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Product Review: Migrastick for Migraines

September 30th 2006 03:48

Well this one is a beauty. It's basically a purse-sized roll-on of essential oils of lavender and peppermint. I've been using it for a while now and I'd have to say it's fantastic, especially for warding off acute headaches.

Theory is that before a migraine starts, seratonin levels drop and it's that, in part, that causes the vascular dilation that leads to an increased bloodflow to the brain - causing the familiar swelling and pain

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Say Cheese!

September 21st 2006 09:38

Cheese has long be known to be a trigger for migraines. Which is a problem because I LOVE cheese.. so in my usual interpid style I've set out to find out what make cheese contribute to migraines, which kinds, and if there are any types that are less likely to act as a trigger.. so I can continue to get my cheese fix, at least in some way.

It appears that the chemical in cheese responsible for migraines is tyramine, which is created in the fermentation process, so milk isn't a trigger. Tyramine is an amino acid that is used in blood pressure regulation

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The problem...

September 19th 2006 07:54

The problem with being away from home is that you are not in control of your envrionment and can't control your headache triggers. And on the loose triggers means on the loose headaches and migraines.

There is a big difference between headaches and migraines, they are not the same thing, although for some poor sods, like me, you can get both of them and they overlap. A migraine is considered an "episode" or an "attack" because alot of the symptoms have nothing to do with head pain, headache pain is just one o fthe many symptoms that may be present in a migraine attack, and some folks have migraine attacks without having a headache at all. They may still get the migraine aura, the dizzyness and the nausea, but miss out on the headache compontent altogether

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Sex Migraines

September 16th 2006 04:08

MATURE CONTENT

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Travel Tips for Migraine Sufferers

September 14th 2006 19:36

If you are anything like me (i.e. you suffer migraines) you'll find that holidays can cause a whole heap of problems you never anticipated. How do I know this? I'm sitting here in my hotel room with a cold compress on the back of my neck, headached-out on holiday.

As all migraineurs know, it's all in the triggers. Triggers, for the uninitiated, are those things that set your noggin off on that personal road to hell known as a migraine. Triggers can be anything from strawberries, to margueritas, to flashing lights to stress and sleeplessness

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