Comments on: Oxygen therapy to stop cluster and migraine pain http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/oxygen-therapy-to-stop-cluster-and-migraine-pain/ Thoughts and information about the latest news in the world of migraine, cluster headache and other headache treatment around the world. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/oxygen-therapy-to-stop-cluster-and-migraine-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 James Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:37:59 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=368#comment-1573 And thanks, Victoria and Mike for your comments. Mike, I get the same "super-sensitive" nose as you do. It can drive you crazy! Oxygen is sometimes used for migraine. I hope more research will be done. And thanks, Victoria and Mike for your comments. Mike, I get the same “super-sensitive” nose as you do. It can drive you crazy!

Oxygen is sometimes used for migraine. I hope more research will be done.

]]> By: James http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/oxygen-therapy-to-stop-cluster-and-migraine-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1572 James Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:35:36 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=368#comment-1572 Thanks, Chris! It's good to hear from someone who has tried it. I still can't believe it took your doctor two years to recommend it! Thanks for adding your voice to the discussion. Thanks, Chris! It’s good to hear from someone who has tried it. I still can’t believe it took your doctor two years to recommend it! Thanks for adding your voice to the discussion.

]]> By: Chris http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/oxygen-therapy-to-stop-cluster-and-migraine-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 Chris Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:22:55 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=368#comment-1565 It took a couple years but finally my doctor brought up the subject of oxygen for my cluster headaches. Now I can't see living with out it. If you suffer cluster headaches you must try it, demand it. I primarily get them in my sleep (not exclusively), sometimes four a night. At least I can manage to get some sleep with the oxygen. They only last maybe 10 to 15 minutes verses an hour or two. I have a prescription for it which totally covered by insurance. They re-up the tanks as needed. My first try at it they gave me the little nose clip to deliver it, then they realized they should have given me the mask. Plus, the first gauge I got only went to #10 which isn't enough, the one I have now does 15. I almost wish It had #20 on it. The doctor probably wouldn't recomend it but, I ditched the mask a long time ago and just huff from the tube. I've suffered for more than 10 years with cluster headaches, I know why they dub them "suicide migraines", they are unbearably painful. Demand to try it!! It's helped me cope like nothing yet. I can only hope to help someone dealing with the same pains I'm dealing with. Keep talking cluster patients, we're the minority (less research dollars/profits), we need to figure it out. Good luck out there. It took a couple years but finally my doctor brought up the subject of oxygen for my cluster headaches. Now I can’t see living with out it. If you suffer cluster headaches you must try it, demand it. I primarily get them in my sleep (not exclusively), sometimes four a night. At least I can manage to get some sleep with the oxygen. They only last maybe 10 to 15 minutes verses an hour or two. I have a prescription for it which totally covered by insurance. They re-up the tanks as needed. My first try at it they gave me the little nose clip to deliver it, then they realized they should have given me the mask. Plus, the first gauge I got only went to #10 which isn’t enough, the one I have now does 15. I almost wish It had #20 on it. The doctor probably wouldn’t recomend it but, I ditched the mask a long time ago and just huff from the tube. I’ve suffered for more than 10 years with cluster headaches, I know why they dub them “suicide migraines”, they are unbearably painful. Demand to try it!! It’s helped me cope like nothing yet. I can only hope to help someone dealing with the same pains I’m dealing with. Keep talking cluster patients, we’re the minority (less research dollars/profits), we need to figure it out. Good luck out there.

]]> By: Mike http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/oxygen-therapy-to-stop-cluster-and-migraine-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 Mike Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:09:14 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=368#comment-1557 I have been asking to try oxygen for years and none of my Neurologists would entertain the idea on a short term basis. My migraines are most predominately dictated by smell. Bad smells (heavy perfume, car exhaust, hot muggy air etc,) make or even trigger a migraine. I also can tell if an attack is coming as my sense of smell is greatly enhanced. I start asking people if they smell the same thing I am experiencing and they look at me like I am out of it. I used to work at a nylon plant where they blanketed the polymer with CO to purge the residual monomer. You cannot smell CO but I could always tell with some certainty when someone would leave the visual port hole open and some CO was in the air. I hope they will do more testing. I have been asking to try oxygen for years and none of my Neurologists would entertain the idea on a short term basis. My migraines are most predominately dictated by smell. Bad smells (heavy perfume, car exhaust, hot muggy air etc,) make or even trigger a migraine. I also can tell if an attack is coming as my sense of smell is greatly enhanced. I start asking people if they smell the same thing I am experiencing and they look at me like I am out of it. I used to work at a nylon plant where they blanketed the polymer with CO to purge the residual monomer. You cannot smell CO but I could always tell with some certainty when someone would leave the visual port hole open and some CO was in the air. I hope they will do more testing.

]]> By: Dealing With Headaches » Blog Archive » Oxygen Therapy for Cluster Headaches and Migraines? http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/oxygen-therapy-to-stop-cluster-and-migraine-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-594 Dealing With Headaches » Blog Archive » Oxygen Therapy for Cluster Headaches and Migraines? Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:08:49 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=368#comment-594 [...] are two kinds of oxygen therapies. Sadly, just breathing in and out like usual doesn’t count. Anyway, normobaric oxygen therapy [...] [...] are two kinds of oxygen therapies. Sadly, just breathing in and out like usual doesn’t count. Anyway, normobaric oxygen therapy [...]

]]> By: Victoria http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/oxygen-therapy-to-stop-cluster-and-migraine-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Victoria Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:50:35 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=368#comment-593 While recovering in hospital after surgery a few years ago, I developed a bad headache (probably migraine). The nurse on duty gave me oxygen and my migraine disappeared almost immediately--it was incredible. I mentioned this to my neurologist and she said that oxygen is usually used to treat cluster headaches. Ever since this happened, I've been kind of surprised that oxygen isn't offered as a migraine treatment. While recovering in hospital after surgery a few years ago, I developed a bad headache (probably migraine). The nurse on duty gave me oxygen and my migraine disappeared almost immediately–it was incredible. I mentioned this to my neurologist and she said that oxygen is usually used to treat cluster headaches. Ever since this happened, I’ve been kind of surprised that oxygen isn’t offered as a migraine treatment.

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