Hi everyone. I haven't really been on here since my second episode of CHs finished in March last year.... but now, here I am, and I think my CH are back.

My story in brief.... My first attack was in November 2010. My neuro (who I was seeing for what turned into an eventual diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis) wrote them off as migraines, even though they didn't fit the bill at all. . All the treatment in the world didn't seem to do anything, from migraine preventatives to tramadol and mersyndol. Suddenly, after about 6 weeks, they stopped. Then, about 4 weeks after that, they came back. That cycle lasted about 6 weeks too, during which time I learned of cluster headaches and met all of you on here.

The neurologist scoffed at the idea that I may have Cluster Headaches. His main reason for was that I am female. Go figure. But my then-boyfriend (now fiance!!) managed to "borrow" an oxygen tank from a hospital he was doing security work at, and I found that it worked! My kind GP wrote me a letter to hire oxygen cylinders and I went to a headache specialist, who diagnosed CH. By the time I got in to see him, I had reached the end of my episode and they haven't been back since.

For the last couple of weeks, I have had mini headaches on the right side of my head, that last about 10-20 minutes, then go away. They have been on the right side, above the eye, and at the back of my head. Then today, I got a full-on attack, It's not the forehead/over the eye pain that was the main area that the attacks hit before. But it's constant in my right nostril, behind my ear and my temple area. I don't have any congestion suggestive of a sinus infection (I also never got the typical runny nose/droopy eye with my previous CHs). I so far, it's been a little over an hour. I have taken a Maxalt wafer, which I have carried with me since the Headache Specialist prescribed them - I took that about half an hour ago, and it doesn't seem to have done anything. But I have nothing to compare it to, because I didn't have them when I had my previous attacks, so I have no idea whether they work for me or not.

I'm really really hoping that this is not the start of a new episode. But if this ends the way they usually end - with a lovely pain-melting-away feeling - then I think I will be off to the pharmacist to fill the Verapamil script that I have at home.... oh crumbs, it is probably out of date........ and off to see the specialist!!!

Hi Batch,
Thank you for your reply!! I have read some information about the role of low Vit D in MS. They think that explains why the further you are from the equator, the higher risk you have of MS (eg people in Tasmania have a higher incidence than Queensland). I remember some of the discussion on here about all the supplements, so I guess it's time now to put it all together and try to kill two birds with one stone!

I'll be sure to ask my GP about the blood test when I see him next.

I found some ispotin at home, lucky I kept the tablets from the RX that I filled after I saw the headache specialist. Because the RX is over 12 months old now, so I can't use it.

It's been 6 hours since my earlier headache started. I hope I'm wrong. I hope it was just a normal-person headache.....