Pounding headache after mushrooms

[HeartCore]

Hey all,

This is not for me, personally I never have problems during or after a journey on mushrooms and the next day I feel more than perfect. However, my girlfriend and also a friend we guided recently, experience really heavy headache the day after mushrooms. For my girlfriend it happens after each journey.

Does anybody have experience with this? Or knows where it comes from and, most importantly, how to stop them from occuring (or make them less pounding).

L&P
HC

PS I had a look at this thread http://www.psychonaut.com/index.php?opt ... 41&lang=en

But nothing there really points it out

 

[Forkbender]

I had them a couple of times in a row. It is pretty bad and it stopped me pretty much from eating mushrooms for a year (LSD is friendlier in this aspect). Last weekend I ate some shrooms (only about 15-20 grams fresh) and did not have a headache afterwards. But I did find a slight irritation, which subsided after a good night's sleep. This suggests to me that it is somehow dose-dependent. Drinking mushroom tea did not help in my case, neither did keeping a straight spine/neck or making sure that you drink enough during the trip, as suggested in the other thread. I'd still like to know what may cause this, cause I really don't like it. I love mushrooms, but I really hate these headaches.

The last time I felt it coming up at the end of a trip I just took a painkiller (paracetamol), which helped a lot, but I can understand you don't want to take painkillers and felt hesitant myself. Yet spending another night awake trying to put your head in a position where it doesn't hurt, feeling nauseous because of the headache and trying to vomit sitting on the bathroom floor is probably just as bad as a painkiller.

 

[HeartCore]

If it's dose dependent, I wonder why I never suffer from them. I've gone as high as 14 grams (when I was figuring out how much would still be 'doable' and btw, I don't recommend this dose to anyone ) and never experienced the slightest headache.

Other people seem to think it can be related to low blood sugar levels which could be an explanation since I use sugar throughout the day and my girlfriend does not, and she is the one suffering from the headaches.

 

[Forkbender]

When I said dose-dependent, I meant of course with the people who experience such headaches.

Bloodsugar level might have something to do with it. I don't eat a lot of sugar, especially the days prior to tripping. I'll try to 'stock up' on sugar next time I prepare for a journey.

How about the other person you guided? Does he have a low-sugar diet?

 

[HeartCore]

When I said dose-dependent, I meant of course with the people who experience such headaches.

Yeah that makes sense, I wasn't thinking I guess.

Bloodsugar level might have something to do with it. I don't eat a lot of sugar, especially the days prior to tripping. I'll try to 'stock up' on sugar next time I prepare for a journey.

How about the other person you guided? Does he have a low-sugar diet?

Well I just checked and it seems she does not have a low sugar diet. It's kind of frustrating not knowing what it is. A thread on mycotopia suggested to do an extraction and see if that differs so I guess I'll try that route. I've been wanting to do such an extraction since some time anyway

 

[Guest]

an offtopic question : 14 grams dried ? how is it like, heartcore ?

 

[Jahvisions]

I personally never experienced headaches but a friend of my also has it every time.

It came to my mind that it maybe has something to do with sleeping. My friend is always less calm then me and is totally exhausted after a trip, he also falls asleep easily while I always need some time to go to sleep(also when I am sober).

My mother told me when I was young that I after I slept long after a exhausting day, that I slept to deep and that caused the headache, but maybe it's just supersticion because I never looked for an scientific explaination.

 

[HeartCore]

an offtopic question : 14 grams dried ? how is it like, heartcore ?

Well when it started coming up, the thought I had was :

"If I hadn't 15 years of experience with 'this stuff' behind my belt, I would fucking PANIC now."

I would not do it again (soon), it was interesting but too intense

Jah: interesting theory.