Sunday, May 5, 2013

Headache/Migraine Triggers

There are lots of headache triggers that not many people know about or would ever even think about it being a problem. I had an appointment with the neurologist and they gave me a list of potential headache or migraine triggers. Some are...
Psychic Factors: Emotional upset/family or friends, emotional upset/occupation, business/reversal, business/success, anticipation anxiety, crisis/ serious, post-crisis period, New job/position.
Physical Factors: vacation day, weekend, strenuous exercise, high altitude location, New move, menstrual days, physical illness, overslept/not enough sleep.
Food and Drink Excesses: ripened cheese, chocolate, fermented foods, nuts(peanut butter), onions, citrus fruits, pork, nutra-sweet, baked yeast bread, MSG, bananas, sausage, gluten.
These are only a few and DOES NOT apply to everyone. Everyone's body is different. So try a few of these and see how your head feels after thing something like this. Actually pay attention, and if you find that it could be a cause, go without applying it and see how you feel after. It will take longer than a day, so don't expect it to work right away.
If you haven't had yourself checked for your constant migraines I would highly recommended doing so. Maybe an MRI, a blood test, a heart test to check for a hole in the heart, or anything else you can think of.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Or any suggestions or opinions, please share!
Coming up....
Some relaxing tips!
Medications I've personally tried, that have helped!
Statistics!
Anatomy, functions, and locations of headaches!

May 5, 2013

5 comments:

  1. I'm going to show this to my daughter! She gets pretty bad headaches and this might help us figure out why.

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  2. I can tell you know what you are talking about. A lot of people will receive help from this blog. Awesome.

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  3. Whoa. I had no clue about the food and stuff. Life now makes sense.

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  4. I don't think I have ever suffered from a migraine but these are great tips if it were to ever occur. I couldn't imagine the pain you go through.

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  5. I get stress headaches and they are the worse! I'm very OCD so I get stressed very easily! And not sleeping well.. that never helps.

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