This article is written with married audience in mind!
Headaches are the most common ailment that many face on a
daily basis, but instead of reaching for the pain relieving pills, head to the
bedroom for a rousing session of sex that will take that stress away.
That’s right. Sex has the ability to relieve headaches
because of the endorphins that are released in the brain during the act. Endorphins
naturally reduce the pain of a headache, so the more pleasure you receive, the
better you will feel!
Whether you engage in full intercourse or a few minutes of
oral sex, the blissful moment of orgasm can help usher that headache away.
Now, if you
have a migraine or a sinus headache, sex might not be the best option to cure
the ailment, but at least you now know that those stress headaches can be
handled with a little bump and grind.
Sex vs. Headaches: Why
Orgasms Are Better Than Drugs
Psychotherapists
have long noticed that sex can relieve pain, both physical and
psychological. Now there are credible research studies offering surprising
insights about the hidden benefits of sex. If you have a sex partner
who needs a little bit of encouragement, you may want to let them
know about these findings. Is Sex a Better Pain Reliever Than Ibuprofen? We've all heard or said something like “Not tonight dear, I have a headache. And it’s
true that sex can cause blood to expand in the vessels in our heads and cause
headaches. But it is also true that sex can relieve pain and
many women are using this method instead of dangerous drugs .In their book,
Having sex during headaches,
especially when you have a great over the top climax, makes it go
away before you know it.
When
your partner has a headache it might be good to remind them that sex might
help. If your partner doesn’t trust your medical knowledge you might remind
them that even doctors recommend it.
Some neurologists
recommend reaching orgasm as a way to deal with pain of migraines and it does work. Often
taking migraine meds and darvocet will make one reach a relaxed state but
the pain may be still hanging on in the back of your head but having
sex and a nice orgasm will end the pain. It is better to do this
with a partner, but a simple vibrator can help some women reach orgasm which
might in turn keep migraines from rebounding. Using orgasm to end the
migraine keeps the rebounds at bay.
Details of how sex
relieves Headaches
(LifeWire) - The relationship between headaches and
sex has long been fodder for sitcom jokes with myriad portrayals of (mostly)
women begging off intimacy because they do not feel well. But while
comedians like to equate headaches with abstinence, there are some people for
whom the opposite is true: these headache-prone individuals not only have
stronger libidos, but orgasm is a very effective pain reliever.
A 2006 study published
in the journal Headache found that individuals who suffer
from migraine headaches scored higher on a test called the Sexual Desire
Inventory (SDI) than those who suffer from tension headaches. The
phenomenon was true for both men and women, indicating that individuals with
recurrent migraine headaches may experience a stronger desire for sex than
those with non-migraine headaches.
The association between migraines and increased sexual drive is
very complex, but seems to be related to the brain chemical called serotonin.
Researchers have noted that individuals who have migraines
also have chronically lower levels of serotonin in their brains when
compared to individuals who do not suffer from migraines.
Similarly, individuals who use antidepressant medications
that increase brain levels of serotonin often suffer medication side effects
that can include lowered sex drive and difficulty achieving orgasm.
Because of these facts, researchers believe that higher serotonin levels
inhibit sexual desire and sexual response. Thus, individuals with migraines,
who are perhaps prone to experience migraines due to low serotonin levels,
may also have a higher sex drive for the very same reason.
The Climax Cure
Research focused on
whether and how orgasm relieves headaches is still in its very early
stages. One small 2001 survey study in Headache questioned
only women about whether they had ever undertaken sex while suffering from a
migraine. Of the 83 women questioned, 57 had done so. Of these, 30% noted
some pain relief and 17.5% became completely pain free. Only 5.3% noticed
worsening of their headache symptoms after sexual intercourse.
The reason for relief of headache pain with sexual intercourse
is not clear. Theories include:
·
Stimulation of the
vagina during sex might provide a pain-relieving effect, perhaps due to some
nervous system pathways involved in childbirth. One theory suggests that there
is a process whereby pain is relieved in response to stretching of the cervix and
pelvic outlet during childbirth; perhaps similar stimulation of this
pain-relief pathway occurs during intercourse
·
Something that happens
during an orgasm might suppress pain or even interrupt the process by which a
migraine causes pain. Some scientists have postulated that there is a central
"migraine generator" responsible for these headache epidoses.
Perhaps chemicals released during orgasm serve to calm or turn off that
migraine generator.
Although more research is needed to understand how headaches and
sex are related, it is clear that the connection is complicated enough to be
undeserving of a stereotypical comic quip. And individuals who suffer from
migraines may well want to consider using the most organic form of treatment
uncovered thus far.
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