• caffeine
• chocolate
• red wine
• cured meats
• aged cheeses
• champagne
• milk
• bananas
• bright sunshine
• figs
• MSG
• onions
• lima beans
• potato chips
• birth control pills
• strong winds
• skipped sleep
• smell of cigarettes
• loud sounds
• salted nuts
• changes in the weather
• estrogen replacement therapy
• stress
• sudden easing of stress

from Life Magazine Feb. 1994

• As many as 45 million people in the US live with constant headaches
• 7 million people have Chronic Tension Headaches (for hours - almost daily)
• Americans lose 157 million workdays to headaches
• Americans spend $2 Billion a year on pain-killers
• 3 our of every 4 migraine sufferers are women

"People with migraines seem to be wired differently, more sensitively."

"Stress does not cause headaches. It can trigger them, but it does not cause them. It is in your genes."

"And with both tension and migraine headaches, repeated use of over-the-counter and prescription painkillers will cause trouble. 8 of 10 people with chronic headaches are locked into a ghastly cycle of rebound. They take Tylenol, Anacin, Sinutab, Fiorinal, Midrin and other drugs to dull their pain. But after even a few weeks of repeated use, the drugs temper the brain's pain-fighting chemicals. The result? Headaches."

from Life Magazine Feb. 1994

• 10:17pm Top of head, right side. like spike, straight down.
• 10:25pm Tight around eyes
• 11:15pm Right forebrow -- dull

• 9:00am Tightness behind right eye and cheek
• 9:40am Dull weight in right forehead
• 12:45pm Left side, squeezing
• 1:10pm Right side, piercing
• 1:20pm Needling left temple (temporary)
• 7:00pm Left forehead, periodic pain -- sharp
• 12:37pm Left side, explosion

• 11:30am Left side, explosion
• 1:00 am Left side, explosion

• 11:30am Left side, dull squeezing
• 1:30pm Right forehead, pinching and piercing
• 4:23pm Right side squeezing and nausea
• 4:30pm Center of forehead -- Ouch!
• 4:40pm Top of neck sore as well
• 5:10pm Wincing spike, left temple
• 8:30pm Right forehead, piercing

• 9:45pm
  • Corner of right eyebrow and upper nose, sharp piercing (1-2 min.) otherwise dull ache
  • Left ear (slightly in front), twice, sharp pain and piercing
  • Right center forehead, dull/sharp (not throbbing)
• 11:00pm Left forebrow, dull nauseating pain

• 10:19am Dull throb, far right side in dimple next to eye + sharper pain behind left eye
• 3:20pm Left forehead, dull, piercing pain
• 4:18pm Left side still, but less so. Right side as well
• 5:00pm Sharp pain, right forehead. Back of neck raw
• 12:33am Dull and piercing pain on left half, plus right forebrow