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  1. Thank you all so much. After posting, and engaging with you all, it was amazing how much better I felt - even though I thought I was in for a really tough path in the coming weeks. The great news is, I have not had one since (I have had some VERY light versions of behind the eye pain/discomfort - but negligible). With that said, I am not drinking any alcohol whatsoever. I am prioritizing my sleep, D3, Melatonin. From what I have been reading the part of the brain that regulates sleep and seasonal (moon) cycles is very much involved. I have recently been perscribed and been taking propranolol, which had messed with my sleep cycles. I do believe taking the copious amount of mushrooms and whiskey (the night I had described) has played a part. Once I did that - and I was a moderate to heavy drinker - alcohol (whiskey in particular) became disgusting to me. I was shocked. I even said at the time - something in my brain changed. I called it 'walking through a door' with the help of the mushrooms no doubt, where I did not want to drink alcohol at all, it was poison to me. That feeling towards alcohol has eased a bit over the past 7 months since that happened. However, I had not drank much, and not straight whiskey since then, and - BAM headache hit me hard that night I did. I do believe it was a cluster headache. It had all the symptoms listed. It was very scary. The pain was not a 10 (the most painful experience a human can feel)... but I was in shock as well, so not sure how properly I could rate the excruitating pain I was feeling. I do have a history of concussions (3-4 in my life) and smoked cigarettes as a young man 20-22 years old, again 26-29 years old. Thank you for being here for me, very humbling and feel for you all as well. Nick
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  2. I have an appt with a neurologist specialized in headaches this week. I mention the proponoyl because it was significantly effecting my sleep patterns
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  3. .....so what was the diagnosis? if it's CH, the propranolol is not likely to help at all....old line migraine med that would make me wonder about the prescriber's knowledge of CH....
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  4. If you really do have CH you are light years ahead of about 99% of all sufferers since most of us went through years of hell to figure it out and get diagnosed so you have that going for you. AND you are on cluster busters!
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  5. Hi Nick you have already had great advice my friend . I'll double down on it . Go get yourself a headache specialist best people to get proper diagnoses. Doctors and neurologists not really good for CH . Read up on the D3 it's so good and as @CHfathersaid even if you don't have CH it will do you good .
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