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Jan 28th, 2015 at 3:29pm
 
Hi CH'ers, I feel like I found a gold mine here.  I have been suffering for about 3 years.  I am not sure how it all started after many docs and lots of anxiety i don't know what to do.

Anyways, I take zero medication other than some Nasacort.  No NSAID's will help my headaches.  I have a chronic pattern of:  wake up with stabbing pain in my right eye, droopy eye.  It will eventually disappear in an hour or 2.  Then by noon the 2nd one comes on.  Then I usually have a third by 6-7 pm and then I am ok until the morning again.  Sometimes the shadows can nearly last all day, or at least feel like another attack is going to hit.  I will sometimes have small 1 week breaks where it is mostly shadows instead of the full blown attacks.  Always on the same side of the head.

I am sensitive to medication and would prefer trying the d3 regimen, but I am unsure if I am doing it right.  I started it on Sunday afternoon and have taken 10,000 the first 2 days and am taking 20,000 starting today.  I am also taking the fish oil, magnesium citrate and calcium.  I have some K2 on the way.  It is not helping yet so I was going to make sure I am doing everything right.  Since I have the main ingredients, do I just need to add a multi with the boron, etc?  Do I need to load up on the B3 more at first?

Thanks for the help!!
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Reply #1 - Jan 28th, 2015 at 4:33pm
 
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. (This will add your location, just below your name, every time you post a message.
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Have you been diagnosed by an experienced headache doc as having Cluster? Not an unimportant issue since there are numerous disorders which mimic Cluster, someof which are serious, but which are not headache disorders.

If yes, I'm surprised that you are not using meds which are quite effective for Cluster.
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Yet another report on the need to work with a headache specialist if we are to obtain optimal treatment. A secondary lesson: use of abortives BEFORE a diagnosis is made can mislead the physician by masking important clinical signs.
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Cephalalgia. 2009 Sep 7. 
Cluster-like headache. A comprehensive reappraisal.

Mainardi F, Trucco M, Maggioni F, Palestini C, Dainese F, Zanchin G.

Headache Centre, Neurological Division, SS. Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, Venice, Italy.

Among the primary headaches, cluster headache (CH) presents very particular features allowing a relatively easy diagnosis based on criteria listed in Chapter 3 of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II). HOWEVER, AS IN ALL PRIMARY HEADACHES, POSSIBLE UNDERLYING CAUSAL CONDITIONS MUST BE EXCLUDED TO RULE OUT A SECONDARY CLUSTER-LIKE HEADACHE (CLH). The observation of some cases with clinical features mimicking primary CH, but of secondary origin, led us to perform an extended review of CLH reports in the literature. We identified 156 CLH cases published from 1975 to 2008. The more frequent pathologies in association with CLH were the vascular ones (38.5%, n = 57), followed by tumours (25.7%, n = 38) and inflammatory infectious diseases (13.5%, n = 20). Eighty were excluded from further analysis, because of inadequate information. The remaining 76 were divided into two groups: those that satisfied the ICHD-II diagnostic criteria for CH, 'fulfilling' group (F), n = 38; and those with a symptomatology in disagreement with one or more ICHD-II criteria, 'not fulfilling' group (NF), n = 38. Among the aims of this study was the possible identification of clinical features leading to the suspicion of a symptomatic origin. In the differential diagnosis with CH, red flags resulted both for F and NF, older age at onset; for NF, abnormal neurological/general examination (73.6%), duration (34.2%), frequency (15.8%) and localization (10.5%) of the attacks. WE STRESS THE FACT THAT, ON FIRST OBSERVATION, 50% OF CLH PRESENTED AS F CASES, PERFECTLY MIMICKING CH. THEREFORE, THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURATE, CLINICAL EVALUATION AND OF NEUROIMAGING CANNOT BE OVERESTIMATED.

PMID: 19735480 [PubMed]

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Reply #2 - Jan 28th, 2015 at 7:45pm
 
Hi Aquaval. Sorry to hear you're hurting. To help with your attacks and shadows you might try Red Bull, Monster or 5 Hour Energy drinks. Drinks that have caffeine and taurine. Hope your find relief soon.
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Reply #3 - Jan 28th, 2015 at 8:00pm
 
Thanks to both of you. There is much more to the story. Yes I have seen doctors. Yes I have had MRI and CT scans. Lots of mis diagnoses and rounds of meds that made me worse. I really want to see if I can try something more natural like the d3 regimen. Plus, I don't think it can hurt. Smiley
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Reply #4 - Jan 28th, 2015 at 10:36pm
 
Yes, it can "hurt" if you are trying to treat the wrong disorder.

A solid headache doc + good diasgnostic work-up is essential to effectively treat you.

You're missing the message: people often wander around for years looking for a solution when they fail to work with a doc who can sort out all the alternative Dx.
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