013: 09:30pm - 10:00pm
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Left eye. Could be ? Might not be. I remember the last cluster started out mild. Feeling a little better now.
Have been pretty tired after the production and then weekend away at Yeppoon with the band.
Above period: 12 Attacks over 14 days.
-- Period of remission (164 weeks, 7 days) --
Thursday 01 July, 2010: 4:00am - 4:30am
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Crushed the Imagran up and then lay in one position and waited for it to kick in. J
Tuesday 29 June, 2010: 1277812800 - 1277816400
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8 days pain free and then.... Happened while watching a late movie. Imagran. J
Sunday 20 June, 2010: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Just before catching the plan home from Coolangatta. Panadole . J
Saturday 19 June, 2010: 7:45pm - 8:45pm
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Got nurofen migrain strength in asap
Friday 18 June, 2010: 4pm - 4:45pm
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Nurofen regular on the plane
Tuesday 15 June, 2010: 8:45pm - 9:30pm
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Nothing
Tuesday 15 June, 2010: 7:45am - 8:10am
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Nurofen (don't know why I bother)
Tuesday 15 June, 2010: 5:20am - 6:00am
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panadol (the headache is over before the panadol kicks in)
Tuesday 15 June, 2010: 11:00pm - 11:35
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Imigran
Monday 14 June, 2010: 6:00pm - 6:35pm
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Imigran (I broke the table up)on emty tummy.
Thursday 10 June, 2010: 2:00am - 2:30am
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Imigran (I crushed the tablet up)
Wednesday 09 June, 2010: 7:45pm - 8:35pm
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Imigran
Wednesday 09 June, 2010: 11:00pm - 11:35pm
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Imigran (I crushed the tablet up)
Tuesday 08 June, 2010: 7:45pm - 8:35pm
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Nurofen
Tuesday 08 June, 2010: 5:45am - 6:15am
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Panadol
Tuesday 08 June, 2010: 11:00 - 11:34
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Panadol
Monday 07 June, 2010: 7:45pm - 8:30pm
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Nurofen
Monday 07 June, 2010: 11:00pm - 11:30pm
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Panadol
Above period: 15 Attacks over 23 days.
-- Period of remission (549 weeks, 6 days) --
Tuesday 30 November, 1999: -