Hi Melissa,

This is probably a question that everyone knows the answer but me.
Is there a reason why you are not using medication?

If not what about Synergie or psylocybin?

Glad my post gave you an idea. Like you I hope it works.

Defiance, hope and constant questioning; the key to unlocking the answer in the end.

Good luck for later.

Ellick

Hi Mel,
I know this is off topic so I won't come back with anything else on this post.

Have you (this is for the future) heard of the research by Dr Passie in Germany with the use of bromo LSD. I understand that early results are good and should be published soon.

BTW, I am 50 days into a cycle and I haven't had a hit in two days so I am feeling I might be coming to the end of this one and I am looking forward to a few months remission. Could murder a beer (so the saying goes here).

This time round I plan to set up the prevents well before the next one is due. Like you I prefer natural traetment although what ever we take it's always a trade off of some sort. I am either going the buster route or Kilowatts formula.

Trouble with me I get desperate when I am in the peak of a cycle and try lots of things at once so I am never quite sure what fixes what. I always seem to get caught out and am running from behind. Anyway have to stay slow for a few days in case I disturb 'it' dozing.

Ellick.

Ellick- No I have not heard of Bromo LSD before.  Sounds like it is promising though and I look forward to the results!  I sooooo hear you about the desperation!  I too have that problem.   I am so very glad to hear you have had 2 days PF and hope that you are definately at the END of your cycle!

Carolyn- Yes, you are correct about perimentalpause ()  I have already decided I will not do any HRT myself due to preferring natural help and I am at a higher risk for breast cancer (mom died of it).  When you say there are OTC's that can't be taken due increasing estrogen, have you read anything about Vitamin E doing that also?  I have read (from my Prevention book Vitamin Cures) that Vit. E helps many women with hot flash symptoms.  That and Fenugreek.  Any thoughts?  Thanks!

I know I've read multiple times that Cluster Headaches are not affected by hormones, body changes, etc.

So wouldn't that contradict your "high cycle due to premenopausalness" theory?

Perimenopause is one possibility - but consider another.  I am pretty sure that I am not in menopause or perimenopause as I am a male. Yet I get hot flashes with my cycle.  So there is some other mechanism for causing them, which can also get haywire when someone is in cycle.

Hot flashes are linked with CGRP levels, which are elevated both conditions. CGRP blockers are being researched for clusters, and have been shown to reduce hot flashes. The hypothalamus is important in regulating body temperature - might be something there that misfires and causes hot flashes independent of anything else.

Menopause or perimenopause can trigger hot flashes, and estrogen tends to block this.  But anything that lowers estrogen, or causes it to fluctuate (even when it is relatively high) might trigger CGRP.

during the beginning of  a hit, my feet and palms get really sweaty.  i feel unusually hot inside during the hit and then when it is over m skin is cold to the touch and i feel so cold all over.  my wife even commented after i got back into bed how cold my skin felt.

I have noticed during this cycle i am in now I get extremely hot. My wife says she can feel heat permeating off of me. I don't remember that ever happening in times before. But now after an attack I have to shower or at least change clothes, because they are soaked

When you mean '' is that the same as Hot Flushes.I Definitely get very hot when I'm suffering anything from a kip 7 up. After a really bad attack i usually suffer from really heavy shadows. It's during these shadows that i get what I can only best describe as a . It comes out of nowhere and its like a small nuclear explosion along the left side of my head. It's a really hot deep sensation that comes and goes within seconds. The funny thing is that its kind of soothing because it takes away that shitty deep shadow feeling. But every time it happens i definitely think the CH has finally  done some damage.

[size=14][/size] Hi Melissa,

I know i definitely heat up during an attack. Two weeks ago felt an attack coming on, i just had time to drop kids off at parents who live 5mins by car. Didn't have time to leave in middle of a kip 10.By the time my Da had gone to my chemist to get my imigran injection(just recently prescribed) I had to strip of bear back  as i thought i was going to catch fire. Although i believe both parents were reptiles in a previous life because their house is hotter than the Amazon rain forest.....!