Do Your Migraines Make You Horny?
Well, isn’t that just like Murphy’s Law (or Sod’s law, for those who live in the UK)? You get migraines which can be too painful for breathing, let alone sex, and yet your sex drive may be more intense, according to the findings of a 2006 Wake Forest University study. This stonger sex drive happens in people with migraines, not tension headaches. The study found that men and women with migraines have a 20% stronger sex drive than those without migraines.
How did they come to this conclusion? The scientists gave out questionnares to 37 women and 31 men and asked them about their migraines and their sex drive. They had to answer whether they thought they had a bigger sex drive than the average person. So, if migraine sufferers don’t actually have a stronger sex drive, they either
- think they do
- or lie really well (no pun intended)
Granted, a mere 68 people is hardly an accurate representation of not only the human population, but of the population of migraine sufferes. Perhaps all of the other people given questionnares were too busy either having a migraine or doing the Wild Thing in order to reply.
As remarked on before in an earlier post on this blog, orgasms are considered good for relieving any kind of body tension. It’s not the sex that’s important here for treatment — it’s the orgasm (no pressure there, fellas).
It has been thought that a person’s serotonin imbalance, thought to affect not only headaches but depression, also triggers a stronger desire for sex. In yet another study (science is suddenly getting more interesting), Dr. James R. Couch, MD PhD (that’s his name — go figure) discovered that nearly 20% of migraine sufferes found relief from an orgasm.
I can tell you right now that neither of these studies ever got in contact with me. And I can tell you right now that I’m one of the 80% who does NOT find any relief from an orgasm…well, I can’t even get in the mood, let alone climax becuase of the pain. So I have no idea who these scientists are studying because they sure don’t seem to be from this side of the rainbow.
Now that this post is done, it’s time I lock myself in my bedroom with my Peter Gabriel album covers. Until next time!
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Damn, brittany murphy was so good.. she’ll be missed!