Reply #10: I have headaches but not Migraines

[rabid_nerd]

I have cluster headaches:
http://www.clusterheadaches.com/

I have one right now

On Edit: I can dull them with Excedrin, but I'm still going through the ol' gauntlet of finding the right drug.

I have headaches every day for about a month or two and then they go away for a few months. They come on without much warning and the pain escalates quickly, but when they go away, they go away just as quickly. I have a burning sensation in the base of my skull when the worst ones disappear abruptly. (Just had an MRI - normal. Blood Pressure - Normal. EKG - normal)

I'd had them for a couple years before being diagnosed, but when I found the website above, I sooo identified with the symptoms.