when the pain would get really intense I would throw up and the pain intensity would drop.I have been on the D-3 regiment for a few years and I've been pain free thank god.

Mark

I got sick a few times while being hit but it always seemed to be related to medications I was taking at the time (specially when the neuro tried to kill me).

Certainly it made me feel a little better, but I suspect that was because I couldn't believe things could get any worse.

I throw up also if the pain is intense. I force like you do and it helps briefly. Does anybody else get intense ache pain on the occipital area at the back of the head and at the trapezius? I am 7 weeks in a cluster right now and it is the first thing I notice when I wake up in the morning.

You'll hear the back of the neck thing called the "cluster lump" around here.  Supposedly caused by an inflamed nerve ganglion near he base of the skull.  You'll often see clusterheads massaging that area when they are in season.

I try to massage that lump down too, It is kinda of instinctual. It sucks trying all these things and have nothing work. For example, 4 days ago I switched to a low fat diet (roasting vegetables) and have fish or chicken breast and am having intense attacked still. I ordered Omega Fish oil (3000) and vitamin D3 (10,000) to see how well that does. One of the worst parts is that the intensity this cycle is worse than I have ever had before, I was diagnosed 3 years ago and have been on oxygen for the last year. But aside from waking up in the middle of the night (or the fear of it) I am getting consistently getting an attack between 12:30am and 1:30pm, often times at work. It has put me in the situation where my work performance is complete garbage. Often times coworkers can here me throwing up (I always force it to try to ease the pain). I am still trying to maintain running every morning but it is getting difficult with me being depressed all the time and with my head, neck, and trapezius muscles being so tight and throbbing.

Anyways didn't mean to hijack the thread just wanted to brief you with my struggles!

be strong.. in your life.. and in your meassures too..
i discovered many things two months ago.. some things caused me an attack in a few hours ( beer, alcohol ) ... other things.. caused me an attack in a few days ( fructose, polyols )...
my english is bad.. what i want to say that stay firm in your decissions.. i had to be on a special diet for at least 5 days to see results...only see results when i lost some weight ( i have lost 15 kgs in one single month avoiding yeast, sugars... folowing a FODMAP diet )
also vitamin d3 its really a miracle.. listen to batch and company.. they are great people.
Icepacks.. also work for me in attacks.. when i see the beast is coming.. i put a icepack in my neck 4 minutes.. then i move some the icepack below my ears 4 minutes.. then i move at the top.. and finish between my ear and my ear 4 minutes.. in 16 minutes.. pain is gone for me..
Also i use icepack.. if i have no attack 3 times a day in my back and in my neck.. and walk with my wife 40-60 minutes a day.. trying to "eat" the wonderfull SUN we have in spain.
I am on verapamil 8 years.. so my blood mineral analisis are high  and heart rythm  are so low.. i can not follow full d3 regime.. but i eat 5.000 ui a day and omega 3.. and its a miracle....
Visit a doctor to cure every single thing that its not cluster headache.. one never knows.. could be the cause of the CH ( apnea.. gut problems..etc etc )
My best wishes to you.. i hope you will go better.

I get the lump at the top of the neck and the base of skull (on my right side, where my attacks are). located right near the occipital. It is always really sensitive and sometimes brings me to tears.