Check out my one page story (Download Vogue) in the April issue of Vogue ("Sweet Relief," pg. 253) on how to prevent migraine headaches with "alternative" treatments such as acupuncture and feverfew. I came up with the idea after reading Judith Warner's nytimes.com blog about her struggle with chronic migraines and how amitriptyline (her regular medication) wasn't working well anymore (and caused nasty side effects). That blog received an outpouring of letters from other migraineurs—572 of them at last count—many of which advised Warner to try acupuncture, magnesium supplements, biofeedback or other complementary treatments. I did some research and realized that, while more studies are needed, many alternative treatments have a great deal of scientific research behind them.
Once I began my low carb diet, my migraines vanished. However, I still get the everyday run of the mill garden variety headache. For that I take magnesium although I started taking magnesium on a daily basis. So now I rarely ever get any kind of a headache.
Posted by: Cold Laser Dallas | 12 March 2013 at 03:29 AM