New research seems to be telling researchers that sex is … oh just read it.
The study, from the University of Munster, Germany, suggests that instead of using a sore head as an excuse to refuse sex, making love can be more effective than taking painkillers.
What does this tell us?
It tells us that a significant number of people have absolutely no idea what a migraine is.
Until you’ve had one so bad that you asked that guns be hidden so you can’t end your own pain, you don’t know what a migraine is. When you throw up or want to, it is a migraine. When every minute lasts a lifetime, its a migraine.
I’ve mixed tylenol, ibuprofen, benadryl, and caffeine in max doses and gotten no relief. I’ve even had times when opiates were an option and only had partial relief.
You cannot convince me that the “sex helps migraines” argument is anything more than a pretty lame attempt to get sex from a sufferer of regular headaches.
They suggested that sex triggered the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers, through the central nervous system, which can in turn reduce, or even eliminate, a headache.
Yeah. As a kid, I would walk up to a doorframe and slam my forehead into the frame because momentarily, and I mean like four or five seconds, there was a lessening of the pain. And then it would come roaring back. I have mashed my hand and nearly kneecapped myself with similar results. Sorry, not buying the endorphine crap.
Alternative medicine, to sort of take a line from a quote on SOYLENT’s blog – Alternative medicine is just that, an alternative to medicine. And sometimes that just doesn’t work.
That doesn’t sound like migraines to me. That sounds like clusters, from what Hubby suffers.
And Muenster?? Please…they are famous for cheese.
I feel sorry for Hubby then – give him my condolences. I don’t think there is really anyone I’d wish them on except maybe Harry “Whorehouse” Reid or NY Mayor Bloomberg. No, I take that back… not even them.
I take back my take-back… rapists, child abusers, and those who hurt those who can’t defend themselves, now that is another thing entirely. The victimizers can have cluster migraines for the rest of their lives.
You should talk to hubby about them one day. It kills me to witness his pain.
Geez, what’s to talk about?
We’d probably say: “You, too, huh?” “Yeah.” “Sucks shit, man.” “Yeah.” “Wanna go fire up the BBQ?” “Yeah, some dead animal sounds good.”
Really, that’s probably what we’d say.
Seriously, I think CW understands where you are coming from better than I do. She’s seen me with the bad headaches and the five-going-on-six-years of neck issues.
Uh, no. He gets technical, and stuff. THEN he goes to set meat on fire.
Well, hell, if he wants to talk about the bio-mechanisms involved and I get to throw in whatever random shit comes to mind, then maybe we have something interesting. But that can be done while charring a dead animal, so I don’t see this as a “Do this and then that” kind of thing.
The article said “Munster”, not “Muenster”. Surely reporters couldn’t have gotten that wrong? 😉
I spelled it the German way 😛
The “journalists’ spelled it the way Fred did.
That proves that those fools think their wives really had a headache.
Next up, they’ll prove that telemarketer calls help your appetite so you’re being counterproductive when you hang up because you’re eating dinner. .
Ok, add telemarketers to what I said to Aggie above.
Never had a lessening of a headache by having sex. But the research continues! *sigh* The positio….er….things I do for the advancement of the species…
Damn, RA, you’re better people than I thought. Keep up the good work.
BWAAAAAAAHAHAHA!!!