Bonkers

Hi Solace, Welcome to the forum. Look how much really good advice you were given in just 12 hours time. You can't count mine 'cause I'm not really giving you any advice. Doing your own research and asking a team of Neurologists for answers, you wouldn't have gotten as much, and of such high quality, in 12 weeks. Everyone here understands what you're going through and is anxious to help in any way they can. Everyone here is either a cluster sufferer himself or is caring for someone who is. Most Clusterheads never hear about ClusterBusters. You're lucky, I feel, to be one of the ones who has. Feel free to ask questions about anything you don't understand or are unclear about. If you're uncomfortable asking about anything publicly, you can write PM's privately to anyone here. I may have missed someone else's recommendation, but just in case I didn't, the following video will provide you with an introduction to cluster headaches, clusterbusting and everything else we're doing here:Â http://vimeo.com/10918637. It is a talk given by our fearless leader and the founder of this website, Bob Wold. You're in good hands. You'll do fine. I wish you luck. Ron

I hope you had a totally lousy day spent thinking about how old you are and worrying about when you'll die. Just kiddin.' Love ya, Dude. Happy Birthday. Ron p.s. - I intentionally "forgot" your birthday till after the fact just so I could be rude. We'll be the same age for a couple of weeks until the 27th when I turn 65. Don't forget.

I don't imagine you've ever gotten a birthday present as cool as Connor. Congratulations, Grandpa.

Well now, it looks like I get to be the first one to wish you a Happy Birthday on the actual day of your birthday. I hope you have a wonderful day today, Bob. Thanks for all you do for all of us. Ron

Halleluia!! That's wonderful news, Bubblesup. I hope it lasts forever. Ron

Thanks, Shocked, for finding and sharing some of the most interesting and informative articles/movies etc. re psychedelics that many of us have ever seen. Your efforts are very much appreciated. Ron

I might even wash my feet for you, Danny Boy. Nah, I'll just wipe them off with my face towel, like usual.

Ummm.... toejam shrooms. A new outlet for my foot fetish.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers out there. And to you, Danita, you taut-assed mutha.

What CHfather sez is correct. This regulator is the "cheapo" version and only costs about $30. If the cost wasn't the most important thing at the time, we would have gotten a demand valve.

Very funny video. Now, if we can just find a way to get anyone planning on entering any armed conflict to take LSD beforehand....

Thanks, Les. Damn, I sure hope you're right about both of us being pleasantly surprised and I sincerely appreciate the time that you've taken to help us. I don't understand this sentence: "No cheating; for complicated metabolic reasons its worse." Do you mean that he shouldn't cheat by having an occasional "puff" or beer; that for "complicated metabolic reasons" his withdrawal will be more difficult if he does? I'm sure glad you're here, Jerry, and that for some odd reason you seem to like me. I think it will turn out both that I'm inadequate to the task and that Michael's addiction is so deeply entrenched that at least part of his withdrawal will need to be conducted in a hospital setting. We've got a lot to learn about and we've just now started so I don't at this point know what will be involved and the best way to go about it. It'll depend on his insurance coverage (Medicare) and our shared finances as to what we can do when the time comes. Ron

At post #100. Congratulations! There's only one key; you'll have to get it from Dan. Nobody's gonna want ya around if you're gonna be runnin' to the bathroom every 5 minutes.

I thought it was named after everyone's favorite super-hero, Dolph Lundgren. Urban legend has it that it was named after Adolph Hitler. It was actually Eli Lilly and Company that named it after Professor Vincent Dole. We'll get some Skullcap and follow your lead, Les. Much appreciated information. Many thanks. I'm sure Doc won't cold turkey my kid but he didn't suggest to me anything he might give him for help with the HAs. It's kinda scary imagining him with nothing - but maybe a combination of Licorice, Skullcap, cold water and the elimination of tobacco/alcohol will be enough to get him through. I sure hope so. The kittens would need to be shaved before batter-dipping them. Anyone tried them sauteed in butter with some sweet onion?

I talked with Mike's pain Doc today (we see the same guy - different pain problems). Sez he's taking him off the methadone. Sez he doesn't want to be the guy who kills him. I guess this could be a blessing in disguise though I don't know what he expects him to do or take to cushion the pain. I'm just afraid of Michael getting to the point where ending it all becomes preferable to the suffering. A good chance that rebound HAs are a big part of Michael's problem and if that's the case and he quits smoking/drinking at the same time maybe it won't be as tough a job as we expect it to be. Maybe we'll also get some kittens. Now, if someone would be so kind as to show us how to prepare them...

What you've said here has already been a great deal of help. Thanks. Clarifying our situation, while not providing much of a fix, narrows our options so our energy isn't so scattered. Sure glad you're here, Les.

Same with my son, Les. Nothing has worked to ease his pain save his F'in' methadone. I so wish O2 worked. I wish we could find something besides the psychedelics that helped. He used to get 1-2 weeks PF with every bust. Then a few days. Now, nothing. 4.0g of shrooms and he just went to bed. Same thing with 2 tabs of acid. We're gonna have to give it a break for a few weeks before we try again. In the meantime he's got methadone. And the Doc won't give him anywhere near enough to help. If he could get off the methadone his whole life would be better. But what the hell do you do? He has nothing else. Any ideas?

Good post, Jerry. Can I be on your team? But only if Dan's not permitted. He's too aggressive, sexually I mean. Just thought you and the other men on our team should know.

More and more information. This is brand new, happening now stuff. Exciting stuff. Exciting to me, anyway. But I'm old and easy to please. I think it's worth asking our Doctors about. I'm going to email the abstract to ours.

Damn, Bob! This looks really interesting. The statistical analysis, even in the abstract, is beyond me but I would like to read the whole report. The study is brand new; it's from the May issue of Headache journal. Warfarin is still used occasionally as an effective rat poison - which shouldn't concern us lol - and may have been used by Khrushchev and friends in an attempt to poison Stalin. This drug looks very promising.

The majority of folks here had never taken an illegal drug ('cept maybe weed) and wouldn't have unless it had been their last resort. For most, even the idea of taking one of the major psychedelics, for any reason, was repellant to them. Weighing the choices of enduring CH on one hand though and taking a psychedelic on the other, many chose the latter. The stories everyone has heard of users going mad or jumping out of windows, regardless of their truth, create fear in potential users minds of losing psychological control. Nobody wants that. So... new users start at a sub-psychedelic dose to gradually introduce them to the world of psychedelia. Depending on the person, a sub-psychedelic dose may be all that's required to "bust" their CHs. Others need a stronger dose and by gradually increasing the amount taken are able to comfortably take bigger and bigger doses until, hopefully, they bust. Make sense?

Not to worry, Bud. People will be so impressed with your pretty face that they won't care what you say. You're a really smart guy and I'm sure that'll come across on-screen. If it doesn't and you do come across a total dumb ass, we'll all get a good laugh at your expense. Either way is good. It's all good.

Fingers crossed, DG.

If you haven't read enough about something, anything, that you have a basic understanding of it, how can you form an intelligent opinion about its value? Where does that come from? How can you possibly know?

Hi guys, I'm too old. Meat's tough and stringy. Probably not too tasty. You can bite me though. And Dan, you're gonna have to continue fantasizing about my pretty mouth. It really is very pretty. My fantasy, Dan, is that you'll grow a ring of hair around your mouth - for me. Love, Ron