[cindylee]

Cluster headaches are recurring attacks of excruciating, stabbing pain on one side your head, usually behind an eye. Feels like someone is drilling into your eye out the back of your head.
My husband has been suffering from Cluster headaches for many years now, but luckily for him in one way he usually has a couple yrs or more between each batch of clusters,,,His last full blown batch of clusters were back in 2002 and lasted 2 months..with a headache every night, early evening.
He did have just one cluster headache in Aug of 2004 but nothing followed,,,now it is July 2008 and here we go again,,,the last week of June he experienced a couple headaches that at first seemed like a cluster but then went away,,,Well late yesterday afternoon while we were in town he got one,,,the pain came on so fast and was so intense,,he said take me to the hospital...thats were the frustration begins..there really so far in my husbands case,,nothing that will work to stop these headaches,,the odd time a med call Imitrex Nasal if my husband manages to get it right away, ( small window at on set of headache to use the meds) it will stop the full blown headache from coming, but for the most part because he has had these headaches for so long nothing seems to work,,,Demerol does work,,needle form. So yes he has had all the necessary tests done,,etc etc,,seen specailist whom have said to me,,YOU,,have to make sure when he gets one of these headaches you get him to the hospital as quickly as possible so doctor can give him a shot of demerol to kick the headache..there is too much danger for your husband if any one headache is allowed to carry on too long,,,yeh easy to say when each time we go to hospital we see different doctor,,some of which I have reported because they accused my husband of being a drug addict..
Anyhow,,am wondering if anyone else knows anyone with these headaches or any advice,,,would be much appreicated,,,Thanks