Psychedelics and headache

[Efoj]

I'll introduce my friend to LSD, and we have a perfect occasion (empty house, no stress) for it next weekend.
But she often wakes on with strong headache. I wonder if she is on a headache day when we're supposed to trip, what's the best thing to do? Wait for another day, to avoid her having a terrible time with her pain amplified? Drop LSD in the hope that she'll be ok? Buy some paracetamol or aspirin?

Thanks for the help.

 

[kingme]

i think the best question to ask is whats the real reason that she gets headaches? its not really normal to wake up with such things, and might be a small clue to a bigger issue, from a god forbid brain tumor to something as benign as low blood pressure or bad pillow during sleep.
once that is cleared up, i think its safe to say that if you cant wait for a better day, just get some aspirin, eat well in the morning and if it looks better you should be good to drop a bit later on....

on a side note, i dont really find psychedelics amplyfing pain... they tend to dull it, but at the same time amplify the feelings associated with being in pain. maybe its just me though. to give an example, i once dropped acid after a rather rough work day, and had muscle burns. it hurt, but at the same time my mood was up due to being outside a lot. the trip was great. another time i dropped while with some mild joint pain and in a rather bored/ feling helpless spirit. it ended up being less than great. nothing traumatic, just felt like a waste. these things can be directed i suppose, but if this is her first time, better make sure you maximize the chances of it being a great first time

best of luck!

 

[thoughtsUnThought]

i get migraines sometimes, and while i've never taken a substantial dose during such (that might suck), i have received Amazing results by using psychedelics as medicine...Ergoloids in particular. Vasoconstrictors, like ergoloids will beat a migraine for me, and NOTHING can beat a migraine for me normally. i eat 4-7 heavenly blue MGs, and i ate about 25ug LSD (1/8 strong blotter) which also hit the spot.

that being said, If your friend is having migraines (which are a result of over vaso-dilation) then a trip, or low dose would possibly heal her in a way she never thought possible...thats how it worked for me and others i've read about.

^^like he said, best to figure out the specifics of her situation before goin in too deep. maybe have her try 5 MGs to see if that quells her pain. if so then, maybe you could take a low-dose (like sub-threshold mentally) and wait an hour or two (takes about an hour for the pressure to release after eating ergoloids) and then take your full dose.

I'm not sure of the physical root of a 'headache' versus a 'migraine' all i get is the latter lol, lucky me. sooo maybe ergoloids wouldn't help at all with a traditional headache, or it could make it worse. Investigate first i'd say...

hope this helps
-tUt

 

[monkeyemergency]

i think the best question to ask is whats the real reason that she gets headaches? its not really normal to wake up with such things, and might be a small clue to a bigger issue, from a god forbid brain tumor to something as benign as low blood pressure or bad pillow during sleep.

In many cases chronic headaches arent that simple, i suffer from chronic tension headaches and migraine and my doctors cant just figure out the 'real' reason and it is strangely enough normal for me to wake up with a headache.

That aside i find LSD or mushrooms often help my tension or migraine headaches for the duration of the fx. Although it may exacerbate hers, theres no way to tell how she will react. I suppose as long as its not a real nasty headache dosing would be fine, but dosing LSD while she had a migraine could potentially make it better or far worse.

 

[Psyke]

Psychadelics have been largely successful in eradicating groups of cluster heacaches

 

[Efoj]

The trip was great and she had no headache at all. Also, not worrying about it was very important, so I'd like to thank you all for the useful information.

 

[laCster]

naproxen sodium (Aleve). take 2 and you are good all day.

 

[Help?!?!]

I often have headaches and is a big worry/problem that could occur before a planned trip. Sometimes on these days i'll have light headaches or even medium ones and i'll have to take some sort of NSAID to cure it(I like to take Excedrin since it has three different ingredients in it, works well and usually don't have to take more). If she has a headache on the day you choose then just have her take whatever works best for her headaches and if shes worried/anxious that she'll get one during then have her take a pretty small dose before dropping to ease her mind. I'm similar to Monkey as well, no known reason and usually(especially in the case of LSD)I find headaches to atleast be diminished if received and easier to handle. Its very common for me to receive headaches at any part of the day but out of all the times i've tripped i've only had one full blown migraine which was easily fixed, something that is incredibly rare for me and only had a handful of headaches most of which were always easily fixed. The main problem for me was going into the trip with a headache, obviously made come up less enjoyable than it already was especially for long duration psyches and it seems a bit harder to get it to go away if it isn't cured beforehand or occur during. Glad to here your friend had a good trip with no interference from a headache!