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Hello everyone, I am new to the site. I have had these headaches for about 10 years but in the past 4 years they have gotten worse. I was told by my doctor that I was considered to be in the chronic category. I am glad I found this site. There is a lot of useful information. Thank you guys for sharing your stories and remedies. Maybe at some point I can slow these things down enough to at least get a few nights of full sleep.

Pro2See, I can definitely attest diet can have a significant positive impact on attacks (not cycle). I can reduce my attacks by 90+% by staying away from trigger foods: (listed in order of how quickly after ingesting they trigger an attack). Alcohol and chocolate can be as quick as 15 minutes. High calorie / sugar deserts can be up to 4 or 5 hours later, but are quite consistent via TONS of tests I've done on myself over the years. Alcohol Chocolate BBQ Sauce (not sure what in it is the trigger maybe MSG in combination with other spices) Fermented cheeses (blue, brie, american, swiss etc. Processed (fake) cheese is fine. High sugar foods Bleached white flour (white bread, cake etc). Whole grain wheat bread doesn't trigger attacks for some reason MSG (hit or miss on this one) Also Sleep can have a significant positive impact. When in cycle, I stick to a strict bed and wake times. Sticking to the exact same time every day significantly reduces the night attacks. If for some reason I stay up past midnight, I'm guaranteed a night of back to back attacks. Also sleeping in a recliner, with your head slightly inclined over my heart is HUGE in reducing the night attacks. PFW, J

"Foolish" might be too strong of a word. But lots and lots of people have tried diet, sleep, and stress reduction strategies without very good results (for the most part -- there have been some people who report that one diet or another helps them; most recently, a low-histamine diet seems to be helping some people). The three treatments with the lowest side effects are probably OXYGEN (zero side effects, and extremely effective for aborting an attack), D3, and busting. Have you read about busting in the ClusterBuster Files section (the numbered files)? After that, we might get into the murky category of what we mean by "side effects," and maybe we'd say that melatonin and energy drinks don't have many immediately observable side effects.

Welcome, Pro2'! Can you tell us what you are doing now to treat your CH? If you don't have oxygen, stop now, read this (https://clusterbusters.org/oxygen-information/), and start working on getting O2. If you're not doing the D3, stop now, read this (https://clusterbusters.org/forums/topic/1308-d3-regimen/), and get started.