[B][U]Disclaimer, the chances of having these are very low. Like, extremely low. Probably only 1-5 people on this forum actually have these, maybe unknowingly.
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Kirby106 found this sort of homemade documentary of C-Headaches:
A little morbid below, [B]CLUSTER HEAD ACHE AHHHHHHH
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnE0xjsNMDo&feature=related[/media]
Okay, cluster headaches (AKA Suicide Headaches) are definitely one of the worst things a person can experience.
Only 0.1% of Humans will experience them, more men than women. It is a neurological disease that involves, as its most prominent feature, an immense degree of pain.
The name is "cluster" because they occur periodically and have active periods interrupted by spontaneous remissions. There is no known cause.
Here is some copy pasta from the Wiki page of the Signs and Symptoms:
[quote=Wikipedia]"Cluster headaches are excruciating unilateral headaches of extreme intensity. The duration of the common attack ranges from as short as 15 minutes to three hours or more. The onset of an attack is rapid, and most often without the preliminary signs that are characteristic of a migraine. However, some sufferers report preliminary sensations of pain in the general area of attack, often referred to as "shadows", that may warn them an attack is imminent. Though the headaches are almost exclusively unilateral, there are some documented as cases of "side-shifting" between cluster periods, or, even rarer, simultaneously (within the same cluster period) bilateral headache. Trigeminal neuralgia can also bring on headaches with similar qualities. However, with Trigeminal neuralgia the pain is mostly located around the "cheek" area and is described as being more lance-like in quality."[/quote]
Now, unless you have had one of these, you have probably never experienced a headache nearly as painful. It can drive people to suicide if it is occurring over a period of years. It will make you want to rip your skull in half, poke out your eyes with a knife, split your jaw off with a plier.
Doctors have reported that it "may be the most painful condition known to medical science." Women who have had given child birth agree it is more painful. The pain is so cumbersome, so unrelenting, it is sheer pain as you probably have realized by now.
The pain is usually located behind the eye (periorbital) or in the temple, sometimes radiating to the neck or shoulder.
Some info on the timing:
[quote=wikipedia]
In episodic cluster headache, these attacks occur once or more daily, often at the same times each day, for a period of several weeks, followed by a headache-free period lasting weeks, months, or years. Approximately 10–15% of cluster headache sufferers are chronic; they can experience multiple headaches every day for years.
Cluster headaches occurring in two or more cluster periods lasting from 7 to 365 days with a pain-free remission of one month or longer between the clusters are considered episodic. If the attacks occur for more than a year without a pain-free remission of at least one month, the condition is considered chronic. Chronic clusters run continuously without any "remission" periods between cycles. The condition may change from chronic to episodic and from episodic to chronic. Remission periods lasting for decades before the resumption of clusters have been known to occur.
Cyclical recurrence and regular timing:
Cluster headaches are occasionally referred to as "alarm clock headaches", because of its ability to wake a person from sleep, and because of the regularity of its timing in that both the individual attacks and the clusters themselves can have a metronomic regularity; attacks striking at a precise time of day each morning or night is typical, even precisely at the same time a week later. This has prompted researchers to speculate an involvement of the brain's "biological clock" or circadian rhythm.[/quote]
There are other headaches that can be misdiagnosed as a Chronic Headache.
Other types of headache
There are other types of headache that are sometimes mistaken for cluster headaches.
Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania (CPH) is a condition similar to cluster headache, but CPH responds well to treatment with the anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin and the attacks are much shorter, often lasting only seconds.
Some people with extreme headaches of this nature (especially if they are not unilateral) may actually have an ictal headache. Anti-convulsant medications can significantly improve this condition so sufferers should consult a physician about this possibility.
It is also possible to have two or more different types of headaches, complicating diagnosis and treatment.
I too have experienced cluster headaches, though only for a while, and weren't as frequent as most people. Perhaps mine were other types of headaches, all I know is the fit all the details of cluster headaches, just at a low frequency.
Some more copy pasta of some stuff from Wikipedia:
[B]Genetics:[/B]
There is a genetic component to cluster headaches, although no single gene has been identified as the cause. First-degree relatives of sufferers are more likely to have the condition than the population at large. However, genetics appears to play a much smaller role in cluster headache than in some other types of headaches.
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Smoking[/B]
Nicotine may trigger cluster headaches, and the affliction is often found in people with a heavy addiction to cigarette smoking. In some cases second hand smoke may trigger cluster headaches. However it is not clear if there is a causal relationship between smoking and cluster headaches. Some researchers think that people who suffer from cluster headaches may be predisposed to certain traits, including smoking or other lifestyle habits.
