Posted by Cara Goodman on March 19, 1999 at 23:54:09:
Greetings. I was happy to find this site and hope I can get some feedback; hope my symptoms fit in somewhere.
I have had, over the last year and a half, a "headache" that only last 10 to 30 seconds.
The pain is concentrated on the left side of my head and seems as if it follows the same path each time it occurs.
The pain is excruciating, it leaves me limp, and I feel it's vibration for a while after it stops.
I have no other ailments other than stress and a lot of it, over the last couple of years.
I've chalked it all up to stress until tonight because the pain occurred, in the same place but in a different
way. Tonight for about an hour I have felt it flutter and stop and flutter and stop, on and on. When it occurs
it isn't as strong as it usually is but, when it stops I know it's still there, just... waiting. It's a wierd feeling.
Anyway, after scanning this site a bit, I found that cluster headaches last longer than 10-30 seconds but maybe there's someone
out there who will recognize this and be able to relate.
Thank you, Cara