Posted by kevin on June 25, 1998 at 10:13:11:
FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE, I HAVE BEEN PLAGUED WITH CLUSTER HEADACHES.. THEY USUALLY APPEAR ABOUT EVERY 2 TO 5 YEARS, LASTING 4 TO 8 WEEKS. MOST APPEAR AT NIGHT, AND EARLY IN THE MORNING...
AWAITING THE HEADACHES IS WORST...I USUALLY WOULD TAKE PERCODAN OR CODEINE FOR PREVENTITIVE CARE,, AND WOULD GRADUALLY END UP TAKING TOO MUCH,, AND GETTING THE "REBOUND EFFECT". THEY WOULD ACTUALLY CAUSE THE HEADACHES TO RE-APPEAR.
TODAY, WITH IMITREX INJECTABLES AND ERGOMAR,, THE HEADACHES ARE EASIER TO ALLEVIATE,, BUT ARE STILL DEBILITATING...
I FIND THAT MANY DOCTORS ARE NOT VERY COMPASSIONATE WITH MIGRAINE AND CLUSTER SUFFERERS.