Hi there

I am a 50 y/o male and episodic CH sufferer from the Netherlands.

My CH occurs mainly at night and wakes me up in my second to thirth hour of sleep. Without treatment the duration is about 2 hours of sheer torture.

This started somewhere in my late 30's begin 40's.
At first I did not have a clue of what was happening to me and tried absurd things to kill the pain like steamy hot/ice cold showers, extensive running, boozing, screaming and so on. Non of it brought any relieve.

As soon as I realized my attackes weren't just freak incidents but had a patern I started to browse the Internet and learned that I suffered CH.

To my suprise I also learned that I had the solution to the problem neatly stored in my freezer. I was (and still am) what some people call a 'psychonaut'. Meaning that from time to time I use psychedelics for exploring consiouness and enjoying altered states of mind.

For that purpose I had dried, grinded, weighted and capsulated psilocybine containing mushrooms stored in the freezer.

So when the next attack came I immediatly rushed down and took a full dose (3+ grams dried magic mushrooms) and to my surprise within minutes the attack halted and after 10-20 minutes I was pain-free.

Although I felt the luckies guy on earth a new problem occurred. I was tripping for hours and eventually had to call in sick at work.

So I began to experiment and found out that a full dose of so called magic mushrooms was way to much for aborting an attack.

I started to lower de dose and discovered that 'micro-dosing' aborts an attack swiftly without experiencing the psychedelic effect. A dose as low as approx 200 - 300 mg did the job and I was able to resume sleep within the hour.
The next morning I was able to continue my daily routine.

Ever since that moment I've been exploring methods and psychedelic compounds to 'kill the beast' in the lowest possible dose for aborting or full dosages for busting or breaking the cylce (depening on my work shedule)

When it comes down to CH there are all sorts of treatments.
But for me psychedelics is the key and helped me without ever failing nummerous times throughout the years.

Recently (oct 19) I broke this year cycle with a full dose of LSD and there is no sign of CH since. Hopefully it holds.

I'm here now to learn more and if possible to give advice to those who seek more information about psychedelic compounds/treatment or to give tips and tricks.

Thanks for reading.

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Maz.