Kevin Kelly

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate the advice. Actually any advice is appreciated ! Anyone else out there have any suggestions? I'm trying to get more information on dosing. How much to start?? I'm thinking .2 grams. Have purchased a good scale and am looking at BMK and Ghost/Blue Meanies to start. Any comments ?

I too am looking for more information on the "mushroom cure" as you call it or treatment as someone else mentioned. I have tried posting and asking for general information, but so far only one person has responded to me. I have had migraines since 2001 due initially to a spinal fluid leak. I don't have cluster headaches, and my leaks have been sealed at Duke University Hospital in NC, but I'm still suffering, possibly due to a pain cycle that I've been in for so long. My brain just thinks I'm not safe, so it continues to send pain signals to my nervous system. Have seen many of the best neurologists on the east coast and tried many medications but never mushrooms. Would really appreciate any basic information from someone with migraines who has tried mushrooms and received a benefit. I'm reading some of the other posts trying to glean information and create a plan of action, but as a newbie, it's difficult to figure out where to start. How did you all get started? Do I just have to read more and teach myself? Would really appreciate some input or guidance. This forum was suggested to me by my neurologist who felt that mushrooms might help me, so I'm determined to try them. Just not sure how to go about it yet. Thanks in advance

Was hoping I would get some responses from the group. Is there anyone out there that can steer me in the right direction? There seems to be so much information to digest as a newbie. My goal is to find out the quickest way to get started experimenting with mushrooms and what the ground rules are. I read the info within the blue banner and read the newbie page. Just hoping for some input from members of this group who might be able to share some advice or experiences. Thanks

This is my first post to the group. I actually posted it over on the Clusterbusters side, but they referred me here. So maybe someone on the migraine side of the forum can help me out. After meeting with my neurologist at Yale New Haven hospital today, he suggested that I try asking some questions about taking mushrooms for headaches in this forum. He seemed to think that there was some validity to the use of mushrooms for chronic migraine. I do not have cluster headaches, so will clarify that right away. I have, however, suffered from migraines since 2001 when II was diagnosed with a spontaneous spinal fluid leak. Worst pain I could imagine for about 6 weeks. Bedridden. Eventually things improved, but have never resolved, so I have been searching out specialists from Hartford Hospital in CT to The Philadelphia Headache Center in PA to Yale New Haven in CT. I recently made 4 trips in 6 months to Duke University Hospital in NC earlier this year where the fabulous doctors there found a particularly troublesome leak called a venous fistula, actually several of them. They were repaired and I felt better for about 10 days, then the headaches returned. So, my working theory is that my brain has become accustomed to sending pain signals to my nervous system, even without a physical malady. I am now doing EMDR therapy and trying various anti-anxiety medication to try to break the pain cycle. Some progress has been made, but I am far from where I want to be, thus my post. I'm wondering if there is someone out there who might be able to guide me in this new world of potential treatment using mushrooms. I know next to nothing about them, though have tried them in college many years ago (I am 65 now). Thanks for your attention and I look forward to having a conversation about how to move forward.