Amy On The Radio

[Ciardelo]

THIS EVENING... I'm interviewing Richard David Smith III (RDS3) about his insane family road trip from hell, travelling coast to coast.

It involves Vegas, crime scenes, dodging bullets, near death experiences, and certain high strangeness. At one point, he was even in a coma.

http://amyontheradio.com/2016/05/12/thursday-may-12th-richard-david-smith/

Don't miss it. 8PM-11PM Central

Skype: amyontheradio
Show Line: (424) 253-0632

woo hoo! Sounds good! I'm going to miss the live show but I've got my recorder set up.

[( Amy )]

...Just subscribed and now am a Premium Member.     Woo hoo! 

Sweet!!

I'll be here (Amy)!

Thanks, Brig.

Glad to hear you're feeling better Amy.

My former research advisor in college used to get migraines every summer like clockwork. He isn't sure why.  He takes some type of prescription meds to help with it (can't recall what now).

There can be so many factors which play into migraines. Stress, weather, hypertension, old injuries, perhaps hormones.

During a bad migraine I once developed the hypothesis that vasovagal ones could be triggered by slight fluctuations in Ca(2+) bioavailability.
So far, nobody has been able to measure Ca(2+) homeostasis in migraineurs mid-episode. Cerebrospinal fluid Na(+) levels are elevated during some episodes, which could hint at this (these are usually discovered when someone goes to the ER and says they're having an abnormal migraine---a spinal tap is performed to check for meningitis).

A precursor for suspected Ca(2+) flux could be partially dictated by hormones. Anecdotally, I once tried a beta-17 estradiol patch and it interrupted the migraine episode for just a little over a day (pretty much, the halflife of the estradiol patch). When the patch expired, the migraine returned.

We know that serum testosterone and estrogen do play a role in regulating Ca(2+) as their decline over time in men and women can result in osteoporosis (the body breaking down whatever calcium it can to maintain homeostasis of Ca(2+) in the bloodstream).

These are conversations that need to be had with endocrinology, though.

Anywho... just a thought.

[Walks_At_Night]

THIS EVENING... I'm interviewing Richard David Smith III (RDS3) about his insane family road trip from hell, travelling coast to coast.

It involves Vegas, crime scenes, dodging bullets, near death experiences, and certain high strangeness. At one point, he was even in a coma.

http://amyontheradio.com/2016/05/12/thursday-may-12th-richard-david-smith/

Don't miss it. 8PM-11PM Central

Skype: amyontheradio
Show Line: (424) 253-0632

This sure sounds like it should be a good show - will make some popcorn for this one!

[TigerLily]

...Just subscribed and now am a Premium Member.     Woo hoo! 

Yay Shay! Ok we have to come up with a name...first one comes to mind is BellAmys..Amgabbers...needs work

[Ciardelo]

Yay Shay! Ok we have to come up with a name...first one comes to mind is BellAmys..Amgabbers...needs work

Amy'sArmy 

[TigerLily]

Re migraines, mine are definitely related to changes in barometric pressure but other triggers too. And recently having more often and stronger. Don't know how old you are but I'm 39 + 2. I'm pretty sure there's a hormonal aspect.
A friend of mine has migraines triggered by chocolate and red wine. Why keep living?

[TigerLily]

Amy'sArmy 

Amyacs. Unikely I will be able to listen much live. My new audio go to if I'm posting during mitd will be Amy and probably Schrader. TigerLily should be in a more pleasant mood and will not have to eat light bulbs again

[Dr. MD MD]

Thanks for sharing your experiences with me. My neurologist tends to agree that she seems to see more walk-in patients during massive weather changes. Mine hit the day we were having tornadoes again to our south. I was sitting in the studio writing when all of a sudden it started to come on. I could feel the pressure in my ears and head. My neck began to scream. Almost minute later, we had a short hail storm. After it passed, it left humid weather. This is the first cooler day since the storms and I'm feeling much better (but still in that sort of post-migraine trauma state...feels like recovering from a massive head injury).

For me they're always worse during this time of year when severe weather is happening. Either that or transitioning from summerlike-Fall to freezing temps.

As for text-to-speech, doesn't Howard Hughes sound more text-to-speechy? I mean, I've long thought he was really Peter Serafinowicz (the Brit that does all of the voiceovers, impressions, and convincing disguises). If you don't know Peter Serafinowicz, look him up. I've probably asked people a dozen times if he's a real person or just another of Peter's characters. If he really is a real person and NOT Peter Serafinowicz, color me surprised.

Yeah, when I get that neck in a vice kinda feeling I know I'm in real trouble: pain so intense I want to chop my own head off (Where are you when I need you, ISIS?!  :), nausea, vomiting, cold sweats...fun times!  I agree that the transition from winter to spring and from summer to fall are when I seem most vulnerable to them. I'll have to give that vid a watch. I'm sure that I'll get used to hearing you as human now that I know that you are because software doesn't get migraines. That would be bad programming. 

BTW, did you ever see the movie She?

[Ciardelo]

Amy's Assembly, Amy's Armada, Amy's Angels (ew, not for the guys) Amy's Accumulation, Amy's Posse, mmmm

[TigerLily]

Yeah, when I get that neck in a vice kinda feeling I know I'm in real trouble: pain so intense I want to chop my own head off (Where are you when I need you, ISIS?!  :), nausea, vomiting, cold sweats...fun times!  I agree that the transition from winter to spring and from summer to fall are when I seem most vulnerable to them. I'll have to give that vid a watch. I'm sure that I'll get used to hearing you as human now that I know that you are because software doesn't get migraines. That would be bad programming. 

BTW, did you ever see the movie She?

The Ursula Andress one? I have

[ShayP]

Amyacs.

Me like.

