Date Posted Migraine Relief 2011-09-15 I started studying colors.  Not for aesthetic reasons, more for medical ones.  You see, I get migraine headaches. Migraines are not like normal headaches.  They have a special intensity, and can last for hours, even days.  Many people are hospitalized during a severe attack, even though a hospital can do little more than keep the patient comfortable until the migraine runs its course, or give them a sleeping pill. A normal headache by comparison is annoying but not debilitating.  And all it takes to kill it is something like aspirin or acetaminophen. There is no known drug capable of killing a migraine once it gets started.  All medications available are used to try to prevent migraines, with varying degrees of success. A migraine are started by event called a "trigger."  Some triggers are identified as things like alcohol and other consumables, but can include sinus or stress headaches of the standard kind. I found something that works (at least for me). Here's how to do it: Sit down and make yourself as comfortable as possible.  Put something green, (like a green bandana, a book with a green cover, or something handy that has a lot of green in it) in front of you or in your hands.  Use a shade and intensity of green that is easy for you to look at and that you like. Focus on the green, not the object itself.  Put the green into your mind, like you're meditating on it. If you catch yourself drifting from the green, just pull yourself back and re-focus. If it is difficult to focus and concentrate for more than a few seconds, look away, then back.  It will get easier the more you do it. This process takes me anywhere from one to five minutes to get results.  Your time may vary. The net result (at least for me) is a simple fading away of the migraine.  It doesn't sound, or feel, dramatic, but migraines are really painful, and anything that can kill one is high drama in itself (not to mention welcome relief!). It is possible, even likely, that after the migraine has faded out there will be some kind of persistent irritation or minor headache that does not feel the same as a real migraine.  This is probably a trigger that set off the migraine or had been keeping it going. It is important to note here that not all persistent headaches are migraines.  Please please please, consult your physician for a proper diagnosis.  This technique will treat a migraine but, as far as I know, nothing else.  If you have persistent and acute pain, your doctor needs to know that. I don't know exactly how or why this works. 2012-01-08 I published this information in November 2011 on Google Knol.  Since Google is cancelling Knol, the article was migrated to WordPress and is available there with the original publish date intact.  You can find it at: josephbshort.wordpress.com Return Copyright © 2011 - 2012 Joseph Bert Short