Tom Bohager
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 Tension headaches are caused by a tightening in the muscles of the face, neck, shoulders, and scalp or muscle spasms in these areas, usually due to fatigue or stress. A migraine is a severe, incapacitating headache usually preceded or accompanied by visual disturbances, light sensitivity, and nausea or vomiting. Migraines are caused by constriction of the arteries that lead to the brain, although there are a variety of possible underlying causes. (See migraines.) Cluster headaches, a type of migraine, typically cause severe pain around or behind one eye. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
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 At our second appointment, she arrived with a terrible migraine headache and confessed she'd been plagued with chronic migraines for years. How she drove to my office, I'll never know. During that second session, I took her into hypnosis, conducted a progressive relaxation exercise to relieve her stress (you'll learn this later in the book), then threw in some imagery designed to free her from the migraine. When the session ended, she opened her eyes and said, "My migraine's gone."
The migraines never returned. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 In addition to eye flashes, this type of migraine—sometimes called ophthalmic migraine (aka silent migraine)—can cause other visual disturbances, as well as nausea and nasal congestion. Some people with eye migraines do go on to have migraine headaches years later.
PHANTOM VISIONS
Seeing floaters and flashes is one thing, but what if you start seeing fanciful flowers, flocks of flying birds, or frolicking ferrets that aren't really there? Don't freak out—you're probably not going crazy. You're most likely experiencing the classic signs of Charles Bonnet syndrome. |
Tom Bohager
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| In a common migraine, the pain of the headache develops slowly, sometimes mounting to a throbbing pain that is made worse by movement or noise.
Classical migraines are relatively rare. These headaches are preceded by a slowly expanding area of blindness surrounded by a sparkling edge; these symptoms can affect up to one-half of the field of vision of each eye. The blindness may resolve after twenty minutes, and is often followed by a severe one-sided headache with nausea, vomiting, hypersensitivity to light, and hypersensitivity to sound. |
| This directs cooling to the hypothalamus, which is suspected to be involved with the migraine feedback cycle, and for some it can stop even a severe headache very quickly.
Causes of migraines include vascular instability, platelet disorders, nerve disorders, seratonin deficiency, certain drugs and xenobiotics, nutrient deficiencies, and allergenic foods. |
Bottom Line Health
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| When a migraine is developing, 75% of patients experience tenderness and pain around the eyes. Sumatriptan knocks out 93% of migraines if it is taken before the pain around the eyes occurs. When it is taken later, it helps in only 13% of cases. Therefore, if you have a migraine, it is best to take sumatriptan within the first five to 20 minutes.
•Magnesium. In the doctor's office or the hospital emergency room, intravenous magnesium can eliminate a migraine in five minutes. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Is it a migraine or is it a regular headache? Then it talks about how to get rid of it naturally. We always like to go through natural treatments first. So, for example, migraines -- if you take vitamin B2 at 400 milligrams a day, that will decrease migraines by 67 percent after six weeks.
Mike: That's phenomenal.
Teitelbaum: That was on one of the national news services a while back. Right before it, they had this thing about cutting out major face muscles to decrease migraines by 50 percent. I wanted to stick my head in the studio and say 10 cents of vitamin B2 is more effective. |
Jack Challem
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 Vitamin B2
Principal use: For the prevention and reduction of migraine headaches.
What else you should know: Although vitamin B2 (riboflavin) does not have a consistent link to mood problems, it is essential for normal brain chemistry. Low levels of vitamin B2 increase susceptibility to migraine headaches, and, as you might expect, vitamin B2 has been found helpful in reducing the frequency of migraine headaches.
Dosage: To prevent migraine headaches, take 400 mg daily, along with a B-complex supplement. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 For example, if you have a patient with chronic migraine headaches, you can use a conventional drug like Sumatriptan, which is pretty good in that it shortens the duration of a migraine headache, but does nothing to relieve the underlying cause of why that person has a migraine headache. So when I look at stuff like a migraine headache, I look at the patient. With the patient, while the end state's manifestation might be something like a migraine headache, a throbbing headache, they get there through a wide range of different physiological dysfunctions. |
Tom Bohager
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| Enzymes can also be used to treat inflammation and to improve circulation when symptoms arise, which may be helpful for some migraine sufferers. |
Jonathan Goodman ND
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 EFAS AND MIGRAINES
No one's sure what causes migraines, but one thing is certain: Once you've had a migraine, you never want another one. Apart from the fact that migraines can be terribly painful, they're often accompanied by other symptoms, including fatigue, nausea, numbness, or blurred vision.
