Although nothing like as bad as a CH, migraines are not exactly fun either. Do see your doctor about how to deal with them. Just like CH there are multiple preventives available, like propanolol (which worked wonders for me) and when you get a migraine there are abortives like maxalt melts and imitrex too. If you're getting them frequently be careful of rebounds from overusing medication too.

Markmitch wrote on Feb 26^th, 2013 at 9:01am:


Why do you have no meds for a week?

I think it was 2005, NYE I wound up with a migraine from hell before 8pm, so I missed the ball drop.
Had been chronic for almost 8 years at that point, and about 2 weeks after the initial migraine, the Clusters stopped - out of the blue. In place of them, I started getting wicked migraines, which I could deal with, as I would only have one bad day that would keep me in bed.
Maybe this is a signal the CH's are about to break? I hate for migraines to be the alternative, but I could at least function halfway decent compared to the CH's.

Sucks that you can't take any meds. For me, Tylenol Migraine would take them away pretty quick and if it got too bad, I would take a Frova tab.

Good luck with your procedure. I also hope the CH's are on their way out and the migraines don't last.

Carl D