Brain freeze vs. Cluster attacks (eliminating attacks)
I wanted to share my successes with eliminating attacks by inciting brain freezes as I think it is very compelling and has drastically improved my quality of life while in a cycle.
Around two years ago I was in a very long and intense cycle. I was having an attack and was looking for any sense of relief as many of us do. I have a home made cold plunge so I decided to get in while having an attack. To get some relief, I submerged my entire body and head under water for as long as I could hold it under water. It gave me an intense brain freeze. Within minutes the attack was completely gone.
I wasn’t sure if that was a coincidence, so I began doing that for every attack I had at home and over the past two years, I have been able to eliminate almost every attack I have had at home with a nearly 100% success rate. This works for both shadows and full onset attacks.
I was researching the science behind this a couple days ago and came across a testimonial of someone who has had similar success with inciting a brain freeze by getting a large glass of ice water and drinking it as fast as he could to get a brain freeze. I tested that with an attack and it also eliminated it IMMEDIATELY.
This is the only thing in almost 8 years of dealing with cluster headaches that has given me confidence with being in control and having something to combat an attack.
Please try this for yourselves and share this with as many people as possible. If you try it and it works, leave a comment in here and let me know.
This could help so many of us!
P.s. if anyone is interested in the cold plunge build I have, I would be happy to share links to all the components. It was very inexpensive compared to prebuilt options and has been a heaven sent for me dealing with clusters.
Good luck everyone!