Hi,
I'm new to the forums, Im a 24 year old female who has been having the exact same type of headache for over a year now. I have seen my doctor about it, and she just thinks I have migraines triggered by tension in my neck, but I don't think that she's correct.
I get my headaches once a week usually, occurring on either Monday nights and continuing until Tuesday evening, or on Tuesday mornings until Wednesday afternoons. I can usually feel them coming when I start to get twinges of pain in my right temple and at the base of my head on the right side. Like clockwork, within an hour I'm in extreme pain on the right side of my head, mostly behind my eye and at the temple. The right side of my neck also hurts. It almost feels like someone has stuck a rod up through the base of my head to the back of my eye and is just pushing as hard as possible.
The extreme pain usually lasts 30 minutes, sometimes up to an hour. Then I feel a dullish throb for an hour, then the extreme pain again. This goes on for about 36 hours. I don't get relief from resting or sleeping, and painkillers do nothing. Sometimes muscle relaxants help. I had a pain-free month in December but the headaches seem to have started up again. I had a spinal tap and head CT in Sept, and everything looks normal.
I'm incredibly frustrated by my doctor brushing off my symptoms, I feel invalidated.
Does this sound like CH?

Thank you for your reply! I took the quiz and it said I likely have cluster headaches. I didn't think about getting a referral, but I will definitely look into that. My dad is a doctor and he was the one that suggested I may have cluster headaches, so I'm thinking, unfortunately, that I do

Doesn't sound like any cluster headache I've ever heard of.

It sounds like CH's for the most part the one thing that throws me off is the "up to 36 hours" part.  Now I don't know about most of you but when I have an attack they usually last and hour and go away and I'm completely fine.  I may get one an hour later or 2 and this could go on all day but I usually don't feel a constant pain for up to 36 hours.  For the most part though sounds like your screwed, sorry I try to use humor to combat these things