The condition occipital neuralgia does sometimes eventually go away on it's own but sometimes people continue to experience the pain from occipital neuralgia for a very long time and sometimes for years if they don't get treatment.
Most cases of occipital neuralgia will need medical treatment to get rid of the pain associated with the occipital neuralgia.
Occipital neuralgia usually comes in bursts of pain that come and go, lasting for a few seconds or minutes.
Sometimes people with occipital neuralgia may experience a lingering ache between more extreme bouts of pain.