Other Headache Disorders

Hypnic Headache is sometimes called "alarm clock headache."
Hypnic Headache

Sometimes called "alarm clock headache,"' Hynpic Headache is a is a rare primary headache disorder related to sleep. It develops only during the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep and wakes the patient from sleep. Serotonin and melotonin dysregulation may play an important part in Hypnic Headache.Read More →
Man with Tension-Type Headache

Most people will have a Headache of some kind at some point. The most common of all Headache disorders is Tension-Type Headache. A World Health Organization report estimates that more than 70 percent of the population experiences Tension-Type Headache at some point.Read More →
SUNCT & SUNA

While it's common for people with Migraine to also experience Primary Stabbing Headaches, SUNCT and SUNA can both be confused with these "ice pick" headaches. Primary Stabbing Headache, SUNCT, and SUNA all involve brief, stabbing pain. That is where the similarities end. Read More →
Paroxysmal Hemicrania

Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias are characterized by severe pain, nasal congestion, runny nose, involuntary tears, eyelid drooping, and more. One such TAC, paroxysmal hemicrania, is often overlooked. Its symptoms are similar to cluster headache, except attacks are shorter and more frequent.Read More →
Hemicrania Continua

Hemicrania Continua is a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia with symptoms are sometimes mistaken as Migraine. Unlike Migraine, which is made worse by movement, people with Hemicrania Continua are restless, agitated, and unable to be still during attacks. It is also characterized by severe pain and autonomic symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, involuntary tears, eyelid drooping or swelling, and facial sweating.Read More →
Cluster Headache

Cluster headache, nicknamed "suicide headache", is a neurological disease that involves, as its most prominent feature, excruciating pain. "Cluster" refers to the tendency of these headaches to occur periodically, with active periods interrupted by spontaneous remissions. The cause of the disease is currently unknown.Read More →
Nummular Headache

Although rare, Nummular Headache causes moderate to severe pain, limited to one or more well-defined 1-6 cm round or elliptical areas on the scalp. The pain of Nummular Headache is nearly constant, although patients also report periodic spikes of intense pain in the affected locations. Read More →