I'm glad that you found us. Your problem of not having doctors with much experience is what I'm going to respond to in this message. My intention is to give you medical information which I suggest you print and give to your doctors. (Many of us have had to educate our doctors so that they could treat us effectively.) I can only hope that they will be willing to accept this material.
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This book (first one) is written by one of the best headache doctors in the U.S. and is for doctors.

MANAGEMENT OF HEADACHE AND HEADACHE MEDICATIONS, 2nd ed. Lawrence D. Robbins, M.D.; pub. by Springer. $50 at Amazon.Com.  It covers all types of headache and is primarily focused on medications. While the two chapters on CH total 42-pages, the actual relevant material is longer because of multiple references to material in chapters on migraine, reflecting the overlap in drugs used to treat. I'd suggest reading the chapters on migraine for three reasons: he makes references to CH & medications which are not in the index; there are "clinical pearls" about how to approach the treatment of headache; and, you gain better perspective on the nature of headache, in general, and the complexities of treatment (which need to be considered when we create expectations about what is possible). Finally, women will appreciate & benefit from his running information on hormones/menstrual cycles as they affect headache. Chapter on headache following head trauma, also. Obviously, I'm impressed with Robbins' work (even if the book needs the touch of a good editor!) (Somewhat longer review/content statement at 3/22/00, "Good book....")

HEADACHE HELP, Revised edition, 2000; Lawrence Robbins, M.D., Houghton Mifflin, $15. Written for a nonprofessional audience, it contains almost all the material in the preceding volume but it's much easier reading. Highly recommended.
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This article is from a medical journal. It will be a good introduction for you (as well as for the doctor) to cluster headache. You may need to find someone who can help you understand it--because of the complex language--but it is good. In any case, give a copy to the doctors. (Web link to the complete article on the 2nd line.)
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Cluster headache.
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[Easy to read; one of the better overview articles I've seen. Suggest printing the full length article--link, line above--if you are serious about keeping a good medical library on the subject.]

Leroux E, Ducros A.

ABSTRACT: Cluster headache (CH) is a primary headache disease characterized by recurrent short-lasting attacks (15 to 180 minutes) of excruciating unilateral periorbital pain accompanied by ipsilateral autonomic signs (lacrimation, nasal congestion, ptosis, miosis, lid edema, redness of the eye). It affects young adults, predominantly males. Prevalence is estimated at 0.5-1.0/1,000. CH has a circannual and circadian periodicity, attacks being clustered (hence the name) in bouts that can occur during specific months of the year. ALCOHOL IS THE ONLY DIETARY TRIGGER OF CH, STRONG ODORS (MAINLY SOLVENTS AND CIGARETTE SMOKE) AND NAPPING MAY ALSO TRIGGER CH ATTACKS. During bouts, attacks may happen at precise hours, especially during the night. During the attacks, patients tend to be restless. CH may be episodic or chronic, depending on the presence of remission periods. CH IS ASSOCIATED WITH TRIGEMINOVASCULAR ACTIVATION AND NEUROENDOCRINE AND VEGETATIVE DISTURBANCES, HOWEVER, THE PRECISE CAUSATIVE MECHANISMS REMAIN UNKNOWN. Involvement of the hypothalamus (a structure regulating endocrine function and sleep-wake rhythms) has been confirmed, explaining, at least in part, the cyclic aspects of CH. The disease is familial in about 10% of cases. Genetic factors play a role in CH susceptibility, and a causative role has been suggested for the hypocretin receptor gene. Diagnosis is clinical. Differential diagnoses include other primary headache diseases such as migraine, paroxysmal hemicrania and SUNCT syndrome. At present, there is no curative treatment. There are efficient treatments to shorten the painful attacks (acute treatments) and to reduce the number of daily attacks (prophylactic treatments). Acute treatment is based on subcutaneous administration of sumatriptan and high-flow oxygen. Verapamil, lithium, methysergide, prednisone, greater occipital nerve blocks and topiramate may be used for prophylaxis. In refractory cases, deep-brain stimulation of the hypothalamus and greater occipital nerve stimulators have been tried in experimental settings.THE DISEASE COURSE OVER A LIFETIME IS UNPREDICTABLE. Some patients have only one period of attacks, while in others the disease evolves from episodic to chronic form.

PMID: 18651939 [PubMed]
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Here are two lists of current medical treatments for Cluster.

HERE ARE TWO MAJOR DOCUMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED TREATMENTS FOR CLUSTER HEADACHE, ONE FROM A U.S. PHYSICIAN, THE SECOND FROM EUROPE.
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Here is a link to read and print and take to your doctor.  It describes preventive, transitional, abortive and surgical treatments for CH. Written by one of the better headache docs in the U.S.  (2002. Rozen)
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Treatment guidelines from Europe

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A. May, M. Leone, J. Áfra, M. Linde, P. S. Sándor, S. Evers, P. J. Goadsby:
EFNS guidelines on the treatment of cluster headache and other
trigeminalautonomic cephalalgias.
European Journal of Neurology. 2006; 13: 1066–1077.

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(Thanks to "cluster" for link.)
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This web site is operated by one of the better headache doctors in the U.S. The whole site is filled with good information. It wil just take you some practice to learn how to access it. But also print out the free manual which is mentioned.

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Finally, I won't give you any sources now but keep in mind that there are some excellent medical resources in Italy. Some excellent research in headache is being done there and so I would expect you could find good treatment, if that becomes necessary.
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Hope you will feel free to ask us questions and give us reports on your progress.

Thanks to all for advices

For two days, I have only day attacks in afternoon and evening with following characteristics:
1-2 long-term variable attacks, 17.00-22.00 h, low/middle intensity (5,6,7,8), 60-180 min
and some shadows came during this two nights - life is still not beautiful, but is acceptable.
As said, I stopped with Prozac therapy a week ago. I think, it was the trigger for CH cycle.
I also drunk a couple of beers yesterday to initiate daily CH attack / reduce night CH attacks.
For now, it worked, but I will not experiment with alcohol because of previous experiences.
CH cycle probably isn’t stopped (could grow up in few days), but I hope, climax is pasted.
Did somebody have experiences with antidepressants effect to CH cycle trigger / treatment?
(Prozac, in some cases, probably stopped CH - Prozac and CH affect to serotonin regulation).

Thanks a lot in advance

Zoran