Hi, I have finally been refferd to a neurologist after a mere 23 years of headaches!!! I have a MRI scan next Monday, just a quick question, I have been experiencing night sweats for the last four months average 3 times a week, is this a symptom of cluster headaches? I am out of a cycle at the moment but still having these sweats, does anybody else experience this?? My Dr said it could be related, but what would cause this??? Thanks xx

Same as Ginger...mine started in mid 40's. Don't recall them ever having a relationship to being on or off cycle.

Joe

Brew wrote on Jun 14^th, 2010 at 5:35pm:


Um, Brew.....those are actually power surges..

Seriously.....Blake did have night sweats when he was on a lot of meds for CH.  At least I blamed it on the heavy meds.  Now that he's gone to the alternative treatment the night sweats are almost nonexistent.....so are the clusters.

I go between freezing and heat overload and sometime my body will be cold as ice and i still sweat.

Night sweats can be related to midlife hormonal changes, and both men and women experience this. However, they can also be an indication of something much more serious. It's always good to let your GP know what's going on, especially if that symptom is accompanied by some other, like weight loss. Blessings!

I can only say that during an attach I get very warm.  Not so much sweaty, but I feel hot and have to put on the ceiling fan if I am home.

I've always had them as far as I can remember. They seem to run in the family, however I'm the only one with CHs.

ive only gotten them this very last cycle, and with the attacks.  Cold, but sweating like a pig, gotta have a fan on me or I will pass out..  then I throw up.  always at the peak of the attack, and when my stomach settles down, so does the temp thing...  then I get to finish the rest of the CH, which is downhill from there.

Interesting that I see a lot of myself in these posts.  I, too, didn't really night-sweat until in my 40s.  And I sweat like crazy during attacks.  After a couple of bad nights during this recent cycle (which, I dare say, appears to be on the way out), my wife complained that the bedroom "reeked of man sweat".  Weird thing about this cycle is that it is the first time I've had cold numbness around my face and head, while sweating.  After the worst of the headaches passed (funny when 2 a day is a relief), I had heavy shadows all day long for about a week, with intermitent ice cold numbness on the right side of my face (my headache side), then jumping around the side and top of my head.  Also getting neck aches for the first time.  Don't you just love the surprises with CH!