Posted by Tom on October 20, 1998 at 20:20:59:
In Reply to: Data gathering- common links posted by Stephen C. Klimstra on October 19, 1998 at 18:18:31:
Stephen,
I've had Ch's for 14 years, generaly everyday, every 4 years for 12 weeks. I started this current cycle four weeks ago tomorrow.
I quit smoking on 31 January 1998, I drank about 2 cups of regular coffee in the morning daily, until the beggining of this cycle, on which I stopped. I personally feel that smoking cigarettes gave me some relief from the headaches, but am reluctant to start smoking again since I made such an effort to quit. I feel that the coffee (caffeine) irritates the condition, making the pain worse when I get an attack. I cannot attribute any cycles begginnig or ending with a "major" emotional event. ( I got audited by the IRS a couple years ago, and during that time I was additionally concerned about getting a CH bout, but it never happened.)
In my younger days when I worked in agriculture, I was around chemical fertilizers and pesticides / herbicides and have always been suspect of that exposure.
I hope this helps.
Tom