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by xvedejas 484 days ago
Even sub-psychedelic doses of tryptamines is known to have an effect on certain migraines and cluster headaches: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptan
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Can this family of drugs even give a psychedelic experience at higher doses? They are acting on 5-HT1B and 5-HT1D, not the 5-HT2A receptors that psychedelics act on.
I take a triptan for mine (naratriptan) and it has helped. Certainly not a cure though.