Hi Mate,

Its good that your GP is at least going down the triptan route.
Nasal sprays are no good for ch as they can take 15 mins to kick in.
you need the injections -

Tell your GP to look in his BNF, its a green book that will be sat on his desk and is the doctors "prescription bible".

The ONLY listed treatment for CH is SUMITRIPTAN INJECTIONS.
He really cant refuse you them once he has read this ..

if your any where near liverpool or manchester area then ask to be referred to DR N.Silver .
He is a consultant neurologist who specialises in CH and works closely with proffessor goadsby who is the leading authority on CH.

If he sees the words cluster headache on a doctors referral then he will see you within 2 weeks. this man understands our pain !!

Hope this helps a bit- its a pain in the @ss getting the right support but once you have it things are a bit easier.

you will probly find a bit of resistance from your gp surgery when you come back with a prescription for 10 boxes of imigran, because thats about £1500 worth .. and i have that weekly lol ..

I was once told that i was blowing their prescription budget out of the water. . . but a quick call to DR Silver, and a resulting call from him to my GP soon put them in their place and now they give me what i want , when i want it 

best wishes, let me know if i can help more

chops