I have a feeling I already know the answer to this, but here goes: Are there any acute remedies for a male friend of mine who is currently getting Cluster Migraines, or is this something that would have to be worked up as a chronic case?

These headaches come on once or twice a year and last for a month to 3 months. Have been occuring like this for about 25 years. It has been a year since the last episode. Episodes will last about 15 minutes to a half hour. Nasal passages start to drain. Headache will start on one side then move to the other before it leaves. Often the migraine comes on after going to sleep or starting to relax. Pain often so intense that the man will pound his head with his fist.

Zmyst

Easy solved, you gave a keysymptome, sidechange.

Well, I can guess.... Lac C.....???????
Maybe??

Zmyst

Lachesis????

no guessing, thanks, need lot more info to find it.

Okay, I wanted to make sure this man was invested in trying homeopathy before proceeding...HE IS.

I have given aspects of his case before, but he wasn't willing to give up whatever he needed to give up at the time. Now he is willing... so here goes:

Cluster migraines as described above. Pain is like head will burst. Like a swelling and a tightening at the same time. "Feels like something trying to get out". THese cluster migraines started when he was about 14 years old.

Physically: Thinner arms and legs as compared to a pot belly that has grown a bit larger since starting a sedentary job.

Has developed a non-cancerous lympoma on sides of face, chest and back. The worst nodules are the size of a large pea and red...a little shiney. The ones on back and chest sometimes itch. Has been getting funny little minor shooting pains around the ones on face (Maybe because they've gotten large enough to seems to have started after a slip in his drug and alcohol recovery where for a couple months he got back into drinking heavily once or twice a week and then tried cocaine again a couple times before giving it all up again. HE smoked the cocaine and on his last night he did a LOT of it. That was about 10 months ago now. (the lymphoma started about a month after that) He has not drank or did any drugs since. Obviously he had a previous history with this and had been clean and sober for about 6 years before the slip.

HE still smokes cigarettes but wants very much to quit. Loves to eat. Eats lots of garlic, butter, other spicy foods. No real dislikes towards foods. Within an hour after eating beef or pork meals MUST use the toilet for bowel movement.

His skin is often very warm. Must have a cool or cold bedroom to sleep well. But he doesnt' like winter weather. Like sunshine. Tans easily....of darker skinned Dutch heritage.

Can develop anxiety where he finds it hard to hold conversations, be in certain places...wants to get away. He doesn't always have this...it comes and goes.

Currently the migraines have just switched sides and are very bad....coming on about 10 times a day.

Also, a couple times this summer he lost his voice for seemingly no reason for a morning before slowly getting it back during the day.

Anything else I can ask him about himself to help?

Thanks

ZMyst


[This message has been edited by Zmyst (edited 21 October 2000).]

try pulsatilla, one m one dose, if that dont help the option is mercurius.
Avoid all that contain coffe, coca cola, chocolate, pepesi, sodas, and camphor, in two monts, if it works, he may need cm to fully recover.

Update: 48 hours after taking the Puls. 1M

He has had one migraine each night, about one hour after going to bed. Feeling like will get one pretty much all the time though. The nature of the pain does not seem any different.The migraine which started on the right side, switched once to the left (so he thought they were changing sides) has switched back to the right again. He states it feels like it wants to switch again. This makes the pain occur in the forehead and sinus' as well. The forehead and sinus pain while the pain tries to switch is typical he says.
First night after Puls had a very restless night's sleep. Was kicking the covers all over the place (he was dreaming he was playing soccer....he usually doesn't dream much) he woke up when he actually hit his shin very hard on the bunk wall of his truck cab.
Then last night, after getting his migraine ....he said he slept very well. He states no other symptoms other than what already described. He has been avoiding the potential antidotes as instructed.
What to do now?

Wait!It works.!!

Update....(man has been driving truck across the country...just returning to my area)
He reports still having migraines, mostly pm. But feels like on the edge of a migraine all day. So basically headachy most of the time.
Odd occurance during travel across mountains....bled from ear drum. Ear still hurts a little. Only bled once. Never had before.

Zmyst