Posted by Bruce Gillett on June 08, 1999 at 04:26:28:
Hi All
This is just some of my own input on how I have dealt with my cluster headaches in the past. I hope that this might be usefull to some of you.
What I did in the past was when a cycle started up to take vitamine E tablets +/- 1000 iu per day this definitely helped and often killed the cycle within a few weeks. A while ago they released a tablet, Migril, here in South Africa. This contains ergotamine and it stops a headache within about 15 - 20 minutes after it starts. I also found that if taken just before bed time that it seems to act as a prophylactic and gives the rest that also helps to stop a cycle just that little bit quicker. (This is not recommended by the manufacurers of the medicine but whatever helps is to me important.) I always carry a pack of Migril with me wherever I go now.
Bruce