Honestly never found weed to help any sort of headache. Sometimes even makes it worse. I like a cup of coffee, an 80mg aspirin and 200mg acetaminophen.
My mentors swore by heavy coffee intake and heavy cannabis ingestion at the first sign of an oncoming migraine. They were usually able to abort them. Best of luck to youšš½
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Migraines are a little weird.
They will respond to some medicines differently that the ārun of the millā headaches.
Ever hear of someone getting Botox for migraines? A buddy is doing that, every few months.
And optical migraines are really weird.
Cheers
G
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I imagine your friend keeps getting Botox injections because it is working?
That is really weird!
Thanks for sharingš¤š½
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I did!! I first got this book below and read it. Highlighted points. I then started watching youtube videos and monotubs and using jars and grain bags to grow mycelium. I had a learning curve and contaminated several attempts. I now use pint wide mouth jars` with filter discs and punch a hole sealing high temp gasket sealer. I use rye flour and fine grade vermiculite. I then break that up and mix with coco coir and medium grade vermiculite for my substrate.
I use this tub in the video and do it the same except I cut an extra 1 inch hole for a humidifier that I run manually if and when my tub needs humidity I use this tub below and only 4 - 2 inch holes with sticky filter discs. Walmart sells them. I use the same smaller 3 inch tubs with the same lids for my substrate instead of packing it in the bottom of the big tub. I will say its very important to grow them yourself. 1) for strain preference just like cannabis you can tailor to your body&mind. 2) You know what you grow and if its contaminated. You can really screw up your digestive system from the mold of mushrooms. I made that mistake only once`
I have gotten my spore syringes for two years from these guys. Not one problem. Peace
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Have not had migraines in awhile but when I did I avoided my much loved Sativasā¦
I found a VERY strong pheno of Recon (DNA Genetics) that really ameliorated the discordant energy flow in my head. (Fantastic for my migraines).
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Thatās me mate! Iāve been getting 36 botox injections all over my head in strategic nerve locations&forehead and above my ears every 12 weeks for about 6 months now. & itās definitely noticeable, itās not a cure by no means but itās helpful especially combining with my vaping has helped reduce my pharmaceutical meds considerably so as funny as it sounds I look forward to those injections now 
at first it was a bit worrying but Iām used to it now. The one I donāt look forward to is the nerve block in my neuroma which is in my huge scar across my head from my craniotomy and cranioplasty and man that sux! Sometimes they go a bit deep with the big needle and it scratches on my skull 
which doesnāt hurt its just unnerving lol 
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I havenāt read thru this whole thread yet, but curious if anyone has a good strategy to mitigate migraines rather than just treating them. I normally get weird vision stuff to indicate itās coming, and if I medicate w a bunch of edibles and smoke and some Ibuprofen and go straight to sleep, I can minimize the effects. But would love to know if anyoneās figured out triggers to stay away from or a maintenance program w cannabis or something else that keeps it at bay.
Iām on the low end of the spectrum, but the frequency has been increasing lately. Had probably my 6th this year this morning, and Iāve had them regularly for a couple times a year on average I was about 13. Some years more, some none. But being Iām getting older the frequency increasing doesnāt make me feel good about the situation.
@Gpaw , my step father has been dealing with optical migraines for about the past 18 months. His neurologist had him try a few different medications, all of which did nothing to help, but came with a handful of side effects.
He was resistant to trying cannabis as an alternative medicine, but finally agreed to try as he was tired of āliving in an acid tripā as he puts it.
I gave him a few joints of Mac1 and he was blown away. Half a joint and it was gone. 3 days later another one came on, half a joint later, Gone.
He swears by it now. He didnāt like the being high part at first, but said he would rather deal with the weed buzz than to have to suffer through those optical migraines.
I am pretty sure he is digging it now days as he asked me if I could throw a couple more in his next care package. 
Doc
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WOW!..
That is a priceless piece of information you have there!
Thank you for sharing that!
ā¦I know that that āliving in an acid tripā feelingā¦ when that ālocalized weirdnessā starts upā¦
Thanks & Cheers
G
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Hey person, I have some seeds to send you. All phenos seem relieve the extreme tendonitis I get from time to time. Its the only thing ive ever smoked that helps since ive had this problem.
(The seeds are free dont worry about compensation (US only) sorryā¦
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I suffer from the worst type of migraine that exists, chronic cluster migraine. Many people confuse headache with migraine, they are totally different. Medicine only brought me more problems.
This is how I went from having migraines every day, 2,3 times a day, to only about 4 or 5 a year.
You have to learn to detect the trigger of migraine, each person is different, for me it is stress and I am easily stressed by everything, so I learned to control my emotions more. I joined the gym, it improved my mood and my self-esteem, Physical exercise for me is fundamental. Drink plenty of water, make changes to your routine. Getting into the shower with hot water and then moving to cold water, that cold blow serves me a lot , or ice on the head and in the eye.
Now in relation to canna, it is something delicate because 2 things can happen or it works or they can cause you more migraine. For me modern polyhybrids are totally forbidden, they confuse my mind, they cloud me, they do not let me think correctly and it causes me migraine with anxiety. I use āsoftā sativa varieties, clean effect, cheerful, that change your mood, sociable, the last 3 years I only smoke a kali mist keeper from some seeds that I bought in 2002. It is also forbidden to burn the weed, I only vaporize in a quality vaporizer, and at low temperature without burning the cbd.
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Mac1 is pretty sativa leaning. Im wondering since LSD is said to help, if the equivalent in Weed will help too, Sativa pura. psychedelic weed.?
It would be a good selling argument , as only the purest weeds were psychedelic FOR ME .
ah, just a secound later i read that it seems true for @Alta.Gama
Kali mist , i also like kali mist. 
. funny, it seems true.
Im pretty convinced you guys probably dont know it but you dream of 70s pure Sativas.
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I started having them about 5-6 years ago, while I was playing video games (Iām 58) stoned as fuck. I thought I was having a strokeā¦ I havenāt found any correlation with cannabis use/level/strain when it comes to OM but I only get them for about 20-30 minutes and I canāt really figure out a trigger unfortunately, Glad your Step Dad has. I get little other symptoms but I can tell they will happen a day before they occur. Crazy but my head hurts a bit when I cough (like you have a cold our got hit in the head) 24 -36 hrs before I get an Optical Migraine, I find them weirdly creepy but will just stop working or driving when they happen, and I donāt even get a headache with them. Thanks for sharing
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Taking notes when migraines occur about what you did, ate, drank, smoked etc. really help to find the trigger.
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@Cannasaurusrex have you tried the Mac1? The reason I ask, is my step father has tried a few different varieties after that first time, and nothing else has had any effect what so ever. The Mac1 does it every time for him.
Mac1 is almost impossible to get on my continent, hopefully one day those genetics and clones will be accessible to everyone.
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Your location??? SS/BWā¦mister 
