Posted by Miguel (209.42.216.171) on July 05, 2000 at 23:38:49:
In Reply to: Why alcohol? posted by Bensue on July 05, 2000 at 22:05:34:
All very good questions. Is there a correlation between stuffy nose,
runny eye and CH? Who knows...but that is another
commonality among many CH sufferers.
In my case, when I had CH, I took 4 Advils (800 mg) and
1 Actifed. They would not work if taken separatedly, but together
abort CH in 10 minutes. If taken every 4 hrs...although
a bit grogy...no CH
The thing with blood vessels and the pain is simple
Symptoms. What causes them is the real question.
Here is one wildly unscientific compilation of crapy science that
I am putting together based on my experience and that
of other postiers.
Stress attack....increased heart rate
.................increased Ach in plasma
.................release of PG's
.................release of catecholamines
.................formation of free radicals
.................increase of synaptic levels of serotonin
Damage...........vascular.......from PG
................................from free radicals (H2O2)
.................Neural.........from PG
................................from Ach
................................from serotonin
Results.........depression
................psychosys
................pain
................downward spiral...start in damage heading above again
Miguel