Cluster Headaches
Show 1399: Why Are Patients Using Magic Mushroom…
This week, we talk with a sociologist and a neurologist about the extremely painful condition known as cluster headaches. The sociologist has studied how patients have sought out relief that the medic…
What Medicines Stop a Cluster Headache Emergency…
Cluster headaches are called that because they occur in "clusters" of repeated, excruciating headaches. They are often one-sided and may center behind one eye. The eye may tear and the nose may run. S…
Show 1133: How Can You Overcome Migraine Headach…
Nearly 40 million Americans know the nausea and throbbing pain of migraine headaches. This debilitating condition that can create one-sided head pain may make it difficult or impossible to carry on wi…
Psilocybin Is Strange Therapy for Cluster Headac…
Cluster headaches cause excruciating pain. Even worse than that, these one-sided headaches return in unpredictable cycles (hence the name "cluster" headaches). Anticipation makes the pain even worse. …
Will Ice Stop a Killer Headache?
What do you do for a nasty headache? If you suddenly develop a severe headache unlike anything you've experienced before, you should get medical attention right away. It might be nothing more than you…
How to Stop Cluster Headaches by Inhaling Lidoca…
Cluster headaches are exquisitely painful headaches that occur repeatedly in "clusters." Usually the pain is on one side of the head, often around one eye. Most sufferers have periods of time in which…
Medicare’s Refusal to Pay for Oxygen Makes…
Cluster headaches are diabolical. The pain is extreme, usually focused on one side of the head. During an attack, a person cannot usually do anything but suffer. These attacks recur repeatedly, which…
How to Treat Suicide Headaches with Oxygen
Treating headaches can be quite a pain. Severe migraines may respond to "triptan" medications. Cluster headaches don't always react to these drugs. So how do you treat suicide headaches, as sufferers …
Oxygen Therapy for Bad Headaches
Q. You have written about treating migraines without drugs. Although this might sound like pseudoscience, I've found oxygen to be a godsend. A headache specialist who has heard about oxygen therapy ca…
Stopping Smoking Cured Suicide Headaches
Q. I suffered from cluster headaches for 14 years. Some doctors said the pain was psychosomatic. Others told me I was allergic to chocolate. Once I actually put a pistol to my head to kill myself beca…
Oxygen Eases Cluster Headache Pain
Cluster headaches are incredibly painful and can be very hard to treat. Men are more frequently affected than women. The pain is usually focused on one side of the head near the eye and can be incapac…
Oxygen Saved Reader from Suicide
Q. I have suffered with "The Monster" for more than 20 years. That's what I call my headaches. It took 5 years and trips to 5 different teaching hospitals to get a decent diagnosis. These are the most…
Suicide Headaches Stifled by Oxygen
The official name is cluster headaches, but some people call them "suicide headaches." That's because they can cause such excruciating pain that victims are desperate for relief. They can be very hard…