Started taking Taurine 3 days ago and have had 2 1/2 pain free days since. No shadows, nothing!
I was averaging 5 hits per night, getting on the o2 as soon as I woke up and going through an e-tank every night. My supply was running out and I was out of trex too. Uninsured and looking at only 1 tank left in my supply, I was completely hopeless and fearing the worst.
Then read a post here from a fellow clusterhead who had been using Taurine and Magnesium and was having success, so I bought both for a total of $12 bucks and started right away. 1000mg Taurine in the morning with my regular dose of Verapimil, 400 mg of Magnesium (I suggest taking with calcium as it really tore up my gut) and another 1000mg before bed.
The first night, I only had 1 hit, a kip6-7, and used the last of my o2. The following day, I had a couple of shadows, but nothing more than that. That night (day2), fearful I'd get hit with no relief, I took 2 Dramamine along with the Taurine before bed.
I slept 9 hours straight with no hits, missing an appoinment because I don't remember hearing and turning off my alarm, but felt totally wasted the rest of the day, sleeping another 6 hours. I don't think I'll try taking the Dramamine again. (Read on a website that Opiate addicts use Dramamine and Taurine to sleep through the withdrawls of their habit).
So day 3, no shadows - no hits!!! I'm hesitantly optimistic that I've licked this cycle.
Just got my 1st supply of Hawiian Baby Woodrose seeds (RC) but won't use them unless the beast returns while on the Taurine. Noted that not everyone has the same results from traetments, but this may very well help some if not many of us out there. Wishing you all pain free and drug free relief!!!

Hi MadHatter, I may just be the Clusterhead you read about.
I have been on the Taurine, Magnesium/Calcium supplements for three years today

Well, had a setback last night. 2 hits, one big one (Kip7-8). May be a result of the near coma i was in as a result of the Dramamine / Taurine cocktail in which I missed a dose of Tuarine and Magnesium. Or maybe I've just not been on it long enough to have multiple pf days. Thanks Bejeebers for the Magnesium tip and good luck with trying the Taurine. Hope it works for you.
Barry, I'm encouraged by your success and will keep working at it. If all else fails, i still have the HBWR seeds waiting in the wings, but not excited about taking hallucinagens.
PF Wishes.

If you've read a lot here, you may have seen that I too am a big Taurine supporter. But I don't take mag. I take Kudzu Root with my Taurine and 9-12mg of Melatonin before bed each nite. I started this within a few days of starting a new cycle and it has halted the cycle so far. Probably 2 weeks pf now. This is the second cycle in a row it has worked. True believer here! (knocking on wood!!)
PF wishes!