Cluster Headaches - ‘Living with the Beast’
This is a short 5 minute Alternative Documentary piece that took around 7-8 months to plan and create. This is one of my final films for University, and is a follow-up to last years short documentary ‘Clusterheads’. The spin on this compared to last years film is that rather than this looking at the informative side behind the relatively unknown condition of Cluster Headaches, this time we follow a sufferer - Mike Powell on a ‘day in the life’, and we get a small glimpse into what it’s like for him to carry ‘The Beast’ around everyday. This is an almost finished cut of the film. And I would really appreciate any constructive feedback and thoughts, and if there are any Cluster Headache sufferers that are watching this; have we been able to portray an attack effectively through the audio/visuals? (c) Oxygen Productions 2008/09 - Daniel Cole: Director/Cinematographer/FX - Chris Hufton: Producer/Director - Steve Allan: Editor - Brian Duffy: Camera To see last years short documentary please follow the link - www.youtube.com
Tags: audio visuals, brian duffy, informative side, Beast', cluster headaches
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My demon visits me twice a day now. Going on three weeks. Have been getting this for 19 years two times a year. All I can say is for a few weeks out of the year I am a different person and do not look forward to the next 12 hours.
how do you get this? is it genetic or what?
@muszkavis2 have you tried cranial sacral therapy?
@KingChiliPepper ,goto my web sit and you will know why ? it is not going to cost you anything, The catch is, the beasts do not have a chance to fit it,that way. as they been doing for last 3 month.
@clusterheadachesfree if you’re so confident you have the answers why would you not just disclose them right here for all to see?
3-5 hrs of the attack? I’ve never heard of anybody having attacks that last that long. The longest one I ever had in my life is 2 hrs and that was by far the longest. 45 minutes to 1 or hr. is the usual.
I could’nt imagine 3 hrs let alone 5. I would probably have blown my brains out if one ever went past 3 hours.
I live with beast for as long as I can remember maybe 20 yrs by now. cycle due every 2 years of CH, 8- 10 days and can last 3- 5 hrs of pain. always at the same time of the day. every 2 years but the pain is so severe that I get violent. so sorry for all of us who has it.
As Once before Professor Peter Mentioned
“It’s like the first time somebody said the earth was round - you have to step back and reconsider,”
he was talking about the cause of this headaches . Not to the symptoms .
I know the cause of the headaches , I know the beast.
so you got the cure eh?
Hi Mike, I know the cause of the beast , i suffered for 30 years , now I know the cause , I would love to help all pepole sufferring.
Now I am free of all cluster headaches without herbs,without Oxygen,without drugs,without the beast and without pain
Contact me ,dO NOT LIVE WITH THE BEAST GET RID OF IT.
i have it every couple of months. Last friday, sat and sun it started at 1am..great weekend, it was : / today monday night i’ll see what happpens. Good luck to all of you.
Very nice documentary. As a chronic cluster sufferer myself, you have hit what life can be like constantly fighting the beast.
i hit things too :(
too bad it only helps a few seconds
Excellent work bro really proud of you
Excellent little documentary! It covers the aspects very well, and shows us that we CAN live normal, healthy lives, as long as we can plan for the imminent attacks.
well I fully support this guy!! and his family, its great he is trying to lead a normal life as best as he can due to this condition. I am also scared of the beast being a cluster headache sufferer myself I know what he is going through, I to carry the Imigran injection and they do work! its brought great relief to me and my family, good luck m8 and let me know how you get on. I am seeing a specialist in London soon so I will let you know what he says.
it could use a few small changes in my opinion the thing is you know its coming it comes every day and not every one has the support around them this guy has i got a nice pile of pills that work sumatriptin or what ever there called but i dont have that inject and fix stuff he has
What a great video. I’ve suffered with these since i was 25 and i’m now 48. For so long it has felt like i was so alone. It’s great to see that i’m not.
i`m 25 it has started when I was.. 12. Closed right eye, tears, closed right nose hole, big pain of right side of head. my eye`s exploding. but it leaves after 60 minutes. I don`t take any medicines. I learned to live with it. And if someone says I`m kidding I want that person`s soul to visit my body only once :) it`s like a toothake taken to the half of my brain/face. Can`t drink cause it attacks - 3 per 4 parties. Shit attacks me in the worst places. In a bus, at work, at the parties.greets
I suffer from CH since I was 13 and I am now 32. I ave the higher grade of pain in CH, but luckily I use Imigran subcutaneous injection (Sumatriptan), which magically forces he beast to go away instantly and totally “until the next attack of course!”
This video is very well done! And so similar to my own situation, the injections too.
Love from Holland!
Well done my brother in pain , well done
Loved it! First, you are a good cinematographer, and second, it gives a good image of the affliction.
Well done, man!
Brilliant Dan, Thank you. Very well done.
The act of restarting the engine and carrying on with life, after the attack, was quite symbolic of how people with clusters must live their lives.