The theory is that certain receptors in our brains sort of shutdown after dosing. Conventional wisdom says that dosing too often is a wasted effort because of this "closed door" effect. I have no personal experience with real hallucinogenics like mushrooms or LSD, but I understand that it's almost impossible to "trip" daily because of this effect.

The general rule is about a week, give or take a little, for the "door to open" again.

There are no absolute rules, but you will commonly read about weekly doses at first, tapering off to monthly for those who need it.

Again, there are people who report success with very small doses taken daily.

The most important thing to remember is that this form of therapy is a process - and not normally a one time event. You need to stick with it for bit.

Do spend some time reading up on the "detox" line of thinking. Several CH medications are thought to close the same door to the receptors that you are trying reach. It is commonly believed that using any of the Triptans can make dosing useless.

This can be a major sticking point because many people simply will not go without their conventional abortive drugs for several days in order to "detox."

Many people (including me) report having a short increase in CH's the day after dosing - making it really hard to stay off the Triptans. Oxygen is my only answer to that problem.

There is much, much more to read on this subject but I tried to give you a VERY condensed version only.

Marc

ETA: Brew said it clearly with just a couple of words, while I was slowly typing this post 

Yup, Imitrex is one of the Triptans.

Just a thought for you RC guys...

I've seen a lot of discussion about your seeds getting old and less effective, and even a couple of posts where people said they were going to throw out their old seeds and get new ones.  Don't throw 'em out!  Plant 'em!

RC is a really prolific vine, and will grow over a very wide range.  It's everywhere around here (in SW Louisiana) and East Texas.  It requires essentially no care, and is pretty tolerent of a lot of extreme conditions.  Probably does not like real cold climates, but years ago I lived in Pennsylvania and we had closely related species growing there.

Anywhere you've got a fence or trellis for it to climb on, you can have a generous supply of fresh seeds readily available.  One little patch will easily provide you with a couple of thousand seeds over the course of a year.

Nothing personal against the sellers - I just cringe when I hear about people paying money for something so easy to grow at home.

FWIW,
Jim

Don't try to leave the country with them in your possession.

"Have you ever been in a Turkish prison, Timmy?"

I have to wonder if they would be as potent when grown out of their native climate.

I've heard that if you take some Colmbian McMarijuana seeds for instance and use them for growing in North America, the result is significantly less potent. 

ClusterChuck wrote on Sep 26^th, 2009 at 6:48pm:
That is correct.  I read the same thing, but I guess i'll find out how many each flower yields next spring.  I'm taking my older seeds like somebody said on here and planting them next spring.  With only 2 possible seeds per flower, i'm hoping for a ton of flowers.  We have morning glories planted and they grow like weed.  Very pretty too and I better get a trellis for the rivea because they're very vine-like also.

mike91769 wrote on Sep 29^th, 2009 at 7:53pm:


Can too!!!

Pretty amazing when it works so well.
Expect some CH action and just be prepared to do another when any symptoms return.

Kilowatt3 wrote on Sep 27^th, 2009 at 12:19am:

Problem with the morning glory and hawaiian baby woodrose is, that they contain more of the unwanted ergolines.
So yes, they work but you'll get more of the unwanted side effects (vomitting, cramps, ...).

Chad wrote on Sep 30^th, 2009 at 8:14am:

Chad
I am fairly certain that a routine, scheduled monthly maintenance dose is not the answer.
Doseing as symptoms occur has a stronger benefit.
Sure sometimes that requires a monthly dose but the reality is its not needed.
I dose anywhere from daily to and up to 7 weeks apart based entirely on symptoms.
CB treatments work contrary to common medications and some issues can develop with serotonin adjustments over time if the treatrments are not needed.
Have to get back to work but might expand on this later.

mike91769 wrote on Sep 30^th, 2009 at 12:51pm:


Mike,

When I tried HBWR seeds, I just cut them in half and scooped out the nut inside. Fast an easy.

I got up to a dose of 12 and never felt a thing, good or bad. I know the batch was good because someone else was helped by them.

Marc

I've heard (2nd hand) stories about too much bad stuff in the outer shell. More stomach upset to the point of barfing, etc.

Good luck with the program!

I got mine in last week and took 15 seeds this morning using the Chuck method.

Without trying to get too excited I took my first dose of seeds Saturday morning(20). Eventhough I have not had any major attacks since July I do get the constant shadowing which I normally abort with the O2. I shadowed most of the night Saturday however it was very diminished and didn't even require any O2. Since then "nothing" at all which is "very" rare for me. Either this is a rare coincidence or I'm having a good experience with the seeds, I really think it's the ladder. Will take another 20 seeds on Thursday and see what happens, no side effects whatsoever. Think I should try a drink or is it too early in the morning?.....j/k of course!!