Migraine is the 3rd most common disease in the world, with an estimated global prevalence of In the United States, over 40 million people suffer from migraines. The condition tends to run in families, with approximately 90 percent of migraine patients having a migraine family history.
There is a difference between a headache and a migraine headache. Headaches are not frequently accompanied by other symptoms associated with migraines. Migraine attacks usually last between 4 and 72 hours, and in the majority of cases, there is complete freedom from symptoms between attacks. These are commonly called trigger factors and can include lifestyle and hormonal changes, such as:.
Danish scientists found that a majority of migraine patients report that stress is associated with the onset of migraine attacks. Some women experience migraines around the time of their period, probably because of variations in the levels of hormones such as estrogen around this time. Many women with migraines report headaches before or during menstruation as the drop in estrogen just before the period may contribute to headaches. Moreover, some women experience their first migraines during early pregnancy since estrogen levels rise during pregnancy.
This can be triggered by guilt resulting from conflict in your life in conjunction with fear. It is not the conflict itself triggering a migraine. It is the internal conflict you have with yourself over an external conflict that triggers the migraine; whether it is real or imagined.
You might have guilt because you think you spent too much money, and you have a little argument with your husband over how much you spent. The argument about this little infringement in finances is not what causes the migraine. It is the guilt you have with yourself producing the migraine. Migraines are triggered in people who have conflict with themselves about conflicts in life or conflicts with others.
It is often rooted in guilt. Many migraines are rooted in guilt although some migraines may be a symptom of another underlying condition such as high-blood pressure, vision conditions, and other health conditions including side effects from some medications. Out of this guilt comes fear , and it is usually in this order. It is guilt first, then fear.
Here is the mechanism. As you enter into guilt over some issue, the hypothalamus gland senses you are in conflict with yourself. A Mechanism of self-hatred sets in, causing the pineal gland to slow down the secretion level of serotonin. This causes a lower serotonin level. The conflict develops in the realm of the soul, and the spirit of fear starts to move. Anxiety concerning the issue starts, and histamine begins to be over-secreted in the cranial region in your head.
Serotonin is a vasoconstrictor. When your serotonin levels are normal, they maintain the diameter of your blood vessels just the way God intended and they carry your blood supply into each region of your body. Histamine is a vasodilator. As the serotonin levels are decreased, and histamine is increased, you have a resulting dilation of the blood vessels. Swelling of the blood vessels puts pressure on the sensitive nerves, and this is what produces the migraine. Serotonin and histamine are antagonistic to each other.
When they are in opposition to each other in body functions, they repel each other. When serotonin levels are reduced because of guilt, then histamine levels increase because of fear. Histamine and serotonin are incompatible with each other in the human body…. In ministry, our desire is for you not to have to take medication. It is usually found in coffee, chocolate, energy drinks, and green tea. Excessive caffeine consumption more than mg per day can cause headaches.
Moreover, withdrawal from caffeine can cause this condition, since caffeine is addictive. Therefore, withdrawal symptoms usually occur if its consumption is stopped abruptly. It is recommended to discontinue use gradually. Consuming alcoholic beverages can lead to a delayed hangover headache and an attack within a few hours. Additionally, alcohol contains a chemical called histamine and it spurs your immune system to make more.
This increases the inflammation level throughout your physical body. Another cause for headaches is the normal hormone fluctuations that occur with regular menstrual cycles.
Furthermore, food additives like — nitrates found in hot dogs, pepperoni, luncheon meats , foods especially aged cheese and monosodium glutamate found in Chinese food and some soft drinks may be responsible for triggering up to one-third of migraines. Also, the lack of self-love or strong anger towards a person leads to an energetic blockage in the head area and can cause headaches. Putting other people before yourself.
Extreme worry, guilt and anxiety. Conflict with self and other people. Feeling angry and annoyed with others. This becomes their best defence against personal attack. In their childhood years they most likely attracted at least one parent whose authority was fear-provoking causing feelings of inadequacy due to being deprived, ignored, not held or comforted enough.
This can cause a person to become too sensitive to criticism, rejection, or neglect from others this can be real or imagined. And again, they were probably affected by adult power and its abuse. At least one parents daddy? Whatever the scenario, they learned to become vulnerable to the coldness, indifference, or a lack of sympathy from others — especially from authority figures during their young adult years e.
Is it possible they felt like ugly ducklings growing up? Self-criticism regarding their looks can become a huge roadblock. Some of us may even downplay our physical attributes and shun direct attention from admirers. Why even praise and compliments makes them feel uneasy.
Their fear of disapproval can force them to appear guarded in their appearance…they become skillful at covering up their wounds…yet on the surface they appear aloof and independent. This guise can often work well in the professional arena, where we appear to have it all together as a self-made person.
But we also need to review ourselves and determine whether or not we physically give off the mis impression that we are cool, composed, and a tad too unfriendly to get to know well. Maybe some of us, really are this way all the time, but the rest of us can be someone quite different deep inside. It is our self-uncertainty that makes us mistrust the intentions of others. We must learn that we live in a world that is not seeking to put us down or demean us, and that there are supportive people out there who can bolster our identity in life-affirming ways.
We give thoughtful consideration to others, and want the same in return. However, we do seem to have a hard time allowing people to penetrate our personality. Those barricades we psychologically construct around us work against us by further increasing our sense of isolation. They will need to be broken down by the power of intimate relationships but first, they need to stop pushing people away.
