Well, it's a new year and I have entered into yet another Cluster Pattern. This is my 14th year and like every other year, I can never tolerate or get used to the Cluster Headache. The pattern started on Monday the 7th and so far I've had a total of 8 attacks. Morning, noon, and night they arrive, causing my skull to separate and a waterfall of misery to pour from my eye. The hope of last year being my last has completely went out the window. I've started taking D3, Calcium Citrate and Fish Oil. In hopes to shock my system and possibly disrupt the current attack that has lasted all day, I have taken 50,000 i.u. of D3. Here we go..... I noticed on my fiancé's tumblr today that there are a lot of people who lack hope and take the nickname "suicide headache" to heart. Although I have given up on medical treatment and have turned to a more natural approach, my hopes are high. I have a devoted fiancé who has shown nothing but the best support and spends a majority of her time researching and finding any way possible for me to find relief. I've noticed that Cluster Headaches are becoming more and more recognized in the United States which makes me feel a lot better. Although I don't keep up with this site, I greatly appreciate it.

Brian said it all and i don't need to add to that except to tell you that i'm 84 days CH free on the D3 regimen after being chronic for 37 years My CH started in 1973 and had only one 3 year remission that started in 1979 through 1982 so i think that works out to 37 years of dealing with these bastards...So there is hope!  I want to wish you the very best of luck trying the regimen and pray it works for you too....Johnny 

Hello..I too begin the new year in a cycle of ch. I have had them (along with "regular" migraines AND one other variety of migraine) for 2 1/2 years. The longest I have been without headache is 19 days in all that time. I believe mine to have been triggered from a trashed cranial nerve that I needed surgery on a year and a half ago. I have tried EVERYTHING...beta blockers,calcium blockers,O2,"herbs",topomax,tegretol,lyrica,gabapentin,high dose magnsium and all the B vits. The list goes on and on and I am sure you all know it.  A new herb I have been on for a month (gave me 13days headache free) is RHODIOLA ROSEA (Rosavin). , rec by my neurologist Available at Vitacost. I am up to 400 mg a day and ready to increase it. Also going to begin Namenda today. Haven't been able to find any preventative . Today, it was injectable SUMAVEL and TORDAL and oral vistaril to calm my head...now I just feel hungover! What do you all find works best for treating the ch's? I have good luck with the imitrex for the other 2 varieties of migraines but the clusters just go on ad on. Thanks!