Migraines

Increasing daily water intake by half a liter for three months produced a 50% reduction in migraine frequency or intensity. A migraine is a neurological event, not merely a headache. No two migraine patients present identically; drivers may be hormonal, nutritional, gut-origin, mitochondrial, histaminergic, toxic, genetic, or a combination. Migraines are a signal from the body indicating systemic imbalance, not the problem itself. Chronic low-grade inflammation is one of the primary drivers of migraine by lowering the brain's reactive threshold. Migraines occur when accumulated load overflows a threshold, not from a single cause. Mild dehydration can increase sensitivity in pain pathways of the nervous system, worsening migraines. Daily use of caffeine-containing migraine medications such as Excedrin Migraine can create medication overuse headache through physical dependence and withdrawal. Magnesium deficiency is commonly observed in people who suffer from migraines.