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gees i was coming in here thinking this was a pretty rare thing, apparently not..
My mother has a terrible case of cluster headaches and has been working with doctors for years trying to figure out the triggers and the best treatments. I've read a handful myself so i'll leave some point forms of what she says works and some helpful stuff i've read over the years.
-first identifying what it is. My mom describes the pain as: burning lava in her skull, a burning so intense she can't do anything during the duration of them. If its anything less than that I would assume you have a stress headache or migraines, which at least there are suitable treatments for.
-MSG if you look up the effects of msg allergic reactions it mimics cluster headaches symptoms almost exactly. I had a theory that this was the single cause of all my mothers headaches, but as far as i know, she still got them when eliminating them--i should add that she didn't try anything drastic as i suggested like go all fresh foods and avoid perservatives, but i think that is at least worth a shot.
-oxygen seems to help her during these 'attacks' she almost always gets them in the evening after dinner or in the middle of the night. Tanks are a lot more mobile than they used to be at least.
-she travels to the east coast every year and rarely gets them while out there. maybe all that ocean air and seafood helps?
-she is on some heavy medications for them that i'm not familiar with but they are hit and miss and barely worth mentioning.
-they seem to come in cycles. Unpredictable really, but when they start up she knows she will get more in the coming days.
I hope some of this is helpful, and lets hope its nothing more than a stress headache you got there where a good masseuse is all that is needed ;)
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