Hey Batch. Thanks for the support. Will keep updating.

       I've got a question for Isto. You mentioned yeast infections as being a potential source of acetaldehyde, what about fungal infections such as athlete's foot?   I have a good reason for asking. I finally started noticing that some of my cycles were coinciding with a flare up in my athlete's foot problem.                                                                                                                                                                           
      My 2013 cycle also fell in that category and at first I ignored it. I went on the d3 regimen, it took 3 or 4 weeks but my cycle ended way early only to relapse a month later. This time I went after that fungal infection with a vengeance and completely cleared it up. That relapse only lasted 3 weeks. Coincidence? Probably.

                                  Sean

    The chicken or the egg.   Hadn't thought of that, good point. Not this time though, I think I got rid of that little problem for good or at least until I get reinfected.  I will say this, between the D3 regimen and adding one capsule of l-cysteine a day to the mix, life is getting better and better every day. 
   
    This cycle came on harder and faster than any in recent memory and wasn't responding well to O2 like past cycles and I was starting to get a little scared and now, as of Sunday things have turned around. I hope they continue this way cause I'm starting to feel human again.                        

     Hats off to Batch.

              Sean

Thanks Mike,    Batch gave me a tip on helping the O2 work better -- hyperventilate for a bit, then completely empty your lungs and suck in a lung full of oxy and hold for 30 sec. It works but it's kind of hard for me to do for reasons you might understand but a non clusterhead  wouldn't.  I've now learned the true value of the dance or rolling on couch or banging ones head against something or whatever distraction technique we use. For some odd reason whenever I hold my breath I tend to hold myself completely still and those stabs or pulses seem tenfold worse then. But his tip works, I just have to practice more.

     I use both medical and welding oxy, one with a 0-25 lpm (which is barely enough) and a welding  regulator that can deliver way more than 25 lpm so I can easily hyperventilate on pure oxy if I wanted to but boy can you drain a tank fast doing so.

     I should point out I'm not taking any meds except oral sumatriptan at bedtime to get through the night ( it's worked well for many cycles) and then killed that morning wake up call with oxy. Day time hits( which are less frequent) I used to run off but now I use oxy.  It's just that this cycle (and my 2013 cycle) seemed to take it to the next level and my old standbys are having to work overtime to keep up.
   
     I'm not a big fan of energy drinks but I sure love espresso so I use that instead. Hopefully this is all moot point now cause the d3 and l-cysteine seem to be having their desired results.
    
         Sean

On my last cycle, after years of trial and error, I started using a combination of imitrex, melatonin and amitriptyline, all in very small doses (25mg, 3mg, 25mg). I'm in the middle of a cycle now and had only one nocturnal attack so far (in the past it was 1-2 hits a night). I'm also doing the D3 regimen and take l-cysteine daily, which decreased my daily hits by 70-80%.

All in all, my CH become manageable, with only 2-4 weekly hits compared to 20-30 two-three years ago.

I am a new guy here but I would like to throw my 2 cents in.

Tobacco has long been said to be a trigger for CH, it also has not shown to be be very effective in reducing CH when quitting tobacco. I suspect that is because nicotine is a vasoconstictor. Maybe the two cancel each other out a little bit..

I am tying this in because acetaldehyde is known to release histamines. This is very interesting considering Batches' recent revelation concerning diphenhydramine (a histamine blocker) stamping out his CH.

In Canada the trade name is aldesolve (package looks very much the same as acetium)

Sorry, there is no alternative L-cystein for acetium. Acetium is patented product thus no competition at market.

Yes, it would be nice to use other cheap l-cystiein product.

Acetium has controlled dissolving of l-cystein, and same effect can not be gained with oher products.

Most of the comments in internet (like yours) about l-cystein are not related to acetium.