[adaptbrian]

To hell with the drugs that they throw at you for headaches. It's your diet, lifestyle and poor sleep that's drives this bus.

I'll save you 10 years of my suffering and the awful side effects induced from the cocktail of drugs in this article and say I've reversed cluster headaches and can now tell when anything is not good for my body goes into it.

I did an elimination diet, I skip breakfast usually, and did 1 successful session of hyperbaric oxyegen treatment and it's completely changed my life.

Ive been able to continue ketosis periodically and am adding foods back now 1 by 1 to see what induces pain and believe it or not your body will tell you.

My latest revelation was legumes which tricks you, high in carb item that apparently is a different type of carb that doesn't digest in the bottom of your gut like other carbs. (1)

This list of positive side effects can only seen as a miracle to me from being on the edge of survival (my clusters were headed towards a manic state)

-I don't get down and cynical at all like I used to -my daily energy is a magnitude of about 5x stronger -confidence and positivity are the first reactions i have now so it's greatly uplifted everyone around me - there is a level of even keel rationality that I have now that I've never ever had - just alot more calmer overall and easier to get the busy mind not to overworry

I've tried many drugs and techniques but everything felt like a bandaid on the problem and not actually addressing it

Big and large psychedelic doses, triptans, cgrp, mood stabilizers, steroids. If they had it i tried it.

It took about 1 month of major diet changes to start feeling better. A year in now and the two things that feel the worst for setting off mild nero inflamation are 1-not getting good sleep and 2-eating highly processed foods

Your mileage may vary, everyone reacts to food differently.

1 - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3...

[outime]

As someone who has healed from some weird conditions by doing what you suggest (specially diet), I would be cautious about implying that everyone else is on the same path. Some people may have excellent diets and sleep schedules but still suffer from migraines or other debilitating conditions.

While I agree that lifestyle factors are often overlooked, especially in the West where we tend to medicalize every symptom, sometimes the root cause of the issue remains unknown. Suggesting that it's always due to something like not following a proper diet can be harmful.

[ianburrell]

Another factor is that there are bunch of foods that are common migraine triggers. It is possible that he cut out his triggers with a limited diet.

For me, triggers include alcohol, chocolate, processed meats, fermented and pickled food, and hops.

[takomako]

Exactly.

I run or cycle daily and do small triathlons / half marathons in the summer. I’m mostly vegetarian. I weigh 155 lbs and I’m 5’11”. I sleep fine.

I get random severe migraines 2-3 times a year.

I discovered sumatriptan. It stops the migraine almost instantly when i sense one coming on (my vision starts to “fuzz out”).

Before this I would lose a day recovering in a dark room lying down. I was scared whenever I backpacked or went on long trips that I would have a migraine at the wrong time. Sumatriptan freed me from this.

I’m glad OP found a cure that works for them but everyone is different.