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First I would try and find a neuro that specializes in headaches. Any doc that won’t write for O2 is useless. iMHO. I would give the verapamil a fair shot. It needs to be titrated to a fairly high dose to get relief. You will need to go for EKGs and blood pressure checks while ramping up the dose. It has helped as many as it didn’t from ancendotal reports and is the first line therapy along with oxygen and injectable sumatriptan. A fairly high taper dose of steroids is often tried in the beginning and can help many. There is the D3 vitamin regime along with energy drinks gives great relief to some. I will let batch or someone tell you about it. As far as busting goes RC or HBWR seeds are going to be your fastest way to give it a try and is legal to purchase. Growing MM takes time a little trial and error and a little luck. If you decide to go that route we can steer you in the right direction. Stay strong it will get better. You can always get a welding oxygen set up as many have done for various reasons. Did the oxygen help you in the ER? Brian

Personally I'd switch doctors if one laughed at me.... Internet based cluster headache communities helped save my life. I have no time for self important gasbags who believe they know it all.

...for me....periodically from 1985 to a few yrs ago... it was Lincare at $10/tank.....eventually $12 then $14. Used to order up tanks when I travelled using their online "travel arrangement"..... worked exceedingly well with no complications....Oklahoma and CA (multiple times)…. Best Jon

I have known several people that paid out of pocket for tanks. One in particular had a deal for $10 E tanks anywhere in the country. It can be done.

Hi Rowdy.... ….no insurance myself for many years....and this is admittedly a few yrs back....but I marched into a Lincare shop...WITH a script for O2...and committed to paying cash DOWN. Over the yrs it was "sometimes" a problem...but all depending on the particular shop MGR. Mostly they were happy to oblige...MONEY talks. Try a personal visit with the Mgr...a sincere face with a cogent narrative for a problem goes a long ways....otherwise CHf just gave ya a good alternative... Best Jon

rowdy', This is the only part of your question that I know anything about. If you have the regulator for larger tanks (a CGA 540 regulator), it will fit on any industrial (welding) oxygen tank, and of course your mask will still connect fine to your regulator. Smaller medical tanks use a regulator (CGA 870) that won't fit on any industrial tank. I don't know how to insert images here, so this is a link to what a CGA 540 medical oxygen regulator looks like: https://www.amazon.com/CGA-540-Style-Oxygen-Regulator/dp/B006GERK0M in contrast to the CGA 870: https://www.amazon.com/Medline-HCS8715M-Oxygen-Regulator-Connection/dp/B00KG8DNKU/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1535422718&sr=1-3-fkmr0&keywords=cga+860+oxygen+regulator