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I told my aunt about some of the things I read on here. When I told her about chugging the energy drinks she laughed and said, "Hey that's cool. Instead of getting a six pack of beer I'll get a six pack of Monsters." It felt good to hear her laugh again. As for all of the oxygen info I'll take a look and see if they have the right kind of things.

Thanks for the great information and support you guys!! <3 It helps a ton to hear from other people who are going through the same things as my family. CHfather: Wow, that's a lot of great advice and suggestions. Yes, the doctors say that they both have cluster headaches. My mamaw has Chronic and my aunt has Episodic. They both have oxygen tanks but it seems to help my mamaw more than it does my aunt. (Or maybe she's just better at hiding it until it's over, I don't know) I'm going to share some of these things and see if they will give it a try. Thanks a lot! Bonkers: Thank you sooo much! It feels great to hear (read?) that. I really hope they get better. Yall's support is great! Bejeeber: I've lost count of how many times they've both gone to the doctor. My aunt has been on multiple combination medicines. (I can't remember all the names.) None of it helps so maybe this other stuff will. It's worth a shot. Thanks again! Oscar: Thanks for the good wishes! In a weird way it does make me feel better to read about other people who have them. It makes me feel blessed to be a healthy 17 year old girl. It also makes me feel a little less helpless about the whole situation which is great. Thanks again you guys!

My aunt and my grandmother both have cluster headaches. It's scary sometimes because my aunt is like my best friend and I love her and my mamaw is the rock my whole family holds onto when things get bad and if she breaks then we all break. I spend the night with my aunt when her husband is away for work. It terrifies me when I wake up in the middle of the night and see her curled up on the bedroom floor crying. If I could take it from her for just a little while I would. She has two young children and they just don't understand why this happens to their mommy. I've seen her beat her head against the ground and cry and scream and I feel so helpless. Her arms are bruised on both sides from the shot she takes every night and day. I'm scared that she is really going to kill herself if she doesn't get some relief soon. It's been three months since she's gotten more than a couple of hours of sleep. She's scared to close her eyes. Sometimes, at her worst, she even tells me that she wants to shoot herself just to take the pain away. It scares me so bad. She has a husband and two kids to think about but that doesn't seem to matter when she's in so much pain. I just hug her and rock her side to side and tell her that it's going to be okay even though I know it won't. It will happen again in a few hours. Day after day, night after night. She's burned out and I'm worried for her.