I've had a continuous headache for over two months .. no resolution ... last week it started triggering Clusters .. 1-3 hits a day now ... thank God I've been stock piling Trex injections for months .. anyone else had a situation like this?

I'm 54 ... only had one bad cycle in four years ... thought maybe the 50+ thing was working for me ... much pain.

Blessings,

Joe

Have you looked into the vitamin D-3 regiment I was chronic for over 10 yrs ch"s everyday I thought I was going insane until I found vit D-3.

Mark.

It sounds bloody awful, mate. Have you discussed it with the doctors? What sort of things have you tried?

We'll help however we can.

Hi Joe,
Sounds to me like the beast has been circling you for the past couple of months, and now he's landed, time to abort him with those trex injectors, wishing you pain free days ahead.

Hoppy

AussieBrian wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2016 at 10:45pm:

It sounds bloody awful, mate. Have you discussed it with the doctors?

I totally agree with Brian. For the long duration headache you need to be working with your doctors to get a diagnosis.

For the CH part, what are you using to prevent and abort CHs?

Cephalalgia. 2010 Apr;30(4):399-412. Epub 2010 Feb 15.

Cluster-like headache. A comprehensive reappraisal.
Mainardi F, Trucco M, Maggioni F, Palestini C, Dainese F, Zanchin G.

Headache Centre, Neurological Division, SS. Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, Venice, Italy. federico.mainardi@ulss12.ve.it

Abstract
Among the primary headaches, cluster headache (CH) presents very particular features allowing a relatively easy diagnosis based on criteria listed in Chapter 3 of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II). However, as in all primary headaches, possible underlying causal conditions must be excluded to rule out a secondary cluster-like headache (CLH). THE OBSERVATION OF SOME CASES WITH CLINICAL FEATURES MIMICKING PRIMARY CH, BUT OF SECONDARY ORIGIN, led us to perform an extended review of CLH reports in the literature. We identified 156 CLH cases published from 1975 to 2008. THE MORE FREQUENT PATHOLOGIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH CLH WERE THE VASCULAR ONES (38.5%, N = 57), FOLLOWED BY TUMOURS (25.7%, N = 38) AND INFLAMMATORY INFECTIOUS DISEASES (13.5%, N = 20). Eighty were excluded from further analysis, because of inadequate information. The remaining 76 were divided into two groups: those that satisfied the ICHD-II diagnostic criteria for CH, 'fulfilling' group (F), n = 38; and those with a symptomatology in disagreement with one or more ICHD-II criteria, 'not fulfilling' group (NF), n = 38. Among the aims of this study was the possible identification of clinical features leading to the suspicion of a symptomatic origin. In the differential diagnosis with CH, red flags resulted both for F and NF, older age at onset; for NF, abnormal neurological/general examination (73.6%), duration (34.2%), frequency (15.8%) and localization (10.5%) of the attacks.

WE STRESS THE FACT THAT, ON FIRST OBSERVATION, 50% OF CLH PRESENTED AS F CASES, PERFECTLY MIMICKING CH. THEREFORE, THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURATE, CLINICAL EVALUATION AND OF NEUROIMAGING CANNOT BE OVERESTIMATED.

PMID: 19735480 [PubMed
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I read of a case today in the research of hemicranial continua overlaid with cluster. When one subsided, the other became active. Yes, get thee to a neuro.