In most cases, they fear being taken advantage of, and this fear causes them to lash out and react defensively against others. The key to much of this is learning is not to become so guarded and suspicious to others and stay flexible in their attitudes and assumptions about life. That way they can cope with whatever life presents to them. They can have a lasting feeling of inner security and the satisfying sense that their life is truly significant.
You accuse yourself of not being this or that and especially of not being intelligent enough; you ask a lot of yourself. If you suffer from migraines, take a look at your sexual relationship. You most likely are having difficulties in that area also, because you are out of touch with your power to create your life, which is reflected in the sexual organs.
Problems in this area indicate we are trying to digest things too quickly or are not digesting what we have experienced; we are not learning our lessons. Such problems as gallstones can indicate we are holding onto hard thoughts and bitter experiences rather than moving past them.
We are holding onto the past and allowing it to fill our life, rather than moving forward with joy and anticipation for the future. The gall bladder meridian is one of the longest meridians that travels almost through the entire body.
This meridian begins at the outside corner of the eye on the face, then weaves its way up into the skull covering a large area on both sides of the head. Imagine holding the sides of your head with both hands; this is similar to the pattern and area covered by this meridian. This meridian continues flowing down both sides of the body in a zigzag fashion, supporting the stomach in the front of the body and the bladder at the back.
The gallbladders role or responsibility is to help distribution Liver Chi in the abdominal area—the function of both the liver and gall bladder is breaking down fats for digestion. If it fails to do so, the stomach, spleen, intestines and lungs will lose power and stagnate. In Chinese medicine, the liver and gall bladder organs, along with their meridians help to clear our energy to prepare for new growth and creativity. When energy flows smoothly along these meridian lines, we are alert and able to make clear decisions.
When we become angry and either hold on to it as resentment or continually explode with anger inappropriately, we are more prone to having issues with these organs and meridians. And conversely, if you are experiencing problems with your liver or gall bladder, you may find yourself either easily angered or, the opposite, collapsing and turning the anger in on yourself, feeling inadequate and humiliated.
But when unresolved emotions are not digested and begin accumulating, the solar plexus cannot do its work properly. It becomes and congested and bogged down. All organs in our body originate in the energy of the gallbladder, transporting impure or foreign matter.
The eyes can be affected in many ways, especially in regard to migraines visual abnormalities, forehead and eye pain , cataracts, glaucoma, dry eye, near or far-sightedness, etc. The brain is involved with our ability to think and reason, of absorbing facts and solving complex problems.
It rules our emotions, relationships, metabolism, hormones and nerves as while as maintaining bodily functions such as digestion, movement, coordination and sexuality. When you are reacting to a stressfully critical moment, the brain quickly decides to shut down or divert energy away from digestive process. When unresolved emotions are not digested and begin accumulating, the solar plexus cannot do its work properly.
Excess is stimulating and we thrive on adrenaline because it makes us feel bigger than we actually are, so these people search for this rush. They work too much, party too much, and simply keep going and doing until it nearly kills them. They amass power and material wealth in an effort to fill a void in their souls. So while it may look like these folks have everything figured out, this constant hunger is born from a low sense of self-worth.
They have yet to find contentment and joy in who they are. Their lives are all about appearance, and they search for bigger , better cars and houses, believing that this will make them feel bigger and better, pumping up their self-esteem. The trigeminal nerve, the largest nerve in the skull, branches out to parts of the face, creating an array of sensations felt differently from person to person.
Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that transmit electrical signals from one nerve cell to another and ultimately controls behaviors, thoughts and feelings. Three neurotransmitters, serotonin and norepineprhine and dopamine have been associated with headaches, migraines, insomnia,depression, bi-polar, agoraphobic, etc….
Migraine, depression, and insomnia, all have similar neurotransmitter mechanisms of low serotonin and norepinephrine levels. Insomnia and depression are often associated with migraines. Serotonin and norepinephrine are the two main neurotransmitters needed in the brain. When the brain is low in serotonin and norepinephrine, the individual experiences depression and insomnia.
When the level of serotonin is low and the level of norepinephrine is high, the individual may experience mania. Neurotransmitter levels can be diminished by allergic reactions, inflammation, poor absorption of nutrients into the brain, poor metabolism of nutrients in the brain, a lack of nutrients in the brain, chemicals reactions, stress and other factors listed. Norepinephrine levels can skyrocket from the use of stimulants and over-the-counter medications such as, pseudoephedrine.
Many people, especially children have poor diets resulting from high toxin levels and low nutrient levels, which can lead to low serotonin levels in the brain. Low levels of serotonin and low levels of norepinephrine can cause depression. Consequently, they will experience depression and fatigue and pursue stimulants such as coffee and soft drinks containing high amounts of caffeine.
The caffeine causes an increase in cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine levels in the brain. When there are low serotonin and high norepinephrine levels in the brain, an individual may exhibit manic behavior and when high enough, violence.
This is the biochemical foundation of the bipolar syndrome. Chronic anxiety and worry is closely associated with migraines and is associated with perfectionism.
Perfectionists are very hard on themselves and others, demanding the best at all times. Perfectionists suffer from a lack of safety, never letting their guard down because if not, all hell will break loose.
Their insecurities come from believing they always have to be in charge. Many perfectionists grew up too early, playing part of an absent parent or an out-of-control one—addictions such as drug abuse, alcoholism, gambling and even sex addition showed how their world was chaotic and out of control. The problem with perfectionism is, their need to control is in the power-seat instead of their spirit—when they suddenly have a life-altering decision, the controls are at the helm of their personality, which could lead them down the wrong path.
Perfectionists need to loosen their standards, leave the past and move into unfamiliar ground—they need to let go of their fear and move into the unknown.
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