Do I suffer from Cluster headaches or something else?

clairemarie38 · Newbie Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 1

Hi, I`m a 40 year old female and over the last year, once a month for 2 days ( around 3 hours + a day, starting late afternoon) I suffer a headache over my right eye. The pain is bareable, although it`s like a shooting stabbing pain in and around my eye. During the 2 days of attacks my eye starts to go red and continues red for 5 days. At the beginning of my attacks last year there was alot of pain with my eye turning red. Now it seems the headaches come, then my eye reddens and continues for 5 days with no pain. It is a very strange reaction. I have seen an eye specialist who is baffled and suggested migraines (I guess she meant clusterheadaches, as I suffer no nausea etc.). The other factor involved is sinusitis and rhinitus. Again for around 1 year I have experienced what I first thought was allergies to pollen etc. since I have moved to the countryside. Watery eyes, coughs, feeling lethalgic, sometimes feverish, aches and pains. I discovered my sinuses had been infected, although on having an allergy test I was found to have no allergies, but possibly rhinitus for many many years (postnasal drip all the time). My doctor cannot explain my red eye at all, which is a little worrying, although the eye specialist says my eyes are fine. So my question is this - as my present heaches seem to be so cyclic and involve one eye turning red over several days is this a cause of sinitis/rhinitus or is it a mild form of cluster type headaches? I say mild as on reading about this type of headache it`s evident that it is usually very very painful in sufferers, and for me it`s bareable. Please help.........

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Hi hun,
This is no cluster. I know because I am a cluster head. I've had clusters for over 26 yrs. Cluster comes in packs and last 1-2 hrs a day sometimes many a day. Cluster are the most severe of all the migraines. There are no mild clusters. What you seem to have are what are called "Classic". When I get hit with a cluster I will have up to 2 a day and just want to die. This cycle will last 6-8 weeks before the cycle brakes. For some this cycle never ends. They live with them everyday. The pain is unbearable. I would rather cut off my arm without drugs then to ever go though them. Thank God I have gone in remission. Been clear of the monster for 6 yrs. Good luck.

Sami

Do I suffer from Cluster headaches or something else?

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