Is Your Headache Caused By Painkillers?

For more headache. Take painkillers!

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Yes, more than one million people in Britain may be suffering from constant, crippling headaches because they are taking too many painkillers! The pills people take to relieve headaches and migraines may be making things much worse, according to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).

The problem begins with taking the odd painkiller for tension headaches or migraines, which usually works. But some people take the pills more and more often, until they are on tablets for more than half the days in a month. Nice says that if this goes on for more than three months the medication ends up causing the problem it is intended to cure.   

"Patients with frequent tension-type headaches or migraines can get themselves into a vicious cycle, where their headaches are getting increasingly worse, so they take more medication which makes their pain even worse," said Martin Underwood, a GP and professor of primary care research at Warwick medical school.

At risk are those who are taking paracetamol, aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen, for their headaches, either alone or in combination, for 15 days a month or more.The risk is also carried by migraine sufferers taking triptans, opioids, ergots or combination analgesic medications for just 10 days a month or more.(The Guardian, Wednesday 19 September 2012Sarah Boseley, health editor)

All this pill popping culture that makes us consume pills like its peanuts are only causing us more pain. 

We think that there is a pill for every ill but little do we realise that there is an ill for every pill. What else can we do when we are frequently visited by crippling headaches and migraines? Popping pills is so easy. Hold on. What if there is an alternative that will remove headaches and even migraine within 15minutes? What if it will cost you nothing? What if you can use it any time and anywhere without worrying about where the nearest drug store is? Is there such a pill? No it's not a pill, its a technique that is so easy to use that you will ask 'Why was I not inform earlier!'

I was visiting my mother's house one day and a relative was resting in her bed. My mother whispered to me ,'She's unwell with a bad migraine.' I told my relative that I can help her with a new relaxation technique.. It seems she had been on triptan for the past three days and all it does was dull her pain but it is still there and comes back after her painkiller stop working. I proceeded to use this technique that taps into the acupoints and in 10 minutes the migraine was gone! She was in disbelieve and said maybe it's the painkiller I took in the morning. I reminded her that she was on it for three days and it did not help much. It is alright if they react in disbelieve after all nothing in their mind says simple tapping can remove huge migraine in 10 minutes. It also proves it will work even if you do not believe it.

This tapping procedure is call EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques. It is the safest painkiller you can find in the world. Most headaches and migraine are stress related and using this technique seems to cut off the stress hormones and pain receptors. We do not know how it actually works but neither did we know how painkillers works before we gulp it down. The important point is - does it work and is it safe. Both answers are a big 'Yes'.

Mary was an elderly lady in her 70's. She had chronic backache and was in constant pain. She was popping painkillers by the handfuls until her doctor told her that she cannot continue to do this as it will cause more health issues like ulcers. She called me and enrolled in my EFT workshop after reading in my website www.eftwonder.com that it is a  pain management technique without drugs. She had an unusual request. She wanted an easy chair to lie on as her backache will not allow her to sit up for long.
One month after the workshop she came to thank us beaming from cheek to cheek. She was alive and so different from the first time I met her. She said she has halved her painkillers and now leads a more active life. She is enthusiastically telling everyone about EFT. 

EFT is not a miracle technique even though the results can occasionally seems like it. If there is any miracle it is that ordinary people can now be empowered to have more control over their health and lives. EFT does more than manage physical pain but also emotional pain. It brings stress under control in minutes and years of emotional pain and trauma just melts away. EFT erases mental and emotional blocks to achieving your ambition and dreams. Perhaps it is time to take control of your life and learn how. 

EFT Level 1 workshop will be conducted on the 20th October and EFT Level 2 on 3rd and 4th November 2012. Visit the link and register for the early bird special. Gifts valued at more than rm.500 are waiting for you.