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Andrew Huberman
Feb 6, 2023
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How to Stop Headaches Using Science-Based Approaches
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Acetaminophen
“ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and so forth, so-called anti-inflammatory drugs.”
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1:58
Acetaminophen
Supplements
“ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and so forth, so-called anti-inflammatory drugs.”
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1:58
Ibuprofen
Supplements
“ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and so forth, so-called anti-inflammatory drugs.”
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41:31
Aspirin
Supplements
“Many people out there will simply get a headache and decide, oh, I'm going to pop a couple of aspirin... So taking an aspirin or something like it for migraine, in some cases, the worst possible choice.”
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42:22
Caffeine From Coffee or Tea for Headaches
Diet
“drinking a cup of coffee or getting caffeine through tea is a great way to deal with headache... in some cases, drinking caffeine, whether it's in tea or coffee, can absolutely alleviate the pain of a headache... but in some cases, it can make it far, far worse.”
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59:09
Sleep
Behaviors
“regular sufficient amounts of deep sleep each night are going to be important for all aspects of mental health, physical health, and performance, and have been shown over and over again to reduce the frequency of headache and to reduce the time to repair after traumatic brain injury”
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59:47
Sunlight Exposure
Behaviors
“getting sunlight in your eyes early in the day and in the evening as well and as much as possible throughout the day without burning your skin”
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59:53
Limit Artificial Light at Night
Behaviors
“limiting your exposure to artificial lights at night... if you do that, you're going to improve and offset any kind of detriment caused by traumatic brain injury”
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1:00:42
Exercise
Behaviors
“And then, of course, nutrition and exercise are also important. So we can list out sleep, sun, proper nutrition, exercise, and I would put a proper social connection”
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1:00:42
Proper Nutrition
Behaviors
“And then, of course, nutrition and exercise are also important. So we can list out sleep, sun, proper nutrition, exercise”
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1:01:41
Bright Artificial Light During the Day
Tools
“things that you can do to offset getting less than ideal sleep, the things that you can use like bright artificial light, during the day to try and partially offset lack of sunlight, but really there is no exercise pill.”
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1:02:37
Creatine Monohydrate
Supplements
“the first substance that I'd like to highlight that has been shown to significantly reduce the intensity and or frequency of headaches is creatine... In this study, they had people take a dose of 0.4 grams of creatine monohydrate per kilogram of body weight... and they did that over a period of six months.”
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1:15:17
Fatty Ocean Fish
Diet
“Common forms of omega-3 fatty acids, or I should say common sources of omega-3 fatty acids in foods include fatty ocean fish”
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1:15:30
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Supplements
“Common sources in supplement form are so-called fish oil, capsules, or liquid fish oil.”
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1:17:50
Reduce Omega-6 Fatty Acids
Diet
“how supplementing with omega-3 fatty acids and deliberately reducing the amount of linoleic acid, the omega-6 fatty acids, how that can impact headache”
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1:40:49
Use Red Light
Behaviors
“if you are starting to feel like you have a migraine coming on or you have photophobia coming on, to shift to using patterns of light that are in the longer wavelength domain. What that means practically is shifting to using very orange, ideally dim, but very orange and red light.”
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1:41:28
Red Light Bulbs
Tools
“What I'm talking about here would be simply having some red light bulbs on hand for any time that you need to remain awake, but you're starting to experience photophobia.”
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1:49:35
Botox
Supplements
“So that's how Botox is used to treat headaches.”
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1:54:23
Apply Peppermint/Eucalyptus/Menthol Oils to Forehead and Temples
Behaviors
“they were sponge applying the oil to the temples and forehead of people... peppermint oils and peppermint and eucalyptus containing oils, menthol containing oils applied to the skin for the treatment of tension type headache”
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1:56:05
Peppermint Oil
Supplements
“the essential plant oil preparations that contained peppermint... had the effect of significantly reducing the intensity of the pain... Essential oils applied to the skin can reduce the symptoms of tension headache in a significant way”
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2:05:32
Acupuncture
Behaviors
“acupuncture is shown to be quite effective for the treatment of tension type headache and to some extent migraine headache as well.”
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2:13:10
Caffeine
Supplements
“you have to determine for yourself whether or not headaches are relieved or exacerbated by drinking caffeine... if you are somebody who ingests caffeine every day, and you do not ingest caffeine, you will indeed get a headache, and drinking caffeine will relieve that particular headache.”
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2:14:38
Coenzyme Q10
Supplements
“compare those across a large range of different dosages and a large range of combinations with other things like coenzyme Q10”
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2:16:03
Curcumin
Supplements
“curcumin has been shown to be effective as an anti-inflammatory and has been shown to be very effective in treating different types of headache, in particular migraine headache.”
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2:20:17
Avoid Carolina Reaper Peppers
Diet
“there's one in particular that's referred to as the Carolina Reaper... Here's why you would not want to eat the Carolina Reaper.”
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2:21:57
Avoid Very Spicy Pepper Challenges
Behaviors
“if you're not somebody who's familiar with eating very spicy foods, you certainly don't want to enter one of these competitions and just realize that... these very spicy peppers causing... extreme cerebro of the head vasoconstriction and brain damage.”