If you’ve ever felt like someone shoved an ice pick behind your eye—suddenly, fiercely, and at the worst possible time—you might’ve brushed it off as just a weird migraine. But there’s a different beast lurking in the shadows of misunderstood headaches: the cluster headache. I remember sitting in a meeting once, the fluorescent lights buzzing…
It started with a dull ache, right behind my right eye — just a whisper of discomfort. Within an hour, I was squinting at the light, struggling to concentrate, and wondering why this particular pain felt different. If you’ve ever dealt with migraine pain behind one eye, you’ll know exactly what I mean. It’s not…
Cervicogenic migraine pain isn’t just a fancy term doctors toss around—it’s a very real, very frustrating kind of pain I’ve personally wrestled with more than a few times. You know that tight, stabbing ache that starts at the base of your skull, maybe wraps around one side of your head, and refuses to let go…