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sleep medication

Treatment for Cluster Headache

Sodium oxybate, a central nervous system depressant and GABA-B agonist, has shown efficacy in reducing the frequency and intensity of cluster headache attacks by modulating neurotransmitter activity and potentially improving sleep architecture. Its mechanism involves enhancing slow-wave sleep, reducing neurogenic inflammation, and potentially interrupting the hypothalamic dysregulation associated with cluster headache pathogenesis.

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Live-Succotash7198

4.0

I went to a sleep specialist and a behavioral therapist and got treated for somniphopia. I had chronic for 6 years (8 total including episodic) and this was a major issue for me; and still is being a year and some change cluster free. Outside of bein...View more

Sleep medicationBehavioral therapySleep hygiene

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FactSeekerIre

4.0

Yes mine do. They did even within the same cycle and I found the ones on my left side to be particularly worse than the left side. I started topomax for them and it helped, and then was diagnosed with IH, a sleeping disorder, and since starting on ...View more

AntiepilepticsSleep medicationCold therapy

NuformAqua

3.0

During the winter, I kept getting them at 2 am. I would race downstairs make myself a cup of coffee with water in it (to sleep eventually) and take Excedrin. Sometimes I would add Zzquil gummies to help in knocking me out and trying to sleep off the ...View more

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Curious_Ad_5422

3.0

I usually have an ice pack on the forehead, a heating pad on my neck, and then lie on my back in complete darkness and eat salted chips. Sometimes icecream, but learned pretty quickly that spoons are not a smart idea when you wanna take your eye out...View more

Cold therapyHeat therapyLight avoidanceDietary modificationAcetaminophenTriptansSleep medication

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