Bejeeber

Oh my lord that is AWESOME. How did you know I'm the world's most fanatical spoonerism zealot? (I even consider myself to be the originator of the "self answering spooner riddle" - if that is geeky enough for you) I wish I woulda thought of FusterClucks!! Or Bejeeber and the Gnashville Fuster Cluckers 8-)

It's a crazy thing to laugh about, but I have to admit I just did. It might be time to form a band to perform a complete arrangement of this new hit song - but what could the band possibly be called other than "The ClusterF**kers"?.Â

Well the Newsweek article was a step in the right direction for sure, but I agree that Oprah, CNN, 60 minutes, etc. would be really good. Maybe with an emphasis on the potential of BOL in order to get awareness and public sentiment going in the direction of getting that fully tested and hopefully proven and approved.

;D ;D Apparently a creative burst can be a side effect of mushrooms - or has Hipshot always been that way? 8-)

I'm sure I'd be going back to Zomig for awhile too Angel, if I was in your hubby's critical situation with the CH. So glad that you're not giving up. With that attitude my money says you WILL find a good way out of this sh**storm.

Hi Frozen1, All I can add is that with my own limited experience with 1.5 - 2 grams of dry shrooms, I too had a stronger trip than expected. Definitely beyond "minor effects".

WOW!! THAT IS A GINORMOUS HONKLOAD ALRIGHT!!  Well in my book it is at least - 2g can knock me for a loop.

Whoa! Well that teaches me something. I didn't realize - is good to know.

OK well that REALLY really sucks. > Sorry to hear how things are going there right now. Is O2 still helping to abort any of the hits? There are certainly others around here who can respond more authoritatively than I, but personally I wouldn't put too much hope in seeds alone (which I consider the "little guns") when mushrooms (the big guns) aren't working. I remember in the Bonkers saga how seeds did nothing for Michael, mushrooms did something, and now LSD seems to really be doing something. Maybe someone would like to chime in on whether shrooms plus seeds would be something to try at this point?

I just want to mention here that cheap and crude magnesium oxide has always made any of my magnesium deficiencies worse, whereas mag citrate or other forms such as chelated magnesium have helped. My wife has the opposite reactions to these forms of magnesium. So for people like my wife and myself it unfortunately may take some trial and error to find the right type.

Hi Val, About the oxygen - it doesn't work for a lot of us until administered in the newer, much more effective manner. I know that after the first week of an episode when the intensity of my hits are just starting to ramp up, O2 at 8 to 10 LPM as commonly prescribed by idiots neurologists does NOTHING for me. BUT, since I have adopted the high liter flow / non rebreather mask approach that idiots doctors are universally unaware of, O2 suddenly becomes an effective abortive (for me this requires a really large reservoir bag and hyperventilating at a whopping 45 LPM!). Many many many others are finding similar results. Since you are in such a precarious position with these severe CH attacks, if you can afford it, I'm thinking you might benefit from a demand valve system, which could both simplify and optimize your high flow O2 use. If you've already tried this high flow O2 and still aren't getting 100% results, then drinking an energy drink with a lot of caffeine and taurine right at the onset of the attack is reputed to "help the O2 work better/longer". Also, there's an O2 guru over at CH.com by the name of Batch who is making the case for optimizing your PH in order to allow the O2 to work most effectively. This seems very easy and harmless, and very much worth a try to me. Here's a quote from one of Batch's posts at the CH.com forum where he details the recipe: "....when I go into a high cycle, I take 3 to 4 calcium citrate tablets with vitamin D, magnesium and zinc washed down with fresh homemade lemonade. This regimen acts as a buffer on the gastric juices in the stomach with the ultimate result, an elevation in arterial pH as measured with pH test strips that show my saliva pH has risen... This regimen also breaks my high cycles in 12 to 24 hours... Hope this helps." He considers an elevated arterial pH to really help the O2 do it's thing. Here's the link to the full thread this came from where he supplies charts (you'll find his post with his characteristic giant font at the bottom of the thread): http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1276030335/3

Hi Valerie, Sorry you're experiencing this hell. A few things occur to me: 1) You might want to try lower dose injections of imitrex - they still work! Here are the details: http://www.clusterheadaches.com/imitrex.html 2) Imitrex and other meds are believed to block the effects of psilocybin. Is there any chance you could get oxygen and administer it as outlined in the link below for aborting your attacks, allowing you to detox from the meds, so the psilocybin will have a chance to work for you? http://www.clusterheadaches.com/O2/index.html 3) I've never heard about the truffles. It sure would be nice if you could get some actual mushrooms. 4) You're english is good. Way better than my Italian, which consists of a few words such as "pizza", "spaghetti" and "lasagna". :-[