Unfortunately, migraines are common. About 15 to 20 percent of men and 25 to 30 percent of women will get a migraine at some point. There's almost certainly a genetic link: More than 50 percent of people with migraines have a family history of the illness. |
Tom Bohager
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| Cluster headaches, a type of migraine, typically cause severe pain around or behind one eye. Sinus headaches are caused by congestion and possibly infection of the sinuses. The pain is usually in the face, spreading from above the eyes to as far as the gum line. A feeling of pressure is common.
Persistent headaches without a specific cause may be due to your environment or food intake. In this case, start with the Cleanse and Fortify Program described in chapter 4 to bring your body back into balance. After a few days, continue with the Optimal Nutrient Support program to ensure good health. |
Hyla Cass
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 They're also used for pain reduction when nothing else works, and to prevent migraine headaches. (Hint for migraines: try magnesium, 400-500 mg daily, which has actually stopped chronic migraines in a number of my patients.)
There are several classes of anticonvulsant drugs, and only a few are known to cause nutrient depletion: phenytoin (Dilantin), carbamazepine (Tegretol, Carbatrol, Epitrol), primidone (Mysoline), methsuxamide (Celontin), valproic acid (Depakote, Depacon, Depakene), topiramate (Topomax) and gabapentin (Neurontin). |
Lynne McTaggart
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 At roughly the same time, psychologist Elmer Green at the Menninger Institute pioneered a method of biofeedback to treat migraine, after discovering that a migraine patient of his could make her headaches go away whenever she practiced a structured form of relaxation. Green went on to use biofeedback to help patients cure their own migraines, and it is now an accepted form of therapy.42 Biofeedback is particularly useful to treat Raynaud's disease, a vascular condition in which blood vessels are constricted when exposed to cold, causing extremities to grow cold, pale, and even blue. |
Jack Challem
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| Low levels of vitamin B2 increase susceptibility to migraine headaches, and, as you might expect, vitamin B2 has been found helpful in reducing the frequency of migraine headaches.
Dosage: To prevent migraine headaches, take 400 mg daily, along with a B-complex supplement.
How Kimberly Regained Her Focus
Kimberly often felt frazzled by the routine activities and demands of life, such as getting her children off to school, arriving at work on time, setting priorities, preparing dinner for her family, and so on. |
Lynne McTaggart
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| At roughly the same time, psychologist Elmer Green at the Menninger Institute pioneered a method of biofeedback to treat migraine, after discovering that a migraine patient of his could make her headaches go away whenever she practiced a structured form of relaxation. Green went on to use biofeedback to help patients cure their own migraines, and it is now an accepted form of therapy.42 Biofeedback is particularly useful to treat Raynaud's disease, a vascular condition in which blood vessels are constricted when exposed to cold, causing extremities to grow cold, pale, and even blue. |
Melody Petersen
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 The company would then publish the results of these small studies, Boris explained, and use them to promote the drug to doctors treating migraine patients. But there was a catch.
The results would be published, Boris said, only if they showed that Neurontin actually worked to reduce the number of migraines the patients suffered. What was left unsaid, although strongly implied, was that any study that failed to show that Neurontin was effective for migraines would be filed away and hidden from public view. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
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| During that second session, I took her into hypnosis, conducted a progressive relaxation exercise to relieve her stress (you'll learn this later in the book), then threw in some imagery designed to free her from the migraine. When the session ended, she opened her eyes and said, "My migraine's gone."
The migraines never returned.
A Primer on Hypnosis
Unless you've been involved with hypnosis before, there's an excellent chance what you think you know about it is wrong. Let me dispel a few notions immediately:
?Hypnosis will not leave you quacking like a duck during an important meeting. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| They're also used for pain reduction when nothing else works, and to prevent migraine headaches. (Hint for migraines: try magnesium, 400-500 mg daily, which has actually stopped chronic migraines in a number of my patients.)
There are several classes of anticonvulsant drugs, and only a few are known to cause nutrient depletion: phenytoin (Dilantin), carbamazepine (Tegretol, Carbatrol, Epitrol), primidone (Mysoline), methsuxamide (Celontin), valproic acid (Depakote, Depacon, Depakene), topiramate (Topomax) and gabapentin (Neurontin). |
Jack Challem
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| Low levels of vitamin B2 increase susceptibility to migraine headaches, and, as you might expect, vitamin B2 has been found helpful in reducing the frequency of migraine headaches.
