Public Cluster Headache Diaries
If you are a sufferer, then you know what these members are going through.
Intensity Scale (adapted from the 'Kip scale')
0. No pain, life is beautiful
1. Very minor, shadows come and go. Life is still beautiful
2. More persitent shadows
3. Shadows are getting constant but can deal with it
4. Starting to get bad, want to be left alone
5. Still not a "pacer" but need space
6. Need to pace and move and drive your fist into your temple
7. Pretty bad, left feeling exhausted after it finally leaves.
8. Time to scream, yell, curse, head bang, rock, whatever works.
9. The "Why me?" syndrome starts to set in. Fear that it won't stop.
10. Major pain, screaming, head banging, Hospital trip. Depressed. Suicidal.
Blog / Diaries
Click a member's name to view their Cluster Diary.
| Roger | last updated: 27/10/2006 |
| zara chappell | last updated: 08/06/2009 |
| stustar | last updated: 09/08/2009 |
| Frosty | last updated: 11/04/2010 |
| Costanza | last updated: 15/08/2007 |
| roxy | last updated: 18/12/2007 |
| danielle | last updated: 30/12/2007 |
| Kazza | last updated: 06/03/2008 |
| my brain hurts | last updated: 30/09/2009 |
| Hoolio | last updated: 28/08/2008 |
| ally | last updated: 21/09/2008 |
| Amy | last updated: 09/10/2008 |
| zinzan | last updated: 19/03/2009 |
| johnofbham | last updated: 15/03/2009 |
| benny | last updated: 25/05/2009 |
| karl | last updated: 28/10/2009 |
| Henry | last updated: 06/08/2009 |
| Bazil | last updated: 20/08/2009 |
| Jarm | last updated: 27/08/2009 |
| stefwill | last updated: 10/09/2009 |
| silent planet | last updated: 19/10/2009 |
| FIFI | last updated: 18/09/2009 |
| Nicole78 | last updated: 18/09/2009 |
| jjimbo68 | last updated: 13/01/2010 |
| mr happy | last updated: 07/02/2010 |
| cerberus | last updated: 18/02/2010 |
| Steve-B | last updated: 15/06/2010 |
| Luke | last updated: 13/07/2010 |
| Rusty | last updated: 01/07/2010 |
| janeh | last updated: 14/07/2010 |
Costanza
| 14/07/2010 -- 06:30 - 10:30 |
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| Lasted quite a while, but thankfully didn't move into extreme pain. Really anoying these ones, just painful enough to not be able to do anything. | ||||
| 14/07/2010 -- 7:15 - 8:15 |
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| Short, mild one, which is nice after the previous one. I used one of my crazy tricks of tying two handkerchiefs together with a big knot, then applying the knot right over the headache spot and tieing them tightly around my head. A lot of pressue, sore head now, but short, mild headace. Who knows if the 'solution' had anything to do with it. | ||||
| 14/07/2010 -- - |
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