TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
I read up on the cluster headaches, and while the description of the pain is familiar, the pain has never made me want to kill myself. In fact, I have one right now. It's fairly mild compared to what I normally get.
I'm sticking to migraines. I really don't think I suffer from cluster headaches.
They are very rare (like 1% of the population or something?) and mostly men anyway, but just thought I'd mention
Aimless: one-sided with nausea and vomiting points directly to migraines, especially if they have a throbbing sensation. I would have him try prescription migraine meds if he hasn't already (I've used maxalt, toradol and imitrex PRN, and topamax as a preventative), as it's my understanding that cluster headaches don't have a specific treatment. I have heard of them using oxygen to soothe them, and I saw an episode of house where they used 'magic mushrooms' for a cluster patient
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I saw a documentary about cluster headaches once and the man having one laid on the floor and yelled in pain, and he used some oxygen (eventually) to soothe it. Watching that video made me realize those are NOT the kind of headaches I have.
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