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They talk of how migraine might be adaptive. But isn't it possible that migraine is a side-effect of another adaptive gene for a different effect? Nature doesn'
by JoeAltmaier 6y ago
They talk of how migraine might be adaptive. But isn't it possible that migraine is a side-effect of another adaptive gene for a different effect? Nature doesn't care if we're miserable. Just that we survive (as an individual or community) and reproduce.
Imagine if miserly consumption of some chemical was calorie-adaptive or saved for emergencies, but the same gene meant migraines at other times. The gene would still proliferate, with no need to explain the negative effects as adaptive?
- dillondoyle 6y agoIf have a bad enough migraine can't go hunt or gather food. Though sex or orgasm can help with headaches in my experience so maybe that's a driver :)
- fallingfrog 6y agoIn my experience an orgasm only makes a migraine go away for 3 or 4 seconds. It’s like a brief moment of relief then you feel the pain come rushing back.
- dillondoyle 6y agoOuch. I don't think i've experienced a migraine so debilitating as to some who suffer it sounds awful.