One doctor after another
I then went from one doctor to the next. I wanted to find out what I had. Eventually my current family doctor diagnosed cluster headaches and prescribed a painkiller that you can use as tablets or a nasal spray. I was able to manage the pain a little with them.
But it must have taken about two years to finally get that diagnosis. The form of cluster headaches I have probably made it more difficult to diagnose them: I have episodic cluster headaches. I only get them during a certain time period every year, lasting about 2 to 3 months. The rest of the time I don't have any headaches.
After getting the diagnosis, I read up about the illness a bit. Not too much because otherwise you drive yourself crazy. And I wanted to gain my own experience.