Posted by Merri (208.13.72.2) on June 23, 1999 at 16:37:44:
I have just recently found this site and have a question. Everybody seems to talk bout oxygen and imitrex, but not very often about natural healing. I began getting cluster headaches when I was 23 and went to many different doctors to try to stop the pain. The only medication that seemed to help made me so ill that I missed three weeks of work (and this was when I waas a freelancer).
After about 7 years, I finally saw a chiropractor (after being talked into trying it by many people) and found out through a quick x-ray that my spine was misaligned through my neck.
Long story short, my headaches have improved greatly over the past five years due to adjustments as well as seeing a massage therapist.
I do still get clusters, but they are not nearly as bad, and the period between them is much longer -- I was getting them almost every day for a few years straight.
I have also heard that acupuntcture is the best treatment for clusters and may try it if necessary.
Hope this kind of treatment can help others like it helped me.
Good luck