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@Shaun brearley....here's hoping you don't "have the blues so bad this time it put your face in a permanent frown"....and the NEXT bust means "you feelin' so much better you can...." :

I used psilocybin. Still in remission.

...hi @Lizzie Hall, have heard very little on the sites i visit re psilo and migraine. could you share type, dosage, frequency, etc. would be valuable info for newbies on a strategy that worked....

I use frozen clothes and while it’s freezing cold it alleviates the sharpe pains while on o2

I agree about the tape bit. I luckily just found a nonrebreather mask with the holes on one side already sealed and a gasket on the other--has been more effective than the the both-side gasket one I was using before. Nonrebreather masks are only $3.00 here, and I'm renting an enormous H tank for $20 per month, $40 O2 refills, delivered by a nice guy to my door. At that price, no fussing with insurance!

Nor can I, the band feels terrible. I luckily can tolerate simply holding the mask to my face, and I agree that inhaling through the mouth is way better with the bag--I inhale through the mouth and out the nose holding the nonrebreather mask on my face at 14 lpm, usually works within 10 minutes or so. I set an alarm to not go past 15 minutes, and only on rare occasion has it not worked, thankfully.

I find putting a frozen bag of peas on my neck while using the O2 helps. Sometimes I'll put a second bag of peas on my head. I'm sure the whole scene looks rather chic to the untrained observer

.....yee-haw and sounds familiar....play with the flow to dial in. M-60 tanks doubled that abort #/tank.... and reduced visits to the O2 shop. though the E's are quite portable and easy to roll around in a cart. used to love me some the smell of a new mask....associated it with the GOOD that was happening...

*Update* I received my non rebreather mask in the mail and used it today at 10lpm and aborted an attack in about 12-15 minutes. Went through 1/4 of an E tank but small price to pay to abort one!!!

As has been said a few time about the triptans, but I will say again as this is so important and I got caught up in it . Yes it can abort the attacks but it gives such bad rebound headaches and also prolongs the cycle your in . So please be mindful of this

This chick nails JP's "Unwed Fathers"....and the pedal steel is awesome!@

This is so me! I'm surprised my bloopers haven been called out (yet)!

Well ya'll, I'd appreciate your prayers, positive thoughts, healing juju...whatever ya got, please send it my way! A little over 2 weeks ago I began experiencing severe pain in my neck and left shoulder....I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease in 2013 after an MRI showed 2 herniated cervical disc's and 3 herniated lumbar disc's so I initially thought it was just a flare up of the normal daily pain I've been having all these years....however, within a couple days the pain was unbearable, and after my wife found her tough, old Marine in a scalding hot shower crying like a baby, she made me let her haul me to the ER. After copious amounts of IV pain meds and muscle relaxers the ER doc sent me for a catscan...when I got back he told me the catscan revealed deterioration of C5 and C7 to the point that the resulting stenosis was putting direct pressure on my spinal cord and that he was going to refer me to a spine surgeon. Went to see him last week and after examining me he said that from looking at my 2013 MRI and the ER catscan that he thought that I was teetering on the edge of total paralysis!! Damn, it felt like all the air had been sucked outta the room!! When we got to the car I told my wife I needed to just sit there for a bit cuz my heart was about to beat out of my chest!! So, a new MRI is scheduled for next Tuesday to prepare for neck surgery and not gonna lie, I am freakin terrified!! DD