Hello,
I wanted to share a way to deal with clusters that is rather new.  My man had the clusters almost every night for 4 years. As you already know, nothing really helps(he wouldn't try oxygen)
I am a Chiropractor, I dragged him around to all kinds of body workers, nothing nothing.
Last resort (which should have been first but the place wasn't built yet)
Carrick Brain Institute. A Chiropractic Functional Neurology Center. There is one here in Marietta, GA, and one in Dallas, TX.
The docs tested his brain function with balance tests, and all sorts of eye tracking tests. They showed us a graph of the results, how the two sides of his brain were not even integrated in function together. Because the wiring is off, the headaches were actually the brain interpreting normal signals incorrectly as pain. I know that sounds odd....
Treatment was 4x/day for a week with reexams every other day.
Eye movement exercises....accommodation, looking at dots while walking back and forth, spinning him to the left in a 360 motion machine, and giving light shocks to the Trigeminal nerve to "remind the brain what pain signals should be"
I videotaped him during the week when he had a headache, videotaped him doing the eye movements during the headache.
Doc's watched his eyes in the video and changed their treatment slightly.
First reexam the graph showed the brain was starting to work together! Even better on the last exam.
That day, he had Three clusters.
Nevertheless he went home with his beads on a string and a paper with dots to continue his home eye exercises. I wasn't allowed to adjust him or massage him awhile so as not to disturb the brain rewiring.
About 5 weeks went by with no headache, only some almost ones. Then he got sick... I adjusted him cause I thought it had been a long enough time. Headaches came back hard!!!
But..... He also had not been doing his eye exercises enough since the headaches were gone.
Back to the eye exercises! 3x a day.
Headaches reduced to once a week or so greatly diminished in intensity, especially when he did his exercises enough.
I then learned about the Anti Inflammatory Protocol on this site from one of my patients.
It's been another 5 weeks without a real headache, just taking the vitamin D along with eye exercises!
I can adjust and massge him with no headache happening after.
We did the Functional Neurology in January, it didn't show miracles immediately, but worked without drugs.
The eyes can rehab the brain because they are brain tissue. I encourage anyone who suffers frrom these headaches to find a Chiropractic Neurologist, Functional Neurologist, or even a good Vision Therapist will be able to test eye movement and tracking abnormalities.  Not everyone has the same kind of tracking problems, so it's important to get checked by a pro for your personal homework.
I wanted to share this in hopes that it may help.

Laurelyn DC wrote on Jun 6^th, 2015 at 11:43am:



Bullshit.

      Potter

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Geez, I love this guy!

Bob P wrote on Jun 7^th, 2015 at 7:34am:


LOL   

Well said Brian.

Not what this site is about at all.

Peter.

AussieBrian wrote on Jun 10^th, 2015 at 5:04am:


  First and only post and never came back.  It's a spammy ad for chiropractics for crissakes.  You keep on huggin em Brian.

           Potter

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Certainly I'll keep on huggin em, Potter, because when I get it wrong no-one gets hurt.

But when you get it wrong a ClusterHead and first-time poster is abused, accused and sent away without the knowledge and support that ch.com is here to provide.

AussieBrian wrote on Jun 10^th, 2015 at 11:55pm:


I totally agree with you Brian.

I saw someone post about what they believe is working for their partner and trying to help others. I saw not advert, no website links to adverts or anything similar.

We all know what the impact of headache pain can be and how vital support and a welcome are.

I hope the person who posted is still reading the site and getting useful information.

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I actually hope the first time poster comes back and posts some more info, I shouldn't have put the smiley post up, it was in response to what was said, not on the content of laureyln's post.
my apologies for doing so if it in anyway stopped someone from repeat posting !
I shall be more care full in future.

Bob P wrote on Jun 15^th, 2015 at 8:40am:

yep, I probably shoot from the hip too Bob,
maybe sometimes a bit to much  LOL
It was your comment that cracked me up !!

But I do see Brian's and others point. It could very well have been an add as potter said, but then again, it could have been someone relaying an experience and being perfectly honest in their post about hubbies experience.
I have an opinion on it
but, Brian is right, in never wanting to dismiss a potential honest first time poster......
Hey, I recon after 3 or 4 posts, it would be pretty obvious of any posters intensions, whether legitimate or touting for business, then I guess, a bit of  " potter" would be suitably appropriate  LOL
I guess its just a case of being 100% in case we do turn someone with honest intent away.......... just saying

cheers
colin

Hi Lenny.  Long time.  Hope you're doing OK.

Ricardo wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2015 at 11:16am:


And she never came back.

       Potter

Peter510 wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2015 at 3:06pm:


Neither just an observation on the OP.  She made blatant bullshit claims about chiropractics that were nothing more than an advertisement for her own practice.

         Potter