[Propranolol]

Hi @HazBaz

I was actually prescribed propranolol once as a treatment for the cluster headaches by a neuro - I'm guessing since it's a beta blocker. Didn't work to prevent, but lowered my BP a lot so stopped. Don't recall it making the attacks any worse though, so possibly no effect on starting the cycle. However, I understand your fear so probably worth waiting till you get any more informed inputs. 

[Last call for shipping of D3 stuff before it bakes to death in the heat.]

On 4/25/2022 at 5:19 AM, Bejeeber said:

This is one of those things I believe I have learned from personal experience, as opposed to extensive research, so as always am open to anyone's differing take on the subject:

Some of the nutrients in the D3 regimen, such as B vitamins found in a multi-vitamin, are heat sensitive, and anyone like me who orders them online is risking receiving some killed dead pills if they are delivered in a roasting oven of a delivery van (last I checked some of the D3 regimen moving parts such as minerals like magnesium are more impervious to heat though). Here in Austin I've been waiting pretty much all of April to get a not-too-hot opening in the forecast for having my entire spring-summer-early-fall's worth of of D3 regimen components delivered alive and well, and have just pushed that button.

I suppose my urging can be summarized thusly: Order 3 to 5 months worth (depending on your local climate) of your heat sensitive D3 components while there is still some cool weather, or risk purchasing some dead krap, and worst case scenario: The Beast catches you with cluster-pants halfway down.

@Bejeeber I didn't know this! Is d3 heat sensitive too? Where I stay in North India, we're getting heatwaves of 46-47 degrees Celsius! That's close to 120 F I think. 

[Long Time Cluster Sufferer Who Beat the Devil]

My clusters started at 18 before I started smoking! First started smoking around 21..quit multiple times in between hoping it'll end the CH, but still kept getting cycles. Infact after quitting, I usually pick up smoking again as result of the anxiety and trauma caused due to the attacks. Smoking somehow just helps deal with it (purely psychological i'm guessing, but I guess it acts a crutch to deal with the trauma).

But glad it worked for you!!