I would say the "break the cycle thing" is, if not a myth, very rare in conventional medicine. Most conventional meds only abort attacks (abortives), or suppress them to reduce frequency and severity (preventatives)... and that is not breaking a cycle. If you want to break cycles, or even prevent them, check out the sister site clusterbusters.com for "alternative" treatment.

Thanks for the replies.  I need to update the Immitrex statement.  It does not make me itchy.  I have been off of it for a week.  When i go to the gym to exercise i still get that crazy itchy/tingly feeling.  It's an itch that cannot be scratched either.  It eventually goes away but is extremely uncomfortable.  It only happens when i exert myself in anyway.  Does anyone experience this during a CH cycle?  I am only using oxygen to abort the CH attacks.

Thanks for the article Bob.  I will definitely talk to my doctor about this the next time around.  I just got done with a Depacon IV treatment that lasted 3 days.  1 hr each day.  It stopped the Cluster and i am now on Topiramax for a month as prescribed by my doctor.  1/2 pill for week 1. 1 pill for week 2.  1 1/2 pill for week 3. 2 pills for week 4.  Then i go off of the medication.  So for now, no CH for about 5 days ...knock on wood and whatever else you can find!!   My concern is at the gym i am still getting extremely itchy under my skin.  It's not just the gym, it's anytime I exert myself or get flushed, embarassed, angry, etc.  The only thing i can tie it too is when i started taking the Immitrex injections.  I am not saying that is the cause but that is the only thing that changed.  So anyway now i am researching like crazy why I am feeling the crazy itch thing!!  I guess if it's not one thing it's the next right?

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The only time I get that is as a mild allergic reaction real soon after eating sesame seeds.

As a child, my ears would itch for a short time after a couple sesame bread sticks.  Later in life a little more after a sesame seed bagel.  I confirmed some type of allergy when I first ate chicken cooked in sesame oil, the itching got more intense in many places, but only for about a half hour, this sounds like yours. 

Mine has been lifelong, I take it this is a fairly recent reaction for you.  All I can identify it with is an allergy to something you've taken in fairly large quantity, or you are more sensitive to something.  A few breadsticks or a bagel won't give me an intense reaction.

Anything you're eating or drinking, cologne you're using, or maybe even an underarm deodorant, which might react when you sweat.