Well, if Chad likes his doctor, that is great!  I am glad he found a good doc and that is all the matters is that he is giving him the right meds. 
I thought the question he asked on this thread was about the MMPI test being given in response to a person having CH.
What Chad could do, and I am sure it would clear everything up for him, is simply ask the neuro WHY he wanted him to take the MMPI test.
As a young woman one of the first doctors I saw for CH gave me a prescription for a psychologist--no medicines, no headache diagnosis, told me the pain was in my head.  That may have biased my response (but not by much).
It is not really an unknown concept that some doctors get frustrated trying to treat such a malady.
It is in the literature that some in the medical community have tried to pinpoint whether CHers have certain personality or coping weaknesses that "cause" or "contribute" to these headaches or that, on a different note, effect how the person "experiences" the headaches.
Although if someone broke their leg, and said, "wow this hurts real bad", noone would undertake studies probing into that person's personality structure, in any way trying to connect personality makeup with the experience or existence of the pain from their broken leg.
Chad's doctor does not sound like he is among those who doubt the experience of CH sufferers or blame them (although there are those out there--I have run into them in the medical community even those who have reached the ever so elevated level of neurologist).
Chad's doctor sounds like a very good doctor, especially since he prescribes oxygen.  I do think when a doc recommends something like an MMPI test they should probably explain why they are recommending the person take it.  If they choose not to offer an explanation to the person and the person posts about it on a thread, then those responding on the thread are free to offer opinions based on their own experience, etc. as to why the doctor is wanting the person to take the test.

Layla328 wrote on Dec 24^th, 2009 at 12:10pm:
Starlight, I do plan on asking my doc why for the test.  He did tell me something when I was at my visit, but I was overwhelmed with everything else that I kind of ignored what he said.  That's why I asked here if anybody has had this done.  Putting that test to the side, he approved and encourages me to use rc seeds.   When I said about using LSA as a prevent, his eyes lit up and was very supportive about using that therapy compared to my first neuro who just laughed and rolled his eyes.  All I wanted from this doc was O2 and I got it, plus support on my own personal therapy being the seeds.  He even gave me a rundown on how to use them when cycles are coming.  I was simply shocked and so happy, words can't even explain.  Again, if the MMPI test is the only thing I disagree with, that's not too shabby, right?

That is definitely a good doctor.  He sounds very supportive.  And sounds like he is supplying you with the best care possible.
All I was saying is the test sounds like a waste o' time. 
I doubt it can tell if people are mentally unstable anyway,
as most people who see things that aren't there don't realize that they aren't really there, etc.  Psychological tests have their limits.
Some of the craziest, least resilient people I know come out totally "sane" on tests like that.

#48:  Sometimes when I am talking to people I am bothered by hearing very queer things--that would really depend on who I am talking to (sorry couldn't resist.)

Most of these statements are kind of transparent--I am surprised if a person, crazy though they may be, would not be able to just check off the "right" answers instead of the ones that make them look "crazy" but I do not know what "drop a hanky means"?
It might be fun to take the test just for fun.
I am sure it is harmless and maybe funny or fun to take.

I don't understand the resistance to this test. It is a well known, scientifically proven resource. Why all the paranoia?

Here are some listed uses for the test:

Numerous Uses
The MMPI-2 test’s contemporary normative sample and extensive research base help make it the gold standard in assessment for a wide variety of settings. The test can be used to help:

Assess major symptoms of social and personal maladjustment.
Identify suitable candidates for high-risk public safety positions.
Support classification, treatment, and management decisions in criminal justice and correctional settings.
Give a strong empirical foundation for a clinician's expert testimony.
Assess medical patients and design effective treatment strategies, including chronic pain management.
Evaluate participants in substance abuse programs and select appropriate treatment approaches.
Support college and career counseling recommendations.
Provide valuable insight for marriage and family counseling.

What is the problem?

Something a psychologist friend of mine told me a long time ago is that if you think you are crazy, you probably aren't. It's the ones sitting in the middle of Main Street, stark naked, whistling Dixie and believing themselves completely normal for doing so that you have to watch out for.

If you have any interest in the MMPI, read this article thru the secton on "content scales". Beyond that point it gets into technial stuff which muddies the pond until you have knowledge of test construction, etc.

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re. #63: It does not! Your bad experience does not define the entire field of mental health workers. However, your focusing on this, very personal issue, helps to distort the whole issue of this thread: Of what value is the MMPI to our original writer?

Our society is full of people of different sexual oriedntatons which you may find offensive or strange--but that orientation does not prevent them from being effective in their profession/field/job.

CH is a very REAL disorder. 
Some docs are frustrated treating the disorder (including some--and I say SOME neuros).  I have heard things said about CHers before that were not nice, in fact, ridiculous.
With mental health field--some are great, some are not.  Jaded though I may be, still, I think it is worthwhile to be wary of someone who wants to "get inside your head" IF they themselves are crazy, totally unrealistic, very narcissistic, or entirely convinced of their own sanity.  Those who believe they are "completely sane" or much more well-adjusted than others are either 1) correct or 2) very narcissistic.  One or the other--choose wisely.

Mac,

You sound like a nice enough guy who just couldn't relate to the therapist--it was probably more that the guy just wasn't someone you could relate to than anything to do with his being gay.  I am sure that there are gay therapists who are very good.  It just sounds like it was a case where you felt the therapist was not very down to earth (that is the sense I am getting from what you wrote). 
The thing that I DO NOT like in a therapist, psychologist whatever, is a judgemental person!!!!  That will get me to never come back.  That and the type of person who claims to KNOW what you are really thinking, feeling, etc. regardless of what you just told them you were really thinking, feeling, etc.
Many gay people have had a very difficult time, because many people will judge them (including sometimes people in their own family), because they are gay (and I believe that is just how they were born, it really is not a choice in the VAST majority of instances.)  So, a gay person could be a good therapist, because their own life experiences could causes them to be less judgemental of others.  But again, that is not always the case either.  But it certainly could be true in some cases.

Mac_Muz wrote on Dec 30^th, 2009 at 8:01pm:

Your homophobic rants are getting old.

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