Thanks Batch.  Should I take the Centrum Silver and Magnesium 400 mg at the same time with a glass of lemonade 30 minutes before dinner or do I take it all at the same time with the D3 and Fish Oil?  Also, in the PM you said I should up my Zinc to 25 mg.  Does that include the 15 mg of Zinc in the Centrum Silver or should I take 25 mg of Zinc on top of that?

Gotcha.  One last question that I forgot to ask.  Is it ok for me to still take the baking soda tonic 4 times a day?  Before I started taking them, I was having trouble aborting my attacks with O2 and my cycle was at peak intensity.

Hey Gang!   I haven’t been on the boards for quite a while (life you know), but had to post amazing results that my hubby has experienced over the past year.  To give some history, my husband has suffered from CH for over 21 years.  His cycles would start like clockwork late spring early summer and end most generally by October every year for 21 years.  There were 2 years where his cycle started in January.   He was on a regime of high dose Prednisone (hit it high, taper down…get knocked on your butt and start all over again), Verapamil (tapering up to 480 mg day), with melatonin for sleep and hitting the Imitrex and O2 (set at 15) hard every day.   He tried various suggestions here (energy drinks, high flow O2…etc), with little relief.   The Prednisone was SO hard on his body and he still suffers from of the long-term effects of long-term, high dosage use.   This went on for years and he was able to make it through each cycle year after year.  It was awful, as you all know, to watch him suffer with this relentless condition, day after day.   Well last year he started in cycle again in January.  We went to old “go to” regime…but something had to change.    We couldn’t get into his specialist for 3 months.

After reading Batch’s theory, I got in contact with him.   The results were amazing.   We started his regime in March initially 10,000 IU D3, Calcium Citrate 1,000 mg, fish oil 2,400 mg with a multi-vitamin containing zinc and magnesium, and he stayed on his Verapamil.   Mind you my hubby was getting hit HARD several times a day, sleep was non-existent, he lived for his O2 and burned through his stockpile of Imitrex.  Within WEEKS of starting this regime, he was improving.   Soon he wasn’t needing the Imitrex, and just using O2.  Shortly after that he didn’t need the O2.   By the time we went to see the Dr. he was painfree.   The Dr. ran a number of tests (EKG for heart, blood work to check D levels).   The Dr. was concerned with the level of D3 he was taking and suggested we reduce it.   He had never heard of this (and he is one of the best headache docs, practicing at a prestigious hospital).

So here we are nearly one year later and hubby is still pain free, didn’t go into cycle last summer, and feels great.  He is on a maintenance regime of Calcium Citrate w/ D3 (630 mg calcium, 500 IU D3),  5,000 IU D3 (total D3 = 5,500), 2,400 mg fish oil, and 240 mg Verapamil (I asked doc if ok to continue Verap year round for maintenance/prevention and he gave ok).    He hasn’t had so much as a shadow.

So Batch….you’re my hero!   Thank you for your guidance and support.  You have truly changed our lives since almost half of each year was not truly living for us.   I waited to post to make sure this was the real deal for us.  I’m posting today to thank you from the bottom of my heart and give others hope.    A number of years ago, my beautiful, strong hubby was suicidal, he suffered more than a human being should be allowed to suffer (and know thousands of others continue to).   But there is hope…don’t give up the fight…try this.  I pray you get the results we did.   Love ya Batch!  (Sorry this is so long!) 

enli wrote on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 9:24am:

I have the same "burp up fish oil" and even mild nausea if I take this on an empty stomach. Taken with dinner, my biggest meal of the day, seems to eliminate all that unpleasant stuff.

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Joe

Hi guys

Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or have omega3 oil that never burps and never leaves an after taste.  The 1000mg capsules are great! They might be a little more expensive than some from Walmart, but they are really great quality.

Cheers

Ian

FISH OIL that tastes great! BARLEENS Lemon Zest or Mango Peach liquid. Delicious to add in a smoothy , also. COSTCO carries the Lemon Zest in a 65 serving bottle for about 21.00

64.8ng   
I upped the daily dose to 20,000iu with the 50,000iu loading. I had actually been on vit D 10,000iu daily for many months so thats why I upped to 20,000iu to get in to the 80-100ng range.
Oh, I hope this works...
Day 21 with  continuous headaches and now I am afraid to use anymore abortive IMITREX for fear of rebound HA.

What about re-bound from the meds? What do you all notice? How much is too much rescue med?

How often were /are your cycles of good days/bad?

Just got my first 25(OH)D results back - 149ng/mL

I was expecting a cycle to start around May of 2012, so in April I started on the regiment and my cycle never came.  I started taking 10K IU D3, 1200mg flaxseed oil (vegetarian alternative to fish oil), 500mg Magnesium, 500mg MSM/Glucosamine, plus a B compound vitamin.  Since then I experience some occasional shadows which I knocked out with energy drinks.  I did take 24K IU D3 once a week when the shadows started.  I haven't had any shadows in the past 2 months and have eliminated the once a week loading of D3.  Considering that my ng/mL level is good, I may drop down to 8K IU daily.

So far so good!

Thanks Batch!