Sunday, December 27, 2009

Migraines, Medications & the Unscience of It All

You Can Experiment on Yourself

Belief: Migraines & headaches are not related to atmospheric pressure. Problems with studies conducted to date: (1) Using average pressure for the time (usually a day) and the geographical area (usually an airport miles away); (2) pressure not actually measured at location of person. Results -> no scientific research into pressure-based remedies for migraine sufferers, mucho $$$ for drug companies, little relief for migraine sufferers due to both cost of medicine and limitations on quantity of medicine imposed by health-care plans, and time lost by debilitating migraines. My experiment: Proved migraines caused by extreme pressures (low or high) when using hourly atmospheric pressure. Unique me - Left side of head does not drain (sinus or ear). Proved draining left side (with very cheap nasal spray) eliminated left-side migraines. Proved draining right side does not work at all. Hypothesis: My left side is completely blocked since it suddenly went deaf at age 14; I believe but cannot prove that a key drainage passage on my left side is blocked & I've never been able to get a doctor to investigate it. Another experiment: Proved elevating head well above the body while sleeping helps eliminate those wake-up migraines. Worked with either sleeping in a lazy-boy chair or using 2-3 fluffy pillows in bed. Also proved: not all migraines can be eliminated without the medications; instead, these experiments were done to eliminate/minimize some migraines due to limited quantity of medication on hand.

-k

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