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Congrats honey!! I hope it kills your cycle totally! Mystina

Happy Birthday Psiloscribe!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Thank you. That got me all teary eyed. I'm glad to have been able to be of help to anyone, that was my goal. Mystina

Has he been diagnosed with CH? There are conditions that cause cluster-like headaches (tumors can do it too, is why I ask.) Was he detoxed from all medications? There's a lot of stuff you have to avoid taking before doing this, or else the bust might be blocked. You also might want to try the Theory and Implementation board, asking there. You might get more people who can respond. "Large dose of LSD didn't work, need help for friend." or something of the sort. Mystina

You may want to taper off of that instead of quitting it cold turkey. What's your dosage? Stopping it without tapering it down can trigger seizures. withdrawals, a lot of other nasty things... Mystina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonazepam

Dan, everyone thinks about the shit they should have said at times like these. I'm sure you did fine, you're just worried because you don't know what they'll be showing. You've helped the cause out greatly, and that is something you should be proud of. I know I'm proud of you! Mystina

It depends on the person. With all busting, it depends on the person. Post dose hits, or shadows, are pretty common. Sometimes things get worse before they get better. You start out at a low dose, because you want maximum effects, with the minimum of medicine required. Always wait 5 days between doses. Someone else can explain this a lot better than me. Mystina

Happy Easter everyone! <3

LMAO, you guys are great. *cues dueling banjos*

Yes, you do actually need to read the information to find out if it's bad for you or not. Read up on the drug. How do you know that it's bad? Because the government tells you? Because the news used to proclaim it's bad and can put holes in your brain? How much is propaganda? Mystina ETA: Unless you've got a medical condition, or mental illness, LSD and Shrooms aren't bad for you... Hell, I've got a bunch of medical conditions, and the stuff has saved my life. All of the drugs that are currently available to treat migraines, and clusters, are based on hallucinogenics.

You can just soak the RC seeds in water, too. You need to grind them up first though. http://www.shamansgarden.com is where I've brought mine from. I don't know that the flowers would have the LSA in them. On top of that, they may have been chemically treated, and I wouldn't try smoking it without doing some heavy research first. The seeds, ground up, soaked in water, OJ, or alcohol, work great. Better than any "conventional" medicine I've ever tried. Mystina ETA: LSA is destroyed by heat, so I don't think smoking the flowers would work...

The RC seeds that we use are a type of morning glory. But are less toxic. http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cb/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1290128974 This thread talks about it.

I used RC seeds first. They can be quick, and effective, like Jeebs said. You might not notice any side effects. I'd be in a great mood, and entertained for quite a few hours after some doses. It also is pretty gentle on you. Plenty of people can bust with RC seeds and it be effective! They didn't work for me, but I'm a chronic, and my beast still thinks he wants to tango. I'm now using Mushrooms, and they've given me a number of pain free days. I wouldn't call myself completely pain free yet, because I do still get hit, but I'm able to live again. Honestly, I wish I would have tried RC seeds SO MUCH sooner. From the get-go. I was afraid of hallucinating, I had night terrors as a child, along with some pretty bad hallucinations from one of my conditions when I was a teen. I didn't hallucinate with the LSA/RC seeds... But I'm a heavyweight most would say, cause on 3.0g of shrooms the only thing that happened was I couldn't keep busy enough, and the beads I was using as a bookmark seemed to be growing longer and longer... Your mileage may vary. Mystina

Honestly, if you wanna try it, I'd just go to the store and buy some bottled water. It's a lot less expensive. There are also purifiers you can buy like Brita, or PUR at the store to clean the chemicals out of the water. I'd go with one of those before getting the water treated. You could try it for a month or two, see if it makes either of you feel any better. My Grandpa was allergic to chlorine, so he noticed a major difference when switching to bottled water. It can't hurt to try it, it just didn't help my CH any. Mystina

I don't drink tap water, because my taste buds are bitchy, and I dislike the taste of fluoride and chlorine in it. I've had to switch back to it a time or two when we couldn't afford bottled water, and it made no difference in my CH. I didn't drink as much water however, because I didn't like how it tasted. Mystina

I'm so happy for you! it's great that you're living your life again! Mystina

Pfft, Jazz never gets old.

I haven't been to a real concert. Spent most of the time too ill to go to one... But, I did see my cousin's band play in a bar that hosted craploads of musicians. It was great, my Mom, Papa, his girlfriend, and I went. They wouldn't serve me alcohol because I wasn't 21 unless Mom got my birth certificate to PROVE I was her child... Yeah, we totally carry that around with us. So, the weirdest part of the night, was I was sitting there, and this guy walks behind my chair on the way back from the bathroom, and he's good looking, and he runs his hand over my bottom so I'm like "AWESOME I GOT FELT UP." .... Then he walks past my Grandpa, who is sitting with one leg propped up on the other. His ankle is over his knee. The guy stops, does a double take... comes and grabs his leg and puts it on the floor for no real reason other than he's super drunk. Getting felt up totally lost it's awesomeness after that, because I sat there going "WTF?!" Second one I attended was Death Metal in a warehouse that was my Uncle's band. It was awesome. Now with pain free time, I think I'll be ready to attend more. Mystina

Vids no longer work because the uploader has deleted their account. Damn. Just figured I'd letcha know. Thanks for finding all of this and sharing!

I honestly thought I was crazy when I went into cycle. I seriously had no idea why I had to pace around, why I wanted to shoot myself because the pain was so severe, and why in the hell they couldn't see anything on the CT scan. On another note... Jeebs, I don't think they know what all a bump to the head can actually do to our brains. I mean, hit it hard enough, and I'd imagine we'd end up with a malfunction somewhere.

Is your Neurologist a Headache Specialist? If not, you might want to see about getting in to one. There's a chance you could have all 3. I do. Mystina

Actually, I suffer from PTSD. I've had a metricfuckton of trauma in my life, starting as a child. Then medical trauma, then....well, lots more trauma from other places. It used to screw me up pretty bad... but since busting, I'm a lot better off with it. Hell, I'm perky and cheerful right now when I'm sick as hell. Normally I wouldn't be be-bopping around when I feel this crappy, but I can't help it. Busted a few days ago. I think it has an impact, I don't know about long term yet, but I know most of the impact has been from not having hits constantly driving me crazy. But I think there is something going on with it helping heal up my PTSD. Mystina

Well, that's not the only way. Get diagnosed by a headache specialist if you can, or a neurologist. If you're not sure which it is you're having, it's a good way to tell. Mystina

I've been diagnosed with both, CCH and TN. For me, it seems that busting has helped the TN too. I don't know if it works like this for others though... I felt the Seeds and Shrooms doing things along both trigeminal nerves. My body is fucked up, and they honestly have no clue which causes which. Neuralgia causing CH, or vice versa? They've told me that. Wish I could be of more help. Zanaflex helped with the neuralgia pain a good deal. Mystina