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mindfulness

Treatment for Cluster Headache

Mindfulness meditation modulates neural activity in pain perception regions, particularly the anterior cingulate cortex and prefrontal cortex, reducing sympathetic nervous system activation and inflammatory responses associated with cluster headaches. By promoting parasympathetic nervous system engagement and decreasing stress-induced neurochemical cascades, mindfulness can potentially attenuate headache frequency, intensity, and duration through neuroplastic adaptations and enhanced pain coping mechanisms.

2.8

AVERAGE EFFICACY

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CASE STUDIES

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REDDIT COMMENTS

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REPORTED SIDE EFFECTS

Case Studies

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Reddit Comments

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teknicallyspeaking

2.0

This is gonna sound a bit weird, but, I do mindfulness and try to distract myself and it lessens the pain by a small amount. It's not like taking medicine, it just reduces it a bit but it's worth a try. Lay down if you can and focus only on the head...View more

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teknicallyspeaking

3.0

This is gonna sound a bit weird, but, I do mindfulness and try to distract myself and it lessens the pain by a small amount. It's not like taking medicine, it just reduces it a bit but it's worth a try. Lay down if you can and focus only on the head...View more

MindfulnessCold therapyMassageOxygen therapy

Reported Side Effects

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Lunexa

4.0

I go to therapy once a week, have regular support/self help group meetings and practice a lot of mindfulness and centering exercises like breathing techniques etc. I tried anti-anxiety meds for a while but they actually ended up making it way worse. ...View more

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AneurinB

3.0

Could be. I have light and sound sensitivity. Sometimes K3, sometimes K9. I save K10 for having to go to ER. Suicidal thoughts have gone away as I’ve been dealing with this for almost 40 years and now know that it won’t *hurt* me, it’s just unbearabl...View more

Mindfulness

Reported Side Effects

General side effect

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