Glad you have come to the surface! First,
It will help us to direct you to good sources of assistance if you will tell us where you live (city & state, if U.S. or country). At the Home page: Help button-->Edit & Profile --> Location
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Since you are not in a cycle with attacks coming  regularly, it would be a good chance to: learn as much as possible about Cluster; get lined up with, if at all possible, a headache speciaist.

The goals would be to get a firm diagnosis that you have Cluster (much confusion in some situations); get the doc to line up a treatment program so that you will be ready for the time when attacks appear; and, to have a working relationship before an emergency situation appears.

Reading regularly here is a good learning tool but you might also explore:

Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or . Two books, one free, available as an e-book; second aimed at professionals. Section of many journal articles. Site worth exploring. Robbins is one of the leading headache docs in the Chicago area.
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Explore the buttons, to the left of this page.
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Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or
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Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or
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These are sites which you can explore as you have time and get some good background understanding about Cluster.
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Encourage you to not start some programof self-treatment until you have a firm diagnosis from a skilled doc. There are many conditions which mimic Cluster and it's important to know, clearly, what you are dealing with

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LOCATING HEADACHE SPECIALIST

1. Yellow Pages phone book: look for "Headache Clinics" in the M.D. section and look under "neurologist" where some docs will list speciality areas of practice.

2.  Call your hospital/medical center. They often have an office to assist in finding a physician. You may have to ask for the social worker/patient advocate.

3. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or ; On-line screen to find a physician.

4. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or Look for "Physician Finder" search box. They will send a list of M.D.s for your state.I suggest using this source for several reasons: first, we have read several messages from people who, even seeing neurologists, are unhappy with the quality of care and ATTITUDES they have encountered; second, the clinical director of the Jefferson (Philadelphia) Headache Clinic said, in late 1999, that upwards of 40%+ of U.S. doctors have poor training in treating headache and/or hold attitudes about headache ("hysterical female disorder") which block them from sympathetic and effective work with the patient; third, it's necessary to find a doctor who has experience, skill, and a set of attitudes which give hope of success. This is the best method I know of to find such a physician.

5. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or NEW certification program for "Headache Medicine" by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, an independent, non-profit, professional medical organization.
        Since this is a new program, the initial listing is limited and so it should be checked each time you have an interest in locating a headache doctor.