Glad you didn't get flattened out Denny! I don't know if I've ever been in a better mood when out doing yard work than I was last year just prior to the arrival of some twisters in the area. I was unaware of the impending weather conditions, but I should've realized something was up because those negative ions can really go supercharged and make ya feel like dancin'. Generally though I have found twisters to be a major freekin' NUISANCE, especially when the sirens are going off at 4 AM, and you're having to decide whether to take shelter. > Not that that compares at all whatsoever to the experience of people who are on the wrong end of a direct hit. And I would recommend that anyone in tornado country check the radar and forecasts before launching a cluster bust.Â

Howdee John, Here's to you finding large quantities of PF time ASAP.

"Hind sight". ;D That's actually a good one.

I second the belly fat location for injection - pinch a little to the side of the navel, inject there, and you have the easiest and most painless spot IMO. Are you aware of the imitrex tip that details how to abort 2 to 3 CH hits with one 6 mg injector's worth of imitrex? Here's the link: http://www.clusterheadaches.com/imitrex.html

Happy B. Day you 6 string maniac you! May this day bring you a '59 burst. 8-)

I think I can field this question. It is in San Diego, which sports the mildest climate in the continental US. Pretty paradisey-ish. 8-)

Glad to hear it's working for you so far Tingeling, and glad to hear it's not needed right now for your hubsky, Angel!

I haven't tried the pH thing - although I wish I would've been smart enough to during my last episode when O2 wasn't aborting all of my night time hits, and if the beast comes knocking again, I'll certainly give it a go.

Here's a quote from one of Batch's posts at the CH.com forum (he's an O2 guru over there) where he details the recipe: "....when I go into a high cycle, I take 3 to 4 calcium citrate tablets with vitamin D, magnesium and zinc washed down with fresh homemade lemonade. This regimen acts as a buffer on the gastric juices in the stomach with the ultimate result, an elevation in arterial pH as measured with pH test strips that show my saliva pH has risen... This regimen also breaks my high cycles in 12 to 24 hours... Hope this helps." He considers an elevated arterial pH to really help the O2 do it's thing. Here's the link to the full thread this came from where he supplies charts and the whole nine yards (you'll find his post with his characteristic giant font at the bottom of the thread): http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1276030335/3 [Edit: and here's some more specific pH supplement info from another Batch thread]: http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1278624142/6 "I take the Kirkland™ brand calcium citrate tablets that also contain vitamin D, magnesium and zinc all in one tablet. I get them at Costco... If you can't get to Costco, you can get the same basic formula by taking Citracal Plus Bone Density Builder™ tablets. Most food stores carry them."

What David said. Since the O2 didn't work on those K7's I wonder if he'll want to try Batch's PH optimization recipe (I can dig it up if you don't have it), which is purported to allow the O2 to be more effective? Or maybe an energy drink along with the O2 for the same reason? (sorry if we've covered that and I've forgotten). As far as sleep is concerned, how about the Melatonin? I just saw for the first time over on CH.com that people are going as high as 18 mg for the nightly dose, with one responder saying melatonin never did anything for him until he got to 15 mg, then it started preventing the night time hits. I'm not sure whether melatonin is supposed to conflict with mushrooms at all - I know that my little 3 mg nightly melatonin dose didn't prevent 1.5 G of mushrooms from coming on strong and knocking me for a good loop.Â

Well very glad to hear that Xeno has the credibility and is serious, because this sounds like it could be a godsend for some CH'ers.

Sounds probable to me too.

When living in San Diego without health insurance I used to pop over the border in Tijuana to get much cheaper imitrex injections without prescription (Imigran, it's the same exact thing). Anyway, the treatment center you describe sounds WAY better than that!! I didn't realize mushrooms are legal there - are they commercially available for purchase? Not that anyone would want to try to cross back over the border to the US with them in their possession - but I suppose a crazy plan for the very desperate could be to ingest some right before crossing back over the border, and have a designated driver take you home? Back to your concept - it sounds kind of like cluster heaven - low cost, a beautiful mansion, mushrooms, O2, all the CH drugs. There will naturally be some skepticism, as in "is this too good to be true?" from some of us, but I'm sure there will be interest, and I for one hope it isn't too good to be true. Would love to hear more background on you and the treatment center concept.