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How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC?
Jun 27^th, 2013 at 11:11am

This is the first year I've been on injections. As nice as it was knocking out a beast, I don't want to deal with the constant rebounds and shadows.

Today will be 3 days since I injected with about .2ml of imitrex. I think I've read that you should wait 5 days. Is it worth it to wait or should I try the RC seeds tonight? I'll be dosing about 50-60 seeds. I've also been on the D3 regimen for 3 days.

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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Re: How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC? Reply #1 - Jun 27^th, 2013 at 3:57pm What i've read on RC seeds, 25 seeds seem to be the norm. Hoppy.
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Lobster CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 2417 Gender:	Re: How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC? Reply #2 - Jun 27^th, 2013 at 11:43pm I do not wait. More speculation than science behind the whole 'detox' thing. I hit 50+ seeds to try to break my cycle. Really does work anywhere near as well as the primary ClusterBusters treatments.
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Re: How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC?
Reply #3 - Jun 28^th, 2013 at 9:17am

My first dose was 35 seeds. Then 50, then 60. My sweet spot is around 70.

Make sure they're the viable ones. Take your first dose of seeds and put them in a small glass of water. Scoop out any that float - these are hollow and won't do you any good. Dry the rest, then do it again with another batch until you have enough non-floaters. Grind them up and mix the resulting powder with about 2-3 oz. of water and let them steep for a few hours. Add a few drops of lemon juice, mix the whole thing up and slam it down. Have a glass of clean, cold water on hand, because I guarantee you won't like the taste left in your mouth.

Like I said, I started at 35 and have gone as high as 90. 25 isn't going to have much effect, IMHO.

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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC? Reply #4 - Jun 28^th, 2013 at 10:15am I agree with Brew. I started at 40 and found that 70 is the number effective for me too. I soak my seeds in white wine.
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Re: How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC?
Reply #5 - Jun 28^th, 2013 at 1:27pm

For me, it only took 2 doses, 7 days apart, of 10 seeds each to abort my cycle completely in 2011 (have yet to have another cycle). Of course I already eat a reduced inflammation diet (no wheat, no cane sugar, very minimal processed food) so that might have made my body more hospitable for effective dosing.

(ground them with a mortar & pestle, soaked in 8 oz. water for 1 hour, strained and drank with an 8oz chaser of OJ)

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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Re: How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC? Reply #6 - Jun 28^th, 2013 at 6:30pm Like CH's, and the amount of RC seeds needed, to abort a cycle we are all different. Hoppy.
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coach_bill CH.com Hall of Famer Offline "Dont expect me to lay down for this" Posts: 680 x0\|euclid\|USA\|\|0\|0\|OH,Ohio Gender:	Re: How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC? Reply #7 - Jun 30^th, 2013 at 9:58pm Brew, I never thought about the floating method you explained, and that makes great sense. I will certainly be doing that in the future! Thanks, Coach Bill
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC? Reply #8 - Jun 30^th, 2013 at 10:10pm coach_bill wrote on Jun 30^th, 2013 at 9:58pm: Brew, I never thought about the floating method you explained, and that makes great sense. I will certainly be doing that in the future! Thanks, Coach Bill Cool. Glad I could help.
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Re: How long after Imitrex can I try to bust with RC?
Reply #9 - Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 2:24pm

Thanks guys, It wasn't my first time taking RC Seeds. I have never read of the floating method though, I'll check that out.

This was the worst episodic cluster I've had in a while, so I hadn't read the forum in a while. When I got to reading, I kept seeing this detox process before busting that I was concerned about.

I used 50 RC seeds ground in a pepper grinder after 4 days of detox. In combination with the D3 regimen possible, I haven't had any high KIP headaches and have been PF for the most part. I also use oxygen, but this was my episode that I have been prescribe liquid imitrex. My pharmacy gave me the vials and syringes, and It really knocked them out, but the rebounds aren't worth it to me.

Does anybody use HBWR seeds anymore? I've been using those for the last year, but they will really give me a mind trip.

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