I have suffered from Cluster Headaches and Intractable Migraines for the past 12-15 years and don t respond to any of the preventative or abortive treatments available, whether they be holistic or standard. I have been living through these with almost daily use of narcotics, and emergency IV narcotic treatments when I ve been having one for 3-4 days with a pain scale of 8 to 9. I have tried EVERY medication, Botox, acupuncture, chiropractic, Chinese herbal teas--you name it, I ve tried it, with no success or alleviation of intensity or duration. I ve seen 8 neurologists, 4 pain management specialists, and more--still with no success. Of course, many of the doctors suggest I am suffering from rebound headaches due to the narcotics, but I have proven that this only occurs with specific narcotics, but not all. I m currently taking 8 MG Dilaudid every 8 hours as needed, but still suffer from breakthroughs with no medication to relieve the pain without the intervention of the IV narcotics. I ve just had a falling out with my pain management doctor for a variety of reasons I d be happy to share with you if it would help, but I m now in the position of trying to find another without a referral, and know I m getting ready to go through withdrawal, of which I have been through before on my own 3 times, and don t think I can do it again on my own. I have no insurance, can t work, have no money, don t qualify for Medicaid, etc. Now what? I also suffer from chronic depression (no wonder), ADHD and OCD.