Dosage: To prevent migraine headaches, take 400 mg daily, along with a B-complex supplement.
How Kimberly Regained Her Focus
Kimberly often felt frazzled by the routine activities and demands of life, such as getting her children off to school, arriving at work on time, setting priorities, preparing dinner for her family, and so on. |
Marshall Editions
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 B2 and B6) that are often found to be deficient in migraine sufferers.
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Butterbur root: This herb has anti-spasmodic, analgesic, anodyne, and sedative effects. Clinical trials have shown butterbur to be very effective when taken daily to prevent migraines. Studies show that a 50-100 mg dose of butterbur standardized to 7.5% petasin and isopetasin twice a day is most effective. Possible side effects include itchy eyes, diarrhea, pruritis, and stomach upset. |
Melody Petersen
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| Reed devoted part of her speech to telling the women about the new migraine medicines called triptans. "We have some fabulous medicines now to treat migraines," she said as a group of shoppers on their way to the Younkers department store paused to listen. She said the drugs, which include brands such as Imitrex and Relpax, "can work beautifully." They can provide "pain relief in twenty minutes," she said.
After speaking for just short of a half hour, Dr. Reed asked if the women had questions. One woman told Dr. |
The Editors of FC&A
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| This might explain why nearly 80 percent of 3,000 migraine sufferers reported migraine relief after taking 200 milligrams (mg) of magnesium a day. If you choose to boost your magnesium intake, don't take more than 500 mg a day in supplement form. You can get plenty of magnesium in foods like spinach, potatoes, fish and shellfish, beans, and cereal.
Mushrooms. These fleshy buttons have relatively high levels of riboflavin, or vitamin B2. In one three-month study, people who took 400 mg of vitamin B2 a day had 37 percent fewer migraines than those given a placebo. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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 Additionally, not all biofeedback therapists have experience with breathing retraining, since most patients referred to this therapy suffer from migraine headaches. Biofeedback therapists reduce stress—and thus the risk of migraine—by teaching people to use the ANS to relax and dilate (enlarge) their blood vessels, usually in the fingertip. They know this has happened when the temperature in the fingertip increases, which shows that more blood is reaching this extremity. |
The Editors of FC&A
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| Experts think that because soy has natural compounds that act like estrogen, it may trigger a migraine. If you are prone to headaches, keep your soy portions small.
Cut the fat. A low-fat diet will not only improve your figure — it can banish headaches as well. High levels of fat in your blood may encourage the blood vessels in your head to expand and bring on a migraine. In a recent California study, 42 women and 12 men managed to lower their dietary fat intake to 20 grams a day. They had fewer migraines and lighter symptoms. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's only sold together with their "Renew Formula" as part of a migraine Combo. The Renew Formula is a potent liver cleanser / detox that's a great product on its own, and if you really do have migraines, you need both of these products. But if you're just looking for the fish protein, you'll have to buy it together with the Renew Formula (for the moment, at least).
Summary: High-potency predigested protein product made from fish. Helps with intestinal disorders, migraines and as a super protein source for active people.
URL: www.ForeverWell. |
Jean Carper
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 FISH AGAINST MIGRAINES
At the University of Cincinnati, investigators successfully blocked both migraine headaches and kidney disease with omega-3 fish oils. Migraines let up in about sixty percent of those who took fish oil capsules for six weeks. The number of attacks generally dropped from two a week to two every two weeks. The migraines were also less severe. Men migraineurs seemed to get more relief from fish oils than women sufferers.
Switching from animal fat to omega-3 fish oils also slowed down the rate of kidney deterioration in those with early kidney disease. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 MIGRAINES: Psilocybin, originally an extract of certain psychedelic mushrooms, is being intensely studied for migraine headaches (as well as for illnesses like obsessive-compulsive disorder).
Tips on Using Mushrooms
SELECTION AND STORAGE:
• Wild mushrooms are available seasonally. You may find morels in the spring, chanterelles in midsummer, and porcini in the fall.
• For common mushrooms, choose those with a firm texture and even color with tightly closed caps.
• Store mushrooms partially covered in your refrigerator crisper. Use them within three days. |
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