We understand, mate, truly we do. Try a freezing shower, a bag of frozen peas on the bad side (just avoid bags of frozen mixed veg on account of the carrots).  Have you tried Red Bull?  Chug it down, it might help.

Perhaps your local fire station can help you with a hit of oxygen.

Running on the spot. Concentrate. It must end and you'll be the winner yet again.

Kick him, make him pay!

Hope all is well and your doing good now!  Just have to remember, its not worth it and they WILL PASS!

May I suggest you try desperately to find a new doctor?  One who doesn't give up on you and will prescribe 02 for you to use at home.  You obviously cannot be running back and forth to a fire station 3 or 4 times a day..AND,  4 liters per min. is definetly not enough.  Most here have a regulator that goes to  25 lpm.  Some use an even higher flow rate with much, MUCH  better results.

I live in Madisonville, which is a small town in western Kentucky and I found a knowledgeable doctor.  Surely in a town as big as Bowling green, you won't have any trouble.

Linda

edit to add:  You should also be on some type of preventative ( Lithium, Verapamil, etc.)  as well as an abortive. (Imitrex, Zomig, etc.)

red bull was suggested because there is something in it, maybe the taurine, that gives it a better success rate than caffeine.  Try taking melatonin before bed that has helped many.  Definetly try oxygen at a higher lpm and with a full face mask.  Read the link on oxygen info on the left highlighted in yellow.  It will open your eyes about getting the most out of how to use oxgen correctly to our benefit.  Also try to get imitrex to take if oxygen fails you.  Then try to get on a preventative medication such as verapamil, lithium, topamax, elavil, etc.  There are many options out there.  Good luck!!

Dear Thbaker,

this is one of the relieves that you know that many other people can understand you, and are same as you and have sympathy with you, specially to know that they are very nice people ( i mean here in CH.) even i am writing to you from other part of world to give you some sympathy.

We as clusterhead fully understand and know your pain, and nobody esle can understand this pain. I have difficullty sometimes to explain even to my family that how much this pain is sever. when I talk to other people they only know the migrain and headaches but explaining the difference , no you can not and  they cant belive it.
anyway, my advice is to find a good doctor, who understand the cluster headache and has a good experience in it.

I am almost at the end of my cycle but for my case having an "ergotamine"  before sleeping will prevent the attacks during sleeping. of course I am using other preventive medication like prednisolone verapamil, and amitriptyline that completely should be unders doctor supervision, but for ergotamine 1 mg before sleeping i can recommend it. meanwhile pelase stop drinking alcohol and also smoking stricktly, and ndo nto take the nap. as per my experience.
one another thing that maybe is effective after attack is sinus buster that you can buy from valgreens, and use it inside your nose, it may give some relief.
one another advice is to start the O2 as soon as you find out that the beast is coming, it will be more effective when to be used early.
wish PF times for you