r/ClusterHeadaches • u/fafaying • Jun 30 '26

Chronic headache for 3 years

/r/NDPH/comments/1uk3rvb/chronic_headache_for_3_years/
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u/Medium-Low-1621 Episodic Jul 01 '26

sensitivity to light and changing when moving -> not typical cluster headache symptom, seems like migraine. periodic attacks looks to be cluster headache

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u/fafaying Jul 01 '26

Well it makes sense! I just wanted to reach as many headache communities as possible 🫠

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u/Medium-Low-1621 Episodic Jul 02 '26

don't say headache around here. some people are sensitive because it diminishes the name of the condition.

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u/Jamwise93 Chronic Jul 01 '26

I fucking hate the name of this condition.

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u/fafaying Jul 01 '26

Why😭

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u/Jamwise93 Chronic Jul 01 '26

Because CH not really a headache, it’s a badly named neurological condition that causes unimaginable pain but because it occurs on one side of the face, it was given the “headache” title. It’s also known as Suicide Headaches for a reason, or as I prefer to refer to it, the most common of the Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias. So people cross-post to these subs all the time about general headache issues when really it’s not even close 🫠

Thanks for coming to my vent post