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If you go back into the archives (2011-2013), you will see many posts where I attempted to solve my headaches. I tried many experiments to reduce the number and frequency of headaches that had...
Read more →I found an interesting discussion between Doug McGuff and Drew Baye on YouTube. One of the topics they covered was exercise-induced headaches. This is something I experienced regularly when I did...
Read more →It isn't very often that a true insight into our own health hits, but I believe I had one a few weeks ago. Longtime readers of this blog know that I tackled and overcame my back pain issues years...
Read more →An interesting thing happened last week after my post Quantified Self and False Pattern Recognition. In that post, I mentioned the benefit I have received from ending the daily tracking. > I don’t...
Read more →I was watching Episode 3 of the new Cosmos show when Neil deGrasse Tyson said something that reminded me an awful lot of the Quantified Self movement.: > The human talent for pattern recognition is a...
Read more →Last December I reframed my headache question. After almost 3 years of trying to prevent headaches, I decided instead to look into how to eliminate the headache once it arrived. The full list of...
Read more →I hesitate to post this, but I need to hear from others. As some of you know I sometimes experience night headaches that wake me up in the early hours of the morning. When I stopped quantified self,...
Read more →Some of you know that I spent 2.5 years quantifying data to eliminate my late night headaches that wake me up. In the end, I was unsuccessful on finding a single cause, although I learned caffeine...
Read more →On September 1st, I quit my Hunting Headaches quest. After 2.5 years of tracking, I’m now 2 months free of the daily quantifiable self habit. Did taking my eyes off the data make things worse? Nope....
Read more →On March 24, 2011, I began tracking my headaches in a project I called Hunting Headaches. For over two years, I've started every morning by dropping numbers into a spreadsheet. Headache intensity,...
Read more →A month ago I posted June 2013 Experiments. Using a few strategies my plan was to reduce headache frequency/intensity and lose 5-7 pounds. Well I succeeded on the first goal and failed on the second...
Read more →When I've done experiments in the past, I focus on one thing. For June 2013, I'm going to mix some past experiments together to see if I can get a synergistic effect. I'm also going to try a new...
Read more →Slowly I could feel myself waking up. Yet another headache. And just like every other morning when a headache wakes me, I peek at my watch. I hope it reads 6 something. 5 something at the worst. This...
Read more →Two years ago I began tracking headache data. Fresh off of other health victories such as getting lean, curing my rosacea and ending back pain, I was confident that with enough data...
Read more →Beginning in late September I scaled down my caffeine intake. Then in October, I went the entire month without coffee and 21 days without any caffeine. This month I have been on a very low caffeine...
Read more →In the last installment of Hunting Headaches, I reported that I finally appeared to be making some progress on solving my night headaches. By wearing a mouth guard, I was able to reduce my headache...
Read more →I haven't posted about my night headaches since May. There are many posts about headaches on this site. When I started the project in March 2011, I was confident that I could figure it out quickly....
Read more →Last week the book Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Pain had me rethink the root cause of my headaches. It made a strong case that the roots of my headache were...
Read more →I just finished reading a book that provides a new framework for understanding my headaches. Since March 2011 I have been diligently trying to track down the cause of my late night headaches. I've...
Read more →Well, the day finally arrived. Yesterday morning my refrigerator had no ferments at all. For the past few weeks, I have been finishing up all my sauerkraut and kimchi in preparation for my latest...
Read more →Back in February I started a test I called Chlorination Elimination Experimentation. I wanted to see if using a shower filter that removed chlorine could positively impact my skin. I was a bit...
Read more →One of the jobs I had in college was loading trucks for UPS. It was the most exhausting job I've ever had. It made Army Basic Training seem like working at a library. One night I came home so worn...
Read more →It is time for a status report on my Hunting Headaches project. For the new readers, almost a year ago I started a quantified self project to track down the cause of my late night headaches. Many...
Read more →Last March I decided to finally figure out the cause of my late night sinus headaches. I started a headache journal, ran numerous tests and tried several supplements. Nine months later and I still...
Read more →During my trip to Ohio, I noticed an interesting pattern regarding my nighttime headaches. When I stayed with my mom, with the exception of the gluten poisoning night, I didn't get headaches. When I...
Read more →I wrote this post in August, but for some unknown reason, I didn't hit the Publish button then. I started tackling my sinus headache problem back in March. My early strategies were based off article...
Read more →Ever since I started collecting data to track my headaches, I have not seen a connection between coffee intake and headaches. Seven months of data and no relationship. Until now. I think I see a...
Read more →A week ago someone who I really respect convinced me to try acupuncture as a strategy to address my headaches. Until that conversation, I didn't have a high opinion of acupuncture. Back in my Florida...
Read more →In the post Hunting Headaches Take 3, I wrote this: > I know we live in a fear mongering climate, but I do not consider my headaches to be an emergency situation. I've had them for many years and all...
Read more →This has been a rough summer for me. Things haven't turned out as I expected. In addition to personal and financial setbacks, I still have not solved the riddle of my headaches. When I began actively...
Read more →As I embark on my latest strategy to eliminate my headaches, the one thing I see repeated over and over is that liver is to be avoided, because it contains high levels of tyramine. Tyramine is a...
Read more →In the post Hunting Headaches, I shared my headache journal and my inability so far to solve my headache problem or even isolate what type of headaches I'm getting. In the comments, I got a lot of...
Read more →In the past three years, I've solved a lot of health riddles. I've gotten leaner, cured my rosacea, discovered the root causes of my back pain and I almost never get colds anymore. However, one huge...
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