Hello

[sebisgood]

Hello, my name is sebastien, i'm french 34 years old.

I suffer from cluster headaches since 2005 now.

I had Isoptine 480 mg/ day ...+ O2+ Imiject since 2005.

But my doctor wanted try lithium....250 mg/ day + cortisone in order to stop the cycle of pains.....without result since 3 weeks.

I'm so sad and life is so hard for me. I would like to try others treatments like psylocibene.... but it's not allow in France. What can I do please ??  Sorry for my English... i'm a FRoggy 

[jjb]

Psylocybin also not allowed in UK - however you can import spores from Netherlands (e.g. Azarius shop) and grow your own. It's not too hard, you don't need much special equipment, and as long as you keep it quiet you should be OK. I think it's worth a try. good luck.

[jjb]

Also try http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Magic-farm-ukmushroomsupplies for a grow kit which would let you grow tasty oyster mushrooms for cooking at home, I think he also supplies spores "for research purposes". He seems to be a responsive guy.

[sebisgood]

thanks a lot

[ThatHurtsMyHead]

sebisgood,

Knowing some people have been helped with Lithium, I don't think it's a good long term solution.  Of those that I'm aware of that have taken Lithium for their CH, it most often causes other issues either physically or mentally in their life.

While you're waiting for your garden to grow, you might also try seeds that contain LSA (Hawaiian Baby Woodrose or Rivea Corymbosa.  I'm not sure what the legality in France is for importing though?

J

[CHfather]

This is good advice from all.  If you do get seeds, I'd suggest you start with rivea corymbosa, which you can get from www.azarius.net and also from http://allsalvia.co.uk/salvia-shop/entheogens/rivea-corymbosa-virgin-seeds.  I also do not know whether they can be imported into France. If you decide to order some, please check with us first.

I sounds like you have a good doctor. The three prescriptions you received in 2005 were the right basic things -- isoptin (verapamil in the US), oxygen, and imitrex.  If your oxygen is not working as well as it once did, you can get better results from your system.  Read the ClusterBusters Oxygen Page under the black-and-white MENU tab on the left side of the page, and of course let us know if there are things you don't understand.

As J has said, getting into lithium and steroids is a territory where you are beginning to risk more serious long-term effects, and you need careful monitoring. 

You should probably start the vitamin D3 strategy that has helped a lot of people.  Read about it here, and ask any questions that you have: https://www.clusterheadaches.com/cb/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1314134804.

Have you tried drinking an energy shot (in the US, this would be something like 5-Hour Energy) or energy drink (RedBull or Monster brands in the US) at the first sign of an attack?  This helps many people.  Even a strong cup of coffee can sometimes make a difference.

If you are going to try seeds or mushrooms or LSD, you will have to stop taking the imiject, the steroids, and the lithium. That is why it is very important that your oxygen works efficiently and you also have other things, like energy drinks to help abort attacks and the D3 method to at least reduce how often you get attacks, and how severe they are.

[Bejeeber]

What they said. 

There are a tremendous number of CH'ers for whom low flow/rebreather O2 ceases to work, but after we upgrade to high flow 100% O2 it works again (!), and allows us to get off the blocking prescriptions so we can bust.