Hi Bob,
Had to pound that last post out fast, I drive a school bus and didn’t want the kids to wait.
Pretty much of what I can understand of that last post you made is 100 percent me, unfortunately for me.
I found this on the web, is this, what you are referring to?
Cluster-like headache and idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Cluster headache (CH) is a well-defined primary headache syndrome, but cases of symptomatic headache with clinical features of CH have been previously reported. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) is a secondary headache disorder characterized by headache and visual symptoms, without clinical, radiological or laboratory evidence of intracranial pathology. Both papilloedema and IIH-related headache are typically bilateral, however asymmetrical or even unilateral localizations are described in literature. We report the case of a previously headache-free woman who presented cluster-like headache and asymmetrical papilloedema related to IIH. In our opinion the asymmetrical presentation supports, in this case, the hypothesis of cavernous sinus involvement in the IIH-related cluster-like headache pathogenesis.
Also found this
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disorder of increased intracranial pressure that may have papilledema with normal imaging study results. Headache is the most frequent symptom. Although the headache characteristics are indistinguishable from the symptoms of migraine headache, accompanying symptoms of increased intracranial pressure, such as pulsatile tinnitus, transient visual obscurations, and radicular neck pain, may aid in the diagnosis. Magnetic resonance imaging, including venography, is essential for the diagnosis of the primary idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Medical treatment for the headache includes weight loss for obese patients, diuretic therapy, and migraine preventive medications. If medical therapy does not abolish the headache, surgical options should be considered. Because patients with IIH have a poor quality of life, patient education and supportive materials are important.
Bud's reply to the above,
I don’t have symptoms of migraine headache or neck pain, I get tension headaches like most people but nothing a couple of Advil won’t cure. I don’t have transient visual obscurations or any visual symptoms; I wear glasses but did not until I was in my 40’s
I don’t think I am obese; I have a beer belly like most men my age.
There is a lot of mumbo jumbo there that I don’t understand so I will ask my Doctor what he thinks just to be sure.
Most of what I have read on this site is exactly what I would have expected to find had I known any other cluster heads and I can relate to most of the stories here, The Kip scale is almost exactly how I describe my pain the doctor and that was twenty years ago.
If I found out that I had to go through another round of diagnosis and maybe it’s this and maybe it’s that, and still have this damn pain, I don’t think I could take it. This would be Kip 11 lights out game over.
Brought this on myself for wondering,
Bob you sure no how to take the wind out of someone sales,
Thought I was going to beat the beast this time, you got me wondering again.
Bud