Hello there concerned parent....take a look at the Cluster Quiz to the left of your screen.  It should help you understand that your daughter most likely does not have cluster headaches. 

I say this off the cuff right away for 2 reasons...Ibuprofin does not touch the pain of a CH and nobody with CH's can just lay down and try to sleep it off. 

Hopefully the tests your daughter goes through reveals something very simple such as adjustment to her diet, getting more exercise or has allergies to the pollen common in the air this Spring. 

If needed, here are some resources to finding a headache specialist....
1. Search the OUCH site Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or for a list of recommended M.D.s.

2. Yellow Pages phone book: look for "Headache Clinics" in the M.D. section and look under "neurologist" where some docs will list specialty areas of practice.

3. Call your hospital/medical center. They often have an office to assist in finding a physician. You may have to ask for the social worker/patient advocate.

4. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or ; On-line screen to find a physician.

5. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or Look for "Physician Finder" search box. Call 1-800-643-5552; they will send a list of M.D.s for your state.I suggest using this source for several reasons: first, we have read several messages from people who, even seeing neurologists, are unhappy with the quality of care and ATTITUDES they have encountered; second, the clinical director of the Jefferson (Philadelphia) Headache Clinic said, in late 1999, that upwards of 40%+ of U.S. doctors have poor training in treating headache and/or hold attitudes about headache ("hysterical female disorder") which block them from sympathetic and effective work with the patient; third, it's necessary to find a doctor who has experience, skill, and a set of attitudes which give hope of success. This is the best method I know of to find such a physician.

6. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or NEW certification program for "Headache Medicine" by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, an independent, non-profit, professional medical organization.
Since this is a new program, the initial listing is limited and so it should be checked each time you have an interest in locating a headache doctor.  Good luck 

And, of course, a cluster headache is not a migraine and a migraine is not a cluster headache.

Childhood migraines are horrible as well.  My youngest son suffered from them at an early age until he was in high school.  They gradually tapered off and now he only gets them occaionally.  But when he was young, they became quite debilitating for him.  I would get calls from the school and at that point he was vomitting and crying, but only wanted to lay down in the cool dark room with no sounds.  My one nephew had them also!  Hard to see a child go through that.  Excedrine Migraine workd for my son and also nephew, but ONLY if it was taken at the very onset of the headache.  Ice packs on the back of the neck or on the head felt good to him.  I remember getting calls from him at sleep overs and scout camp, to come get him.  My sister's son is quite a bit younger, and they found when he was very little that a couple of the Tylenol childrens losenger style, he could take and keep down and gave a little relief for him. (making it tolerable)  As a mother, you weep, wishing you had them instead of them. 

I am not saying it can't be clusters, just continue trying to see if you can get some answers and try a few different options.  Begin a journal or notebook of everything involved; weather, foods, time of day, how long they last, what they take, if it gave any relief or aborted it.  Good luck to you