Long Absence

Thank you to all the people still reading the archives and posting or finding this blog for the first time.

I know I have been gone for a while now and just to explain quickly, My son who is now 6 months old has food sensitivities and is pretty demanding. I take care of him during the day and try my best to keep up with my work at night. I also handle night time feedings so his mother can rest and be alert at her job. I am often awake with some type of headache anyway so why not use it to our advantage.

My headaches have not been bad lately (clusters and migraines) it would be nice to think that my son is causing the release of some hormone in my brain that will eventually "repair" me. But its more likely that I am just in one of my long lulls that happen every few years... its like I get a break so that I keep going. Just enough relief to string me along.

Also I am convinced that the lack of sleep I am getting is having a positive effect on my headaches. I have been getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night for the last 6 months and it has seemed to make an impact. Anytime I sleep more I get hit with pain of some type. The last few days my wife and I have changed the schedule so she controls the mornings more and she tends to let me sleep because from her point of view "how could I not need sleep?" but I have been feeling worse than I have in months so I need to start setting an alarm or something.

Of course I am still under treatment... Topamax is not a wonder drug, but it's the least offensive preventative I have taken so fare and at my current dose it seems to contribute to "mixing up" and "muting" the cluster attacks and the migraines.

So I don't know how often I will be posting or answering comments over the next few months... Mr. Babies GI claims he will eventually get over his sensitivities and hopefully that will make him a lot calmer and happier. Maybe he will even sleep through the night! But for know I just have my hands full, and it was not like I had a tone of excess energy before... heh.

I have been suffering with clusters for 18 years now... I have had times when it almost drug me down and times were I got a nice long break from it and started to imagine that I was free. I know how much it sucks... Hang in there folks. I hope everyone who reads this finds relief soon.