Hello everyone, my name is KAtie and Im doing research on cluster headaches and insomnia. I suffer from mild cluster headaches daily, each new day the headaches become worse but at this point they are not dreadful, just painful. This all started with me about 10 months ago, I havent been able to sleep i get spontaneous cluster headaches, anyway ya'll know the drill i look forward to hearing your stories and learnin a little about this problem thanks for listenin!

Katie.

Some folks use melatonin, 9-12mg, at night to ward off night attacks. Some wil report their response, I'm sure.

An old migraine trick which is useful is, 1mg SL, ergotamine, about one-hour before bed.

Hi Katie-
When were you diagnosed with clusters?  What do you use as a preventative and abortive? 

You need to see a Doctor.

        Potter

Havent seen a doc yet, no money or insurance. I use melatonin and night rest with melatonin for sleep and sometimes use sleepy time celestial teas, each help me fall asleep, but dont keep me asleep. For headaches, I drink cold water and take tylenol that dulls it for a few minutes and after that its like i never took tylenol at all. My cluster headaches each one stays for anywhere between a half an hour to 2 hours  the time period  between each attack is various, i generally have 5 to 6 everyday.

What is Ergotamine? Can I buy this over counter?


Bob Johnson wrote on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 3:03pm:

Some folks use melatonin, 9-12mg, at night to ward off night attacks. Some wil report their response, I'm sure. An old migraine trick which is useful is, 1mg SL, ergotamine, about one-hour before bed.

The point they're trying to make is that you might not have cluster headaches. Self diagnosis doesn't count. The reason you need to see a doctor (a headache specialist or a neurologist) is so they can rule out anything more nefarious - stuff that might kill you. CH won't.

Thanks, Brew, for getting to the point!  :)