suicide headache
n.— «Cluster headache (CH) remains an enigma to the medical profession.…Many chronic CH sufferers eventually take their own lives—earning CH the gruesome moniker “suicide headaches.”» —“LSD cured my headache” by Arran Frood Independent (United Kingdom) Oct. 7, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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