A nice fellow from youtube sent me to this site, and it looks really wonderful.
So my name is Darren, and about 5 weeks ago ive been suffering from cluster headaches but not sure it was till about a week ago.
So the story is this, (im 22 by the way   ) my friends told me i should try some marijuana to calm myself down, and feel the "wonderful" feeling of drugs.. well i tried it, and smoked enough "to get high" well, my high was different from what they said..
I say a bright light over my nose and it started to burn/heart my head and face and it slowly got bigger and bigger and bigger burning hotter and hurting more and more, and it had this high pitch ring to it. and it knocked me on my ass and hurt so hard that i told my friends to call an ambulance..
The thing was, i wasnt sweating, i wasnt hot, but my heart was racing. The hospital just saw me as i was high on some drug and passed me off. Well 2 weeks later my friends just said it was a first time high.. well i smoked again, about a 1/4 of a joint, and the effects happened again.. and again, like 4 times in a row.. at this point i called my parents and they took me home and tried to tell me it was just a drug.. well the next day, it hit, and the day after, and so forth for the next 3 weeks till finally i was like, i must see a doctor, well it turns out the doctor told me it was cluster headaches..
So mine are the ones where the aura is like a ball that burns my skull   and sometimes is horrendiously painfull and like last night it was weak but there.. other than that, im a normal person just suffer from a headache that happens.. more than normal people =P   

Oh and having OCD doesnt help

Hi Darren,

Welcome!  As the saying goes; I'm glad you found us but sorry you had too.

There is much to learn.  I hope you like reading   Knowledge is your best weapon.  We're not doctors here but we have a lot of collective experience and are willing to pass it along.

There is much to learn.  Start with the links on the left.  Read through them all.  Then read through the stickied threads in the different forums.  Then read through everything on Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or .

But above all, start with the cluster quiz to the left. 

Were you diagnosed by a Neurologist or Headache Specialist?  You use a few terms like "Aura" that are most typically associated with Migraine and not with CH.  That could just be terminology but it's best to make sure you have an accurate diagnosis.  There are over 600 headache types and symptoms overlap quite a bit between them.  Fighting one HA type with tools for another can be dangerous.  We want to make sure you get the right treatment.

Anyway, welcome to the nut house.  Let us know how we can help.

-Dennis-

Welcome to the board, if you do have CH you'll probably want to avoid weed while you're on cycle. It's a vaso diolator...(sp?)....for us CH folks...that's bad! But then I bet you already guessed that!

Have you been to a neuro for a solid CH diagnosis? There are many very effective treatment regimens that will allow you to manage this condition and maintain some sense of normalcy! There are hundreds of different headache types, the meds that work for one can be useless or even harmful for another so a solid diagnosis is very important.

Hoping you catch some pain free time soon.

Guiseppi