A colleague of mine had such symptoms, twice a year for a week or so (spring and autumn). He went through a lot of information and eventually found out that he

A colleague of mine had such symptoms, twice a year for a week or so (spring and autumn). He went through a lot of information and eventually found out that he had cluster headach/migraine. There is nothing that helps removing it but some techniques to cope the pain. For him, bouncing an empty plastic bottle on the head just helped endure the hardest times after so many years. I guess you would do everything as long as it helps.