Brent212

I gave this a try last night for the first time and holy hell did it backfire. I'm 2 weeks into a cluster (they usually last ~3 weeks for me) and ran out of O2 yesterday (couldn't get it filled on a Sunday, but got it refilled this morning), so I called up a friend who's a mild pot head and asked him if I could get a nugget. According to him, the stuff he gave me is "very high quality", and while it didn't work out for my purposes, I gotta say that it was incredibly potent and would have been enjoyable had the whole headache thing not been an issue. I hardly ever smoke, so I tried to just take a small hit on my first test run, with the intention of going bigger the next night if all went well. Well first of all, the "small" hit had me coughing like a 14 year old... not sure if it was because it's been so long, or if the weed was really strong, but that was definitely all I needed to get crazy high. The problem was that within probably 60 seconds I felt the beast come at me full force. I forgot to mention that before I took the hit, I had just started to feel the signs that an attack was nearing... seemed like the perfect time to see if the weed would abort it. What followed was a night in hell. It was as bad, if not worse, than any CH I've had. Being high contributed in two main ways, one good, one bad. The good was that it did somewhat numb me to the pain. So while I could tell that the pain was insane, I was able to handle it better than usual... if I were to say the attack was a 10, I'd say it affected me as if it were a 7... it was weird because I could definitely feel the pain as a 10, but I was so stoned that I wasn't in as much agony as I would have been otherwise. The bad was that time seemed to drag by soooooo sloooooooowly. Holy shit it was torture... I kept looking at the clock, hoping enough time would have gone by for either the pain meds I took after the attack started to start kicking in, or for the attack to be nearing completion (they usually last between 1 and 3 hours for me). What seemed like 15 minutes would turn out to be 3-5 minutes. So long story short: weed doesn't work for me, or at least, my first attempt went badly enough that I'm not gonna fck with it again.

A CGA540 connector is the type that connects to welding oxygen tanks. It seems like a lot of people use welding tanks, but I haven't gotten anyone to share where they got their regulator from. Lifegas looks like they have what I'm looking for, but it's a bummer I can't order from the website. Gonna have to call during business hours... what is this, the mid 90s?

Does anyone have a link to somewhere that I can buy a regulator that puts out at least 15 lpm, has a CGA540 connector, and a fitting to connect to the O2ptimask? None of the ones I've looked at give the rate in lpm.

Damn, so will I have to get a different regulator? I got one that fit an E tank from amazon a couple months ago.

If I order something like THIS, will I be able to get it filled at a welding supply place? Or are certain types of tanks (like this one) clearly for medical purposes and therefore a welding place wouldn't fill them?

Anyone have the instructions for this thing? The ordering site says it's supplied with them, but I didn't get any. I think I've got it working, as it isn't super complicated, but I'd like make sure, especially because the picture here says that I'm supposed to connect the mouthpiece to the T connector, but I really don't see the point of doing that. Why not just connect the mouthpiece directly to the oxygen inlet connector, with the bag on the other side? Also, I'm assuming that it means to connect the mouthpiece to the T connector using the male to male connector in the middle, since the only spot the mouthpiece will actually fit on the T connector is the opening with the valve, which can't be right.

I finally was able to get my doc to write me a script for O2, but he clearly has no idea what he's doing. When I was in his office, I tried to explain to him that I had the exact text he should write down (got it from clusterheadaches.com message board - "Oxygen therapy at 12 to 15 liters/minute with a 10/11 - non-rebreather oxygen mask AS NEEDED for cluster headache attacks."). He completely dismissed this as he wasn't willing to listen to something I just pulled from the internet (he's the "expert"... even though he had absolutely no knowledge on clusters whatsoever). So he said he'd do some research and write me a prescription later that I could come back and pick up. I got the script today and here's what it says: "Oxygen via nasal cannula @ 3L/min for cluster headache". This is worthless, correct? So what would you recommend I do to get O2? I'm giving up on this doctor, but I'm willing to try finding one that has some experience with CHs. Or is not even getting a script and just getting the O2 myself a better route? If so, do I get it from a welding shop? How do I find one? Any info is appreciated.