emperorwang

New guy here, I just got diagnosed with what the ER physician thinks is cluster headache; unfortunately, my first consult with a neurologist is not for another month! That's the soonest they could fit me in. This is what has happened recently and I'm curious if this disease onset in a similar way for anyone else? Today is Tuesday. Last Wednesday, I had a few beers with my buddy (I drink and smoke, but have not drank or smoked since then) and went to bed. I woke up Thursday morning with what I thought was a garden variety headache, albeit only on one side of my head (left). I thought it was because of the beer the night before. Only thing was, it did not respond to aspirin. I went to bed Thursday night with the headache fully expecting it to be gone in the morning. I woke up Friday and the headache was worse. In addition to the constant left side headache, I was now getting the occasional stabbing pain in my eye. The eye pain was both in the orbital socket, and on the surface of my eyeball. This lasted all day. At this point, I thought it odd. Saturday morning I woke up and it was worse still yet. Now my left eyelid was droopy and swollen, and my left eye was bloodshot and teary. Still a constant headache with occasional stabby eye pain. I came to the end of my rope in the middle of the night from Saturday to Sunday, when I awoke at about 0400 hours and was writhing in agony at the searing needle-stabbing pain in my left eye, which was watering like a faucet. My whole pillow was damp from the eye watering. Sunday I went to the ER and the Dr. immediately suspected cluster headache. My CT scan and bloodwork were normal. She gave me oxygen and some type of IV fluid. I left the ER with a pain level of about 2, and a consult with a neurologist scheduled for July 1st (that day was May 29th). Today is Tuesday May 31st and since the ER visit my actual HEAD pain has been mostly completely gone, but my left eye has been constantly bloodshot and droopy, with stabby pain in the eye about every 30 seconds NON STOP. I feel like I'm losing my fucking my mind. So basically I woke up last Thursday morning with a headache and have been in constant misery ever since. Now the pain exists almost completely in my eyeball. I've never experienced anything like this. Never had migraines or anything like that. Does this sound like Cluster Headaches?