Hi I'm new here. I'm not even sure I have cluster headaches, because one thing doesn't match and that is the severity of the pain.
It all started 2 years ago, I got a cold was all bunged up and felt awful and then I got a headache, just one spot on my left temple area, it felt like I was being stabbed in my brain, and sometimes the pain felt like it was behind my eye. The pain wasn't like any headache I had before, it came and went every day multiple times for no reason. I might get 5 mins of stabbing pain (about a 7/10) then it would ease off to a 5/10 then either disappear for a while or return to a stabbing pain. Day or night it didn't matter. It lasted for around 4 months and then just disappeared.  I did see the GP many times and I was diagnosed as having a migraine.

Fast forward to last week. I have only had 'normal' type headaches the last 2 years. Then last week I started with a cold, and the pain started again, I just put it down to the congestion, but now a week later the odd headache is still there, pain is up and down, up and down and when I googled to see what kind of headache this was cluster headache fits all of the symptoms except for the severity of the pain. I have never had 10/10 pain. Last time I would say 8/10 was the most severe pain and this time so far a 7/10. Don't get me wrong it is agony, but not the worst pain I can imagine (being hit by a car and breaking multiple bones was a 10/10 and I passed out from the pain, and it isn't as bad as that).

So basically I am wondering what kind of headache this is, could it be a cluster headache, or is it a migraine like the doctor said last time. Because the headache disappeared last time, and I had never had it before I didn't follow up the appointment, or get any further investigation, I just thought that was a one off. I've made an appointment to see my GP on Monday.

Thanks for reading.