[B]Triggers[/B]
Nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate) can sometimes induce cluster headaches in sufferers in a manner similar to spontaneous attacks. Ingestion of alcohol or chocolate or banana are recognized as a common trigger of cluster headaches when a person is in cycle or susceptible. Exposure to hydrocarbons (petroleum solvents, perfume) is also recognized as a trigger for cluster headaches. Lahore or 'chinese salt' (monosodium glutamate) is nearly always a trigger of migraines in patients. Sexual frustration, sex or orgasms may trigger cluster headaches in some patients. Some patients have a decreased tolerance to heat, and becoming overheated may act as a trigger which may explain the occurrence after aerobic exercise. Napping causes a headache for some sufferers, while for others lack of sleep triggers them. The role of diet and specific foods in triggering cluster headaches is controversial and not well understood.
[B]Diagnosis[/B]
Cluster headaches often go undiagnosed for many years, being confused with migraine or other causes of headache.
Cluster headaches are benign, but because of the extreme and debilitating pain associated with them, and potential risk of suicide, a severe attack is nevertheless treated as a medical emergency. Because of the relative rareness of the condition and ambiguity of the symptoms, some sufferers may not receive treatment in the emergency room and people may even be mistaken as exhibiting drug-seeking behavior.
[B]Management:[/B]
Over-the-counter pain medications (such as aspirin, paracetamol, and ibuprofen) typically have no effect on the pain from a cluster headache. Unlike other headaches such as migraines and tension headaches, cluster headaches do not respond to biofeedback.
Medications to treat cluster headaches are classified as either abortives or prophylactics (preventatives). In addition, short-term transitional medications (such as steroids) may be used while prophylactic treatment is instituted and adjusted. With abortive treatments often only decreasing the duration of the headache and preventing it from reaching its peak rather than eliminating it entirely, preventive treatment is always indicated for cluster headaches, to be started at the first sign of a new cluster cycle.
[B]Abortive treatment
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During the onset of a cluster headache, some people respond to inhalation of 100% oxygen (12-15 litres per minute in a non-re-breathing mask). When used at the onset this can abort the attack in as little as 1 minute or as long as 10 minutes. Once an attack is at its peak, oxygen therapy appears to have little effect so many people have an oxygen tank close. Alternative first-line treatment is subcutaneous administration of sumatriptan. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been used successfully in treating cluster headaches though it was not shown to be more successful than surface oxygen.
ELL ESS DEE YOO
[B]Low-dose psychedelics[/B]
There is anecdotal evidence that serotonergic psychedelics such as psilocybin (mushrooms) and LSD and LSA (d-Lysergic acid amide, contained by Rivea corymbosa seeds) abort cluster periods and extend remission periods. The doses needed for the effect on cluster headaches are below those needed to produce psychedelic effects. Melatonin, psilocybin, serotonin, and the triptan abortive drugs are closely-related tryptamines.
Dr. Andrew Sewell and Dr. John Halpern at McLean Hospital in Boston have investigated the ability of psilocybin ("magic mushrooms") and LSD to treat cluster headaches. These researchers examined medical records of 53 patients who had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and reported in Neurology that the majority of them found partial or complete relief from cluster attacks. A clinical study of these treatments under the auspices of Clusterbusters is being developed by Dr. Halpern and colleagues at Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital. The authors interviewed 53 cluster headache patients who had used psilocybin or lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to treat their condition. Twenty-two of 26 psilocybin users reported that psilocybin aborted attacks; 25 of 48 psilocybin users and 7 of 8 LSD users reported cluster period termination; 18 of 19 psilocybin users and 4 of 5 LSD users reported remission period extension.
2-Bromo-LSD (BOL), a non-hallucinogenic derivative of LSD, delivered promising results in a small clinical trial in four patients.[41]
Within the United States, the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970 makes it illegal to possess hallucinogens (including psilocybin and LSD), classifying them as Schedule I drugs with no legitimate medical use. Patients who use psilocybin to treat their symptoms face legal prosecution, although there are no known convictions.
Everything is from [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache[/url]
I reworded some things that I felt like typing and shared some stuff. :downs:
wat is that thing doing to his eye????
Well gteat OP, now im scared as fuck.
I used to have migraines every day to the point where I had to wear sunglasses at night while I slept, because when I woke up in the morning the faint sunlight coming through the curtained and blanketed windows would cause me to practically cry in pain.
