LSD cured my headache

Cluster headaches anyone?

This guy was also a "man driven to the brink of suicide by the debilitating effects of cluster headaches." Says a little about his mental stability.

LSD? Hmmm...Thats interesting way to get rid of a headache. I normally use asprin.

LSD, another drug that cures pain, how are we to know of what effect/cures our body and what prevents it, if we don't try...

mmm the beautiful world. how pretty it is until all the filth washes on you. if only we could get it fda approved.

Of course...yet another example of the good misunderstood hallucinogenics can do.

Evidence exists that abnormal serotonin regulation can be found in people who suffer from cluster headaches. We also know that LSD affects serotonergic neurons. Does LSD effect serotonin regulation, which in turn normalizes levels and reduces the effects of cluster headaches? The results of a study would be interesting.

I think I just found a new thesis =)

LSD also drove people crazy.

headache party anyone!?

"LSD cured my headache" sounds like a Frank Zappa record.

very deep that is.
i tell u if macdrain wins

i think many will be needing some fry time.

peace-in

LSD could be an effective way to fool your brain into thinking its headache is non existent or it could just amplify it to the next degree. LSD is too unmpredictable to serve any sort of medical purpose. Leave the Dr bussiness to Leary and kesey

Hopefully someone will attempt to *isolate* the chemical in LSD that is affecting the cluster headaches, and create a medication from it that is NON-hallucinogenic . I mean, if you get a headache at work, you can't exactly excuse yourself from that sales meeting, drop a tab, and go stand by the water cooler tripping balls for the rest of the day.

Once again, though I'm glad this news is starting to reach the mainstream, it's important to realize that this discovery isn't "new" at all, but was actually researched and developed in the late 1950s and early '60s. It's a testament to the power of the government to mislead and convince us that this sort of thing is only for druggies and crazy people rather than an amazing psychiatric and medical and religious tool. "What luck for rulers that men do not think."

hmmm that's crazy Acid or Advil what would you chose

I would have expected the author to come out of a daylong acid-trip with some greater metaphysical realizations than "cured my headache".

This is news how? Because it doesn't coincide with the propaganda of the drug war? Nice to see people are actually seeing through the lies we're told about drug usage and "discovering" the effects of LSD in ways other than recreational use.

"LSD cured my headache!" just another excuse to do drugs. how lame.

LSD is not the drug to take for these headaches.

LSD has too many ill side effects, and lasts far too long.

Magic Mushrooms are what you want.
Keep it all natural.
The buzz only lasts 3-5 hours.

LSD is just too harsh for headache treatment.
The Flesh Of The Gods is what he really needs.

Hey! Dont be so closed-minded! Advil/Tylenol/whatever else you take doesnt work for EVERYONE!!! maybe it did work. Just because someone says Marijuana and LSD or whatever else are BAD does not mean they don't have possible therapeutic effects. LSD might not cure MY headaches, but that doesnt mean it didnt cure his. Thats like saying all cancer drugs cure all cancer; not true. Some drugs have absolutely no effect on some people while other drugs have drastic effects on other people.

What is more lame is that it seems less than one third of the commentators actually read the article.
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"Behind the apparent idiocy of the theory lay some solid, if not fully understood, science. Psilocybin and LSD are chemicals called tryptamines, like neurotransmitters such as serotonin; they bind to nerves in the same way. Indeed, arguably the most effective migraine drug, sumatriptan (Imitrex, or Imigran), which can also abort CH attacks, is chemically very similar to DMT, a hallucinogen found in plants native to South America. Similarly, the anti-migraine drug methysergide is based on the LSD molecule, but with virtually no hallucinogenic properties, though it can cause severe fibrosis."

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Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), also known as N,N-dimethyltryptamine, is a naturally occurring tryptamine and potent psychedelic drug, found not only in many plants, but also in trace amounts in the human body where its natural function is undetermined. Structurally, it is analogous to the neurotransmitter serotonin and other psychedelic tryptamines such as 5-MeO-DMT and 4-HO-DMT. DMT is created in small amounts by the human body during normal metabolism by the enzyme tryptamine-N-methyltransferase.

-Interesting thought, why give out a drug that is only 'chemically similar' to DMT? Why not instead actually medicate with the naturally occurring substance?

Interesting...now I know what to do if I ever get a splitting headache......

He must have watched that House episode where Dr. House uses LSD to stop a migraine. It was also on one of the latest episodes of Weeds :P

Oh, man, I now have a severe headache. I can haz LSD, now?

I don't think that you can focus on a headache while peaking... and if you get "dirty" cid you're head will be melted afterwards.