Is my cluster headache behavior normal or do I have a different problem entirely?
Hello everyone, before I take this up with my GP I wanted to ask for some general advice here about my problems, if they qualify as cluster headaches and whether I'm the only one that feels like this.
I started developing these headaches at the end of 2024. Stabbing pain right above my left eyesocket. Makes me irritable, sensitive to light and nauseous. I told my doctor I'm suspecting a migraine because back then I didn't know what a cluster headache is. I was just told to take the usual painkillers, usually dexibuprofen and the way I get rid of it is usually just trying to sleep it off. I didn't find out that the pain pattern is actually more similar to cluster headaches.
But there's one issue: these headaches are way too far apart to qualify as either. They last for a few hours at a time like cluster headaches do, but they show up like once a month, once every few months, and at the maximum once a week. Which is way too infrequent for cluster headaches. Being sensitive to light and nauseous is also more akin to migraine symptoms.
Do I have some weird Hybrid? Do I have something else? Or am I just partly blessed with the fact that my clusters are not as frequent? Should I still ask my GP about injection based painkillers?