If they say these are much, much worse than those then wow, I don't blame them for calling it a suicide headache. :ohdear:
I've had a migrane before and it was fucking hell, not sure if that is the same thing.
my friend has this, he had to get an experimental brain surgery to see if it could rid of the headaches, unfortunately they came back just after a month of recovery...scary shit
[QUOTE=poopsicle;24429486]I've had a migrane before and it was fucking hell, not sure if that is the same thing.[/QUOTE]
Migraine is lesser compared to this.
I get headaches quite often, but wow. This stuff is hardcore. :ohdear:
[QUOTE=Mooov36;24429464]wat is that thing doing to his eye????[/QUOTE]
It's an illustration of what they feel like.
[QUOTE=RedSauce;24429503]I get headaches quite often, but wow. This stuff is hardcore. :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Yeah, when I had my first one, I started bashing my head against the wall and took was it 3 or 4 Ultra Tylenol Migraine relief or whatever. It lasted about 30 minutes until I practically passed out and it died down.
Wel not even 1 page abd someone knows somebody with it.. I know its a low probavility but im freaked out.
Scary shit.
[QUOTE=Kab2tract;24429511]It's an illustration of what they feel like.
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can i get little bug to poke me in eye also???
I saw this on some show, LSD helps fix it.
mind[highlight]fuck[/highlight]
but satan is my friend
I just read it may be caused from sleep pattern interuption... Ive been sleepibg at a different time fir 2 months :ohdear:
Wow I never knew that this was a condition with a name. I've had these many times before. Almost cut my eyes out it hurt so bad. Not joking in the least here.
I had simple migrains a year ago, every day. They wasn't cluster. Then I started to do sports and now i'm OK.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;24429586]I saw this on some show, LSD helps fix it.[/QUOTE]
Yes, sort of. I think it just extends the remission time and shortens cluster durations.
[QUOTE=Mooov36;24429575]can i get little bug to poke me in eye also???[/QUOTE]
I think that's a mammal.
No exoskeleton.
I had these for a six year stretch.
Attempted suicide twice: Once by hanging, once by gunshot to the back of my neck AKA Cerebellum. Neither worked. By hanging, I was found in a park hanging in the tree 5 minutes after starting. By gunshot, missed the Cerebellum by 1/2 inch, and it went through the side of my neck.
It's nicknamed a "Suicide Headache" for a reason. And having it for 6 years non stop made it that much more of an option.
[QUOTE=Superstormj;24429693]I had these for a six year stretch.
Attempted suicide twice: Once by hanging, once by gunshot to the back of my neck AKA Cerebellum. Neither worked. By hanging, I was found in a park hanging in the tree 5 minutes after starting. By gunshot, missed the Cerebellum by 1/2 inch, and it went through the side of my neck.
It's nicknamed a "Suicide Headache" for a reason. And having it for 6 years non stop made it that much more of an option.[/QUOTE]
jesus.........
Facepunch - home to 0.1% of humans
[quote]Women who have had given child birth agree it is more painful.[/quote]
I've heard about this from my friend, and that's the exact thing he says.
[QUOTE=Superstormj;24429693]I had these for a six year stretch.
Attempted suicide twice: Once by hanging, once by gunshot to the back of my neck AKA Cerebellum. Neither worked. By hanging, I was found in a park hanging in the tree 5 minutes after starting. By gunshot, missed the Cerebellum by 1/2 inch, and it went through the side of my neck.
It's nicknamed a "Suicide Headache" for a reason. And having it for 6 years non stop made it that much more of an option.[/QUOTE]
death by a proper hanging is caused by the neck breaking, which almost guarantees an instant death
with a gun the most effective method is pointing it at the roof of your mouth
wow fuck that
i wonder if dmt would fix this
[QUOTE=abcpea;24429985]death by a proper hanging is caused by the neck breaking, which almost guarantees an instant death
with a gun the most effective method is pointing it at the roof of your mouth[/QUOTE]
Worst human alive.
[QUOTE=abcpea;24429985]death by a proper hanging is caused by the neck breaking, which almost guarantees an instant death
with a gun the most effective method is pointing it at the roof of your mouth[/QUOTE]
People have been shot in the brain and survived.
[QUOTE=abcpea;24429985]death by a proper hanging is caused by the neck breaking, which almost guarantees an instant death
with a gun the most effective method is pointing it at the roof of your mouth[/QUOTE]
My neck did snap, but it didn't break. The initial snap felt good for some fucked up reason, but once the suffocation set in: not so damn fun.
And the gun shot, for aesthetic reasons. Didn't want my to have 2 huge noticeable holes in it.
One in the back of the neck, and one in the front was a better route at the time. The back would be covered while lying down, and the front could be covered with a suit and tie.
I know, I'm a sick bastard. But when you have a bilateral cluster headache every day for 6 years, you look for any way out.
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