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LIFE HEALTH SELF
The One-sided Headache Worse Than a Migraine
Can be tamed without meds
Sneaky symptoms
When I started having headaches at my left temple and eye, I thought it was due to an incorrect eyeglass prescription. I saw several eye doctors but had no relief. The pain kept coming back, and it spread to my left ear and my gums. Various doctors (physician, ENT, dentist, etc.) usually prescribed antibiotics. That did not help. For more than eight years, my doctors gave me the look that said You Are a Hypocondriac.
It occurred to me that I might have some kind of aneurysm just waiting to explode inside my head.
After a 3-day bout of endless pain, popping headache tablets like candy, and depleting my small stash of leftover pain meds from surgeries, I decided I needed to do something different. Fast.
I began my search for something outside Big Pharma/Medicine to relieve the pain.
From my research, I learned that I was having cluster headaches.
What are cluster headaches?
Typical descriptions of a cluster headache include:
- Excruciating pain on one side of the head that burns, throbs or pierces the eye and temple