[TigerLily]

Amy's Assembly, Amy's Armada, Amy's Angels (ew, not for the guys) Amy's Accumulation, Amy's Posse, mmmm

Amy's animals, Amy's anime/tion, Amy's Anteaters, Amy's Atrocities

[TigerLily]

Amy's animals, Amy's anime/tion, Amy's Anteaters, Amy's Atrocities

Amyholics?

[Ciardelo]

Amyacs. Unikely I will be able to listen much live. My new audio go to if I'm posting during mitd will be Amy and probably Schrader. TigerLily should be in a more pleasant mood and will not have to eat light bulbs again

Amyacs might have legs. I've been listening to Clive Lewis sometimes but I'm in search of a good alternative.

[bigchucka]

Sweet!!

Thanks, Brig.
There can be so many factors which play into migraines. Stress, weather, hypertension, old injuries, perhaps hormones.

During a bad migraine I once developed the hypothesis that vasovagal ones could be triggered by slight fluctuations in Ca(2+) bioavailability.
So far, nobody has been able to measure Ca(2+) homeostasis in migraineurs mid-episode. Cerebrospinal fluid Na(+) levels are elevated during some episodes, which could hint at this (these are usually discovered when someone goes to the ER and says they're having an abnormal migraine---a spinal tap is performed to check for meningitis).

A precursor for suspected Ca(2+) flux could be partially dictated by hormones. Anecdotally, I once tried a beta-17 estradiol patch and it interrupted the migraine episode for just a little over a day (pretty much, the halflife of the estradiol patch). When the patch expired, the migraine returned.

We know that serum testosterone and estrogen do play a role in regulating Ca(2+) as their decline over time in men and women can result in osteoporosis (the body breaking down whatever calcium it can to maintain homeostasis of Ca(2+) in the bloodstream).

These are conversations that need to be had with endocrinology, though.

Anywho... just a thought.

Another treatment for chronic migraine headaches is illegal but sometimes works is psilocibin mushrooms.  National Geographic's TV show Taboo did a segment on it.  They were also used by my "larger" self on an episode or two of House.

[Juan]

My asthma flares up when different fronts move through.  The reaction is so reliable that a meteorologist at one of my stations would check with me as a backup to his weather data.

Amy, have you tried toomerrric?

[TigerLily]

Another treatment for chronic migraine headaches is illegal but sometimes works is psilocibin mushrooms.  National Geographic's TV show Taboo did a segment on it.  They were also used by my "larger" self on an episode or two of House.

Didnt I read somewhere that LSD was created as possible migraine drug?

[Dr. MD MD]

Another treatment for chronic migraine headaches is illegal but sometimes works is psilocibin mushrooms.  National Geographic's TV show Taboo did a segment on it.  They were also used by my "larger" self on an episode or two of House.

Damn! I had some in my freezer and didn't even think of that. You're right though. In fact, I think there was/is a migraine med that's some derivative of it. Imitrex, I think.

[Ciardelo]

Amyholics?

AmysAssholes lol

[Dr. MD MD]

The Ursula Andress one? I have

I had to google that reference, TL...but no, that's not the one. Looks interesting in a cheesy. Jason and the Argonauts sorta way though.   

[TigerLily]

I had to google that reference, TL...but no, that's not the one. Looks interesting in a cheesy. Jason and the Argonauts sorta way though.   

You don't mean "Her"?

[TigerLily]

AmysAssholes lol

Compromise: girls, Angels. boys, Assholes. Kind of existential

[Dr. MD MD]

You don't mean "Her"?

That's the one!

What would I do without you?! 

[TigerLily]

That's the one!

What would I do without you?! 

I hope you never have to find out    "Her" was a great movie

[Ciardelo]

Compromise: girls, Angels. boys, Assholes. Kind of existential

lol Lat's revisit Amyacs shall we? I like it.

[bigchucka]

Didnt I read somewhere that LSD was created as possible migraine drug?

Wikipedia says Albert Hofmann was looking for a respiration/ circulation stimulant when he was experimenting on the ergot fungus.

Damn! I had some in my freezer and didn't even think of that. You're right though. In fact, I think there was/is a migraine med that's some derivative of it. Imitrex, I think.

Imitrex is an analog of DMT, which is Psilocibin's kissing cousin.  One of the McKenna brothers I heard once called psilocibin "a more perfect form" of DMT because the stomach doesn't neutralize it when ingested.... That's why ayahuasca is a brew with another chemical that stops this from happening.

[( Amy )]

My asthma flares up when different fronts move through.  The reaction is so reliable that a meteorologist at one of my stations would check with me as a backup to his weather data.

Amy, have you tried toomerrric?

I wonder if it has something to do with warmer weather and ground-level ozone. They put out asthma alerts here during the summer.

A doctor told me to try turmeric once.
I told him he should probably retire.

[( Amy )]

Wikipedia says Albert Hofmann was looking for a respiration/ circulation stimulant when he was experimenting on the ergot fungus.

Imitrex is an analog of DMT, which is Psilocibin's kissing cousin.  One of the McKenna brothers I heard once called psilocibin "a more perfect form" of DMT because the stomach doesn't neutralize it when ingested.... That's why ayahuasca is a brew with another chemical that stops this from happening.

I'm deathly allergic to Imitrex.

[TigerLily]

I wonder if it has something to do with warmer weather and ground-level ozone. They put out asthma alerts here during the summer.

A doctor told me to try turmeric once.
I told him he should probably retire.

lol. Clever girl

Tonight's show sounds interesting. So glad it's not the same old beat up guests with the same old beat up topics

[bigchucka]

I'm deathly allergic to Imitrex.

Possibly not psilocibin though.  You might get lucky and get a response from Dr. Dennis McKenna if you contact him and ask.  If anyone would know it would be him.