Hi all,

I just discovered the site and and it's very comforting to know that so many people are sharing so others can find relief.

Batch, I wanted to ask about your regimen because my CHs only come at certain times of the year.  I have breaks of about 4 to 8 months of being pain free and then they'll come for about 3-4 weeks; then another 4-8 months nothing.

I never change anything routine in my life, whether it's food, alcohol, sleep, etc, and whether or not I'm in my CH cycle or not.  So, in your opinion, do you think it may still be something to do with D3?  I'm just thinking of the pain free periods (i'm in a CH cycle now, but before this was Dec of '12) and thinking why my D3 levels would fluctuate cyclically, if that's the case.

I haven't gotten bloodwork done yet; just wanted an opinion first.  I'm just on generic sumatriptan and it seems to work most of the time if i get it early.

Thanks for any input,

TK

Question about the daily Magnesium intake.  I could only find Magnesium Citrate in 250mg doses.  So with two of those doses per day, would 500mg of Magnesium Citrate be too much?  That would be on top of 80mg of Magnesium Oxide in my Calcium Citrate supplement and another 50mg of Magnesium Oxide in my multi-vitamin.

After adding all that up, is it too much?

slacker032 wrote on Aug 27^th, 2013 at 11:28pm:


Your toilet will answer your question.   Might consider switching name brands when you're able to ensure proper dosages. 

Good luck!

-Gregg in Las Vegas

Try Vitamin Shoppe for Magnesium Citrate.
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Bottle cost $18 bucks and has 300 tablets AKA 150 days worth of 200 mg tablets. 
Take 2 per day = 400mg/day dosage.


-Gregg in Las Vegas

slacker032 wrote on Aug 28^th, 2013 at 12:05am:



And to avoid additional mineral dosages from other supplements, get this Calcium Citrate bottle of 300 tablets AKA 150 days worth, total $20 bucks.

Each tablet is 250mg with no other ingredient. 
Take 2 per day = 500mg/day as recommended.

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Your Multi-vitamin of additional mineral is minimal and should be of no concern.  From what I understand, your multi should include Vitamin A, K and Zinc.

-Gregg in Las Vegas

Thanks guys.

I 65 and was diagnosed in 2005 by my ENT (go figure). My cycles have been every 2 years in the early spring and last about 6 weeks. My peak involves Kip 7-9 every 1-2 hrs only at night with the good possibility of one if I sleep over 45 minutes in a nap. My family Dr started me on Verapamil 240mg ER  twice a day since I had high BP, hoping he could kill 2 birds etc. My cycle stopped in a week.

In my Mar 2012 cycle I started the D3 regimen with his blessing, taking 10,000 D3 and  400mg Ultra Mag.. I was already on 2,000 fish oil. In about 2 weeks my hits were fewer and the Kips dropped to 4-6 each night, in another week, they stopped. I dropped my D3 to 5,000 but continued everything else. Dr tested my D25 levels in May and they were 43.5 ng/ml. He retested in May of this year...42.5 ng/ml.

Fast forward to a month ago when a cycle surfaced that involved only daytime hits with PF days here and there. I added 5,000 D3 when they began and saw a little improvement. They have now switched to nighttime hits only at Kip 8-9 but only 1-2 a night so I am trying not to complain! I added another D3 last night bringing my total to 15,000.

I currently take the D3 in the am, the mag and fish oil are taken am and pm, split up.  My calcium levels have always been high and I am on verapamil so I do not take the Cal citrate.  Should I be taking them all together or does it matter? When should I have my D25 retested since I have gone from 5,000 D3 to 15,000 daily?

All in all when I think of how horrid my cycles have been in the past most nights getting hit every 1-2 hrs at Kip 7-9...the D3 regimen has definitely made a difference!

Hello All...
I have been taking the D3 reg for the past two weeks and Batch has been in touch with me helping (Thanks Batch!!!).  I took the D3 test after a week of loading up on the D3 and my level was 39.9,  A long way off from the 85+ that it needs to be. Therefore we know it takes time to build up to level needed to be pain free.
Yesterday was eight solid weeks of misery for me,  no sleep at all hardly due to hits every hour.  Try to work everyday,  taking Zomig (my stock is running low after eight weeks).  Life just sux during these cycles,  today I feel like I have a bowl of rice krispys in my ears...lots of crackling and popping.  My left eye is swollen quite a bit today (had never really noticed the swelling of the eye before).  Hoping for pain free time soon for me and everybody!!!!

metrolamar wrote on Sep 11^th, 2013 at 1:08pm:


Stick with it!  This regimen plus the Cluster Buster method has been a godsend.