I have had clusters for about 16 years now.  I get them about every 18 months to 2 years.  I have seen a neurologist the entire time, like most of you I have tried many preventatives and abortives.  There are a few that "help" but nothing that really prevents or manages the headaches.  A couple of years ago I got pregnant during a cluster cycle.  About the time I realized I was pregnant my clusters started to go away.  I have heard many times that women do not get cluster headaches while pregnant.  That got me thinking about HCG.  I am wondering if doing a cycle of HCG could possibly prevent my next cycle.  My next cycle is just around the corner.  I have shadows and all of the tell-tell signs that I have learned to recognize over the years.  Does anyone have any experience with trying HCG?  Any information would be appreciated.  Thanks!

HCG? Is that a hormone secreted during pregnancy?

I tried it last year.....

I had done a 6 week diet cycle of hCG several months before my cycle began and lost the weight I wanted to lose.......Then...Last June  the beast showed up sadly as expected.   I had an idea that maybe if I could do another round it might help as well as hCG effects the hypothalmous....so about 4-5 weeks or so into my cycle I started the hCG diet....( my cycles are usually approx 12 weeks long)...The Clusters tapered off and I was only getting hit once in awhile....maybe only one every other day.....I was getting pretty excited.....then they started to come back even stronger than ever and lasted a whole extra month ( 16 weeks...Yikes! )....I enjoyed the pain free time but whether or not it ended up lengthening my cycle I don't know....You know how unpredictable the beast is.....So........That is my story....You might try it...

Blessings and wishing pain free days and nights for all !

Karen