Hey Lori,

Great question and it's good to hear oxygen therapy is working for you.

From what I've pieced together from reports by others who are using it, the Omega3/D3 Calcium Citrate regimen is proving to be 75% effective in reducing the frequency and intensity of CH.  Nearly all who reported favorable results indicated a drop in frequency by 48 hours.  A few took longer.

I'm chronic and was knocking down four CH a night with oxygen therapy at flow rates ≥ 25LPM.  I had two CH the first night after starting on this regimen and was PF the second night.  I'm still PF, but that can also be due to the fact that the incidence of CH is low for folks over 60 and that I've just out aged the beast.

There's no way of determining the actual mechanism in play with this regimen's capacity to reduce the frequency and intensity of CH or if it is actually reducing the neurogenic inflammation associated with the pathogenesis of a CH or its triggering process without a lot of expensive research.

In trying to explain how this regimen was proving effective, I merely made an assumption based on the known facts that it can act as an anti-inflammatory and that neurogenic inflammation is part of the cluster headache syndrome.

If you think about it, the swelling and inflammation associated with a cut or scrape to the skin usually takes a two to three days to subside if there's no infection and no continued irritation. 

In short, this anti-inflammatory regimen may be helping the body heal itself.  However, if the source of the inflammation is still present and strong, this regimen may not work as well or not at all.

Accordingly, you may want to try changing your diet.  A typical anti-inflammatory diet includes a well-balanced, varied diet that is high in colored vegetables and fruit and low in refined carbohydrates, sugar and undesirable fats, such as saturated fats.  A lot of folks have gone on gluten free diets to control other conditions.

As far as how long to stay on this regimen, my wife is on it to stay and she doesn't suffer from CH...  I intend to stay on it as well as both of us are experiencing a very pleasant boost in energy.

Hope this helps.

Take care,

V/R, Batch