I Want To Zap My Brain With Magnetic Pulses

Many years ago I read about researchers using strong electromagnets to attempt treat depression and also epilepsy I think. I was hoping that it would pan out and eventually lead to somewhat passive way to help those of us with migraines and clusters. I have been hearing that studies have been going on for a while along those lines but now it looks like its getting pretty serious.

http://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/news/20080627/magnetic-pulses-may-zap-migraine-pain

The article just talks about using it for treating migraine with aura but perhaps it is effective for cluster to some degree. The results quoted in the study don't make me want to jump up and down mind you... but even some measurable success with a non invasive and non pharmaceutical way to help with headache management appeals strongly to me.

The Return Return

Just a quick note, within a day of returning home from the trip I mentioned in the last post, I started a pretty bad migraine that lasted for well over 36 hours.

Since then I have been suffering through some pretty bad daytime wakefulness problems, this usually seems to happen in between bad headache bouts.

I could be coincidental, but It would seem that something in this area may be a trigger for my headaches and possibly my theoretically associated sleep problems.

I always feel better... when I am away.

Travel seems good for me. I have been out of town now for about a week and I have been feeling pretty good. The thing is, this is not the first time I have noticed and this has me thinking.

Posibilities...


A. I just refuse to give in to it as much while I am away and I use reserves of energy and hide the pain and exhaustion better, even from myself. Being distracted by unique surroundings could also have a calming effect.

B. I am sensitive to something in the environment of the city that I live in that acts as the main trigger for my clusters and migraines. I only started getting the headaches a few years after relocating to that area and now it really seems that every time I leave it they start to taper off somewhat. I believe that I have a difference in me that makes me prone to the headaches and that many things can trigger them. like booze or strong smells, but maybe there is an underlying trigger that is pushing them up 24/7 in the air or water that I can get away from. of course different people have different triggers and I don't think that its a poison gas or something like that... it could just be some perfectly normal thing that irritates only me. It's an interesting thought at least.

C. Maybe it is the heat... even in the dead of winter were I live its not that cool. So just about anywhere else I travel to is cooler. I don't know if I really believe this one much. I do hate being hot though.

D. Coincidence. The desire to feel better and get relief from these horrid headaches are notorious for making people think people see patterns were their are none... I am no exception.


Tomorrow we fly back home... In some ways, I am not looking forward to it.