Clusterheads - Short Documentary

POOR GUY

i got this when i was 7 years old!
i am 15 now.

I have cluster headaches and Trigeminal Neuralgia it doesn't matter both are miserable why would you argue over the internet which one is more miserable?? Pointless it turned me into a heroin/morphine/oxycodone/hydr omorphone addict those painkillers dont work to well but they are the only things that has even put a dent in my conditions. Now I live in Egypt and go to school (well when I can)

I have tried topimax,(side effects were terrible), imigran injections, nasal spray, all gave some relief but the only medication that works for me are steriods, stopped this thing its tracks, but sadly I have to reduce my dose again and yes the clusters are starting again, Im a chronic sufferer, off to London in Jan for an implant so I will keep you all posted.

Jesus fucking Christ this is a stupid argument. I have CH. It is a pain that does not have words to describe. It may or may not be the worst blah blah blah. However, getting your leg ripped off, or stung by a jellyfish, or having a fourteen pound baby come out of your vagina sideways may be just as bad, I have no way of knowing. But those things DO NOT happen four times a day for weeks or months or a lifetime.

Phocjame, your comment is riddled with hypocrisy.

TN is not more painful than CH's, simply due to the fact that the pain is sharp, quick, and pulsing. A cluster lasts far, far longer, driving people into a deep depression and anxiety due to the unbelievable pain.

You stated earlier that pain is something you need to experience. Well, you're reading this from someone who has had TN, and suffers with CH's. CH's are worse.

How is it riddled with hypocrisy?
You say it is, yet you give no examples.

Can you tell me that CH's are worse than stonefish stings, or box jellyfish stings, or having the lower half of your body ripped away by an IED?

I never stated that CH's aren't particularly bad, I just said that I wouldn't accept that the Cluster Headache is the worst pain known to man.

Even if TN is not more painful to you than a Custer Headache, it doesn't particularly matter as I was simply using TN to prove a point.

If you want, you can replace TN with "slowly being burned alive in a crashed car, your flesh melting onto the soft fabric of the seat" or perhaps "dental torture", the fact remains that if I have knowledge of one but not the other, or indeed neither, then I cannot make a reasoned judgement on the statement: "a Cluster Headache is the worst pain to man."

The only thing I can say is that I don't accept other people's opinion that it is the worst pain known to man.

If someone is stung by a stonefish and they say its the worst pain known to man, I find myself in the same position - they've experienced it but I haven't, and therefore cannot make a reasonable assessment of that statement.

If people want me to take their word on what the worst pain known to man is, then why should they argue with me if I was to say that my toothache was?

My Doctor put me on Prednisone to get the CH under control and Imetrex inhaler for pain, then he put me on Verapamil 180mg twice a day haven't had a headache since 2005 I know everyone is different but it worked for me and I had these CH sine I was about 22 yeras of age I'm now 59.