You could be forgiven for thinking that watching the TV, or relaxing with a book, would be good ways to end the day and wind down.
However, it seems not. Check out this excerpt from an article by Janis Graham:
Your Bedtime Routine
If you watch TV or read to “unwind” before bed, maybe you shouldn’t. Some 80 percent of women with chronic migraines end the day this way, research shows. These activities stimulate brain wave activity, making it harder to sleep, says Anne H. Calhoun, M.D., a clinical associate professor of neurology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. You’re conditioning the brain to remain awake, she says, so you may be waking during the night without knowing it — and disrupted sleep is associated with headache frequency.
What to do
Skip (or TiVo) Letterman, turn in at the same time every night, and don’t eat for four hours before bed. Migraine sufferers who learned how to change their bedtime habits had a 40 percent overall improvement in headache frequency and intensity, a recent study found.
So there’s something counter-intuitive, and free, to try. For other helpful tips, you can read the rest of Janis Graham’s excellent article here.
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