Now that I got your attention with that special word, read this article below as seen in today's news...

-Gregg in Las Vegas

Sex may be a natural way to treat migraines, cluster headaches

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Having sex may be the solution to curing a splitting headache.

Researchers from the University of Munster in Germany have found that sexual activity was successful in treating migraines in 60 percent sufferers and in one-third of patients with cluster headaches.

"Our data suggest...that sexual activity can lead to partial or complete relief of headache in some migraine and a few cluster headache patients," wrote the authors of the study, published Feb. 19 in Cephalagia.

"Our results show that sexual activity during a migraine attack might relieve or even stop an attack in some cases, and that sexual activity in the presence of headache is not an unusual behavior," they added.

Migraines are a kind of throbbing headache that may cause nausea, vomiting or sensitivity to light. Some people get a warning symptom like vision disturbances called an aura before the headache hits. Migraines occur more often in women than men and may run in families. Some women say they have less migraines when they are pregnant.

Cluster headaches differ from migraines, and are characterized by chronic, one-sided headaches that can include eye tearing, steady burning and sharp sensations, and stuffy noses. They can occur regularly during one week to one year, and may be spaced out by attack-free periods. A cluster headache can begin as a severe, sudden headache often around the same time of the day you had the last one. They happen more often in men than women and may run in families.

The researchers looked at 800 patients with migraines and 200 patients with cluster headaches. Patients were asked to complete a questionnaire about their sexual activity during their headache episodes and write how sex affected the pain.

About one-third of the patients said they had sex during a migraine or a cluster headache. Sixty percent of migraine sufferers who had sex said they had some sort of pain relief, with most of them reporting moderate or complete alleviation of their symptoms. Some participants -- mostly men -- admitted to using sex as a way to treat the migraines. For one-third of the migraine patients who had sex, the pain got worse.

Thirty-seven percent of cluster headache patients said sex helped lessen the pain, with 90 percent of those patients who had sex saying they experienced moderate to complete relief of headaches. However, 50 percent of them said sex only made headaches worse.

Study researcher Stefan Evers, a neurologist and headache specialist at the University of Munster in Germany, told LiveScience that sex releases endorphins, which are natural painkillers. Other studies have shown that sex can alleviate migraines, but the studies were done on a smaller scale. Evers suggested that masturbation or any sexual activity may be able to get rid of headaches in some people.

"Having an orgasm in any way shape or form will help (them)," he said.

I've heard people claim it helps....and I've heard people say it's a trigger....

Me? Last cycle it was one hell of a trigger....but never had been before. Go figure....

I am eagerly awaiting how my girlfriend will react to this.

Guiseppi wrote on Mar 7^th, 2013 at 9:11am:



Maybe i keep it in mind as a beautiful idea for the future. A dream.  I think she will react as your wife did

Next to this i am not so sure it really works. I had oncoming attacks during......and had to abort....and not the headache.

How did your wife handle your pain?

Guiseppi wrote on Mar 7^th, 2013 at 1:06pm:



It's a very though thing to understand for a partner who does not understand what you feel. Hats off for your wife.

Globi

Kilowatt3 wrote on Mar 7^th, 2013 at 11:05pm:


Poorly worded for a study, but I believe what they are saying is that in the 37% of patients who said that it helped lessen the pain, 90% [of the 37%] experienced moderate to complete relief of pain. So, in the study, essentially 33.3% of patients experienced moderate to complete pain relief, and 3.7% of patients experienced slight pain relief. However, 50% of patients indicated that sex only made their headaches worse, so I'm assuming that the remaining 13% of people that participated in the study had neither an increase, nor a decrease, in pain level.

What this study is lacking is a control group - though I'm unsure of how they would implement that?

I'm happy to assist any of our ladies who would like to consider this treatment.

Do not send cash. It's a free service purely in the interests of science.

AussieBrian wrote on Mar 13^th, 2013 at 11:15pm:


Brian, you are a man among men, a true, big hearted philanthropist, with a giving heart second to none!

Joe

Do I get to have my non-rebreather on while I try this?

It does not work for me. 

When in cycle, sex would often bring on an attack, and we would have to stop to get the non re-breather on. Not sexy...

I saw the title and opened the thread to see if there was a definition available.  I'm not familiar with the word!   

jc

  Worst Clusters I ever had were immediately post sex.  This was years ago and not on any meds.   I don't have sex any more and am on meds, clusters are a rare occurrence.   

Callico wrote on Mar 19^th, 2013 at 12:46am:


Yeah Jerry...I been wondering too! Let me know when you find out!? Best I can figure is it's Spanish for 6...which totally explains why Tiger Woods got in so much trouble.... a professional golfer shooting 6's...unacceptable!

..last time I got my hair cut...I was waiting on the couch...reading Redbook...ummm, the other choices being Glamour and El. Finished the VERY interesting articles on makeup and diets...was finally getting to the article titled "Sex-What You Need To Know"..when I got called. Expressed my disappointment..."shoot, now I'll never know"... when the nail lady said..."oh don't worry honey, it's WAY overrated!" So I guess it's ok......